@shankmcgank
And continuing on with the summary.
@Fluffernutter
He doesn't really touch on the wealth gap among Saudis. In this segment he brings up the rights of housemaids, but doesn't broach the subject of abuse and wage theft that many housemaids expereince.
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- Starting at around the 35 minute mark, the reporter talks to Zain, the
Head of Recruiting at the Saudi Chamber of Commerce, the person Mohaned approached for a job.
- The reporter asks Zain:
“ What’s the impact on foreign workers who have to leave this country”.
- Reply from the Zain :
“ The impact is positive. One of the major impact is the money will be spent here, because we are hiring local”. “Now if you just go to the statistics, we are the second country where money goes outside.”
- Reporter asks:
“but it’s also a little bit harsh to send them away”. The reporter is referring to migrant workers.
- Zain:
It is , it is. As I said it is not an easy to leave them go. It’s not….we are happy that they are leaving, but sometimes we have to take it the hard way”. “So there is no emotion, at the end it’s an economy”.
- Reporter:
“And the people who don’t want to leave but have to leave, how’s that going? “
- Zain:
“Believe me, the peoples whose been here for more than 25 years, there are having a higher standard of living here”. “The maids…example : Indonesian maid , after 25 years she will go there , she will be having a better house than the house she working here”.
Commentary on the above:
Yeah that’s hard to believe, that an Indonesian maid will be able to build a better house in Indonesia than the house of her employer in Saudi. Saudis are notorious for abusing maids, which can range from mental to physical abuse to overwork. It is not uncommon for maids and other poor migrant workers to be ripped off on their wages.
- Reporter:
“ after dozens of years working, Saudi Arabia is trying to send the workers back. They didn’t have many rights, and now even their right to stay is taken away".
Segment on Housemaids, with Zain specifically bringing up Indonesian housemaids.
- Reporter asks Zain:
“ But is it possible that I will see a Saudi who is cleaning in this country?”
- Zain responds:
“ there is , if you go to wedding hall at night, the Saudis are serving, specially the females, there is, I am saying we are not shy of cleaning, we are cleaning our houses, we are taking care of our plants, but in terms of public cleaning, we are (can’t make out what he says
)
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Reporter: “ but why do we see it as modern slavery?"
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Zain: “ this is your point of view as an European and American, for here , for us and this region, it’s normal. It’s relation of employee and employer relation. I am just brought her to work at home, she is having her right, but at the same time, she is not the homeowner.
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Reporter: “ but that’s not the same rights as a Saudi has".
- Zain:
“ Our, Saudi doesn’t work as home maid".
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I think it is very telling that Zain thinks Indonesian maids - or a housemaid from any country for that matter - shouldn't be afforded the same basic rights as a Saudi. This is steretypical Arabian attitude, that all races and nationalities should not be viewed equally.
Oh and by the way, I think this documentary is Dutch , not German. According to the YT wiki the YT channel is based in England.
