Comments on: Miss Dowd, the Saudi elites, and their Filipino drivers http://www.bloggernews.net/124043 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Sun, 27 May 2012 19:27:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: norah k. http://www.bloggernews.net/124043#comment-1733134 norah k. Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:02:39 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/124043#comment-1733134 sorry this reply might be a little bit late ! the working foreigners before coming to saudi they sign up papers with conditions and one of them is to respect the religion and rules of the hosting country, the "filipino drivers" are there to drive the family their job is to drive not going around turing the country also they are allowed a day off which is friday where all the family members are off work and school. about churches, if christian workers wont to praise the lord they can go to their embassy i heard that there is some place for the workers to do so. i agree with you that saudi has some issues with human rights but i dont see its necessary for the west to agree or disagree with that because the workers nowadays in saudi they come in and run out the next day with no reason, this is a personal experience, and go out and start prostitution and what not... sorry but the sources of this article is misleading and it one of those articles that only wants to start propaganda and exploit saudi arabia. sorry this reply might be a little bit late !

the working foreigners before coming to saudi they sign up papers with conditions and one of them is to respect the religion and rules of the hosting country, the “filipino drivers” are there to drive the family their job is to drive not going around turing the country also they are allowed a day off which is friday where all the family members are off work and school. about churches, if christian workers wont to praise the lord they can go to their embassy i heard that there is some place for the workers to do so.

i agree with you that saudi has some issues with human rights but i dont see its necessary for the west to agree or disagree with that because the workers nowadays in saudi they come in and run out the next day with no reason, this is a personal experience, and go out and start prostitution and what not…

sorry but the sources of this article is misleading and it one of those articles that only wants to start propaganda and exploit saudi arabia.

]]> By: Paddy Briggs http://www.bloggernews.net/124043#comment-1545274 Paddy Briggs Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:46:02 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/124043#comment-1545274 Excellent article Nancy. The Human Rights abuses in the Kingdom are a scandal and the West's tacit acceptance of them worse. Excellent article Nancy. The Human Rights abuses in the Kingdom are a scandal and the West’s tacit acceptance of them worse.

]]> By: Nancy Reyes http://www.bloggernews.net/124043#comment-1544800 Nancy Reyes Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:27:12 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/124043#comment-1544800 I stand corrected about Lebanon being poor. Ironically, my family is not poor either, but the pay for nurses here is so low that they can't make a living. I stand corrected about Lebanon being poor.

Ironically, my family is not poor either, but the pay for nurses here is so low that they can’t make a living.

]]> By: aziz http://www.bloggernews.net/124043#comment-1543966 aziz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:13:11 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/124043#comment-1543966 "..They come from Indonesia, Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, the Philippines, and many other poor countries.." Lebanon is NOT a poor country and all Lebanese in Saudi Arabia have better paying jobs than the Saudis themselves. “..They come from Indonesia, Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, the Philippines, and many other poor countries..”

Lebanon is NOT a poor country and all Lebanese in Saudi Arabia have better paying jobs than the Saudis themselves.

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