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w00t!

  • Dec. 3rd, 2007 at 11:13 AM
xmas
My coworker Silvia and I were just awarded a UREP grant for our proposed study, "Low-skilled Migrant Labor in Qatar: The Workers' Perspectives." Next semester we'll be working with six CMU-Q students to design and administer a survey to low-skilled laborers about their experiences in Qatar, and then conduct in-depth interviews with selected participants.

Yay!

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[info]materjibrail wrote:
Dec. 3rd, 2007 03:18 pm (UTC)
Great news. Go Marjorie and Sylvia and the six investigators!
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[info]dubaiwalla wrote:
Dec. 3rd, 2007 05:18 pm (UTC)
Congratulations! I'd be really interested in the results, whenever they are ready. (Also, I hope you got my facebook message.)
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(Anonymous) wrote:
Dec. 3rd, 2007 07:10 pm (UTC)
Another Survey?
Another poll, as if the previous ones made a difference.

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[info]mohanalakshmi wrote:
Dec. 3rd, 2007 08:19 pm (UTC)
This will be great for getting the students in touch with what is going on with the 'workers' here, as often in a grand irony, they are being educated alongside people who are working 10 hour days.

Congrats. It will make a difference, at the very least to all those who work on it!
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[info]douglasperkins wrote:
Dec. 3rd, 2007 10:00 pm (UTC)
high five
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[info]nikki_nana wrote:
Dec. 4th, 2007 03:49 am (UTC)
Triple wOOt! Very sweet.
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[info]qatar_cat wrote:
Dec. 4th, 2007 06:37 pm (UTC)
Be careful.


QC
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[info]qatar wrote:
Dec. 4th, 2007 06:39 pm (UTC)
... why?
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[info]qatar_cat wrote:
Dec. 5th, 2007 05:33 pm (UTC)
Not sure about Doha, but in Dubai the authorities frown upon such investigations and a person conducting a similar research was recently deported from Dubai and put on a blacklist...
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[info]qatar wrote:
Dec. 5th, 2007 08:45 pm (UTC)
Our study is government-funded....
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[info]qatar_cat wrote:
Dec. 6th, 2007 02:44 am (UTC)
Awesome! I'm sure you're gonna enjoy it and woot to Qatari government!
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(Anonymous) wrote:
Dec. 15th, 2007 05:09 pm (UTC)
Please check this out
I know you have been involved with this issue:

http://www.qatarliving.com/node/56542#comment-236036

Regards,
PM
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[info]qatar wrote:
Dec. 17th, 2007 05:43 am (UTC)
Re: Please check this out
Thanks for the link, PM. It's a continuing frustration to me that in this country there is no simple way to form reputable charities, and as a result there can never be an easy resolution to questions of where donated money goes.

Some of these allegations don't really make sense, though. It's not news that some of the raided workers are still in the deportation center. Getting them out will cost QR50,000; does the author really think Gokul has access to that kind of money?

I have been helping the Mitery with the knowledge that here in Qatar you can't ask to see a charity's budget or tax statements, or verify exactly where your money goes. This makes it preferable to donate things like foodstuffs than money, of course. But generally speaking, I still think it's better to err on the side of generosity than suspicion.
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(Anonymous) wrote:
Jan. 28th, 2008 06:15 pm (UTC)
Hi,

I'm a teacher at Doha College. I'm very impressed by the research aim. We started this school year with students debating migrant worker's rights with a speaker from the NHRC and we're about to follow it up with a simulation of a special commission labour law reform.
Would you be prepared to link up with some of our students when they are conducted their background research.
psharry@dohacollege.com
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