PROJECT INFO
NAME: Maid in Lebanon
“Maid in Lebanon” is a documentary film about the thousands of Asian women who leave their homes and families behind, to work as housemaids in the Arab World, in the hope of securing a better economic future for their families. Yet, since their experiences are concealed behind closed doors, little is known of the fears, struggles, and abuses that they face while working abroad.
Tracing the journeys of women from Sri Lanka to Lebanon, “Maid in Lebanon” exposes the hidden world of female migrant domestic workers. The few who succeed and the many who do not. In their own voices, the women reveal cases of torture, rape, physical and mental abuse, and withholding of wages and travel documents. The film explores the questions of why women migrate, why they often return to the Middle East over and over, despite the suffering, and why abuses occur.