Questions:

1. If the workers have a family, does their family ever wonder if things were different? (Personal)

2. Do locals care how the workers are treated? (Class)

3. Where are the workers from? (Political)

4. What are there living conditions like? (Conditions)

5. How often do the workers see their family? (Personal)

Explanations:

1. I think this question will make a good material for a poem because it will touch people emotionally.

2. I think this question will make a good material for a poem because it will show us how the meaning of class affects the workers.

3. I think this question will make a good material for a poem because it will give us the idea of where these workers came from to help us understand more about how they came to be.

4. I think this question will make a good material for a poem because it will give us the idea of what these workers are going through and how tough things are really for them.

5. I think this question will make a good material for a poem because it will touch people emotionally.

Steps:

1. List possible sources, and define appropriatness

• Qatar Sucks
• Human Rights Watch
• Indian Embassy
• Nepali Times 
• Qatar Embassy
• Investment Promotion Department
• Ashraq Alawsat
• Aqoul
• BBC News (Migrants' woes in Dubai labor camps)
• The Angry Arabs News
• Al Jazeera (Blood sweat and tears)

2. Review list of resources to check for appropriatness

• Qatar Sucks: This website is somewhat appropriate because they put information that the goverment would never say in front of people,  its because the goverment is trying so hard to block as many website that might show abuses of the labour laws because it might harm the country , this website is one that the government has been aware of(its blocked at home). Also in every article they state the source of  the  information,which bascially means they are comfirming the information, so the audence won't think that he/she is making all this information up.The only flaw in this site is that they overexaggerate about Qatar and its people.
• Human Rights Watch: This website is mostly appropriate because they have articules of migrant workers in cases some good and some bad, it dosen't feel as though they are trying to cover up something.The Human Rights Watch  committee feel as though they are more open and want to deal with the migrant workers problems that  all of us face but mostly try to ignore even , it is nice to see a committee actually commited to caring, even to the migrant workers who left there families to come work as slaves. 
• Indian Embassy: This website isn't as appropriate because this website is what the goverment wants us to see, its not what is necessarily the truth. It feels as though the Indian Embassy is holding back information, information if exposed  might damage the embassy's export of migrant workers.
• Nepali Times: This website is somewhat appropriate because as i was snooping around  i found that Nepali Times belongs to a branch of newspapers called Himalmedia. Himalmedia is the leading Nepali media company tha publishes three premium periodicals: Himal Khabarpatrika,Nepali Times and Wave.  All are important sources of Information for Hundreds of thousands of Nepalis and overseas. So if that many people are interpetating their information then more and more would understand that where they are is safer then imagrating to the Middle East.
• Qatar Embassy:This website isn't appropraite because I can't clearly understand what they are saying, its just like they put all their information randomly and said "ah who cares that they can't clearly understand and read the labor laws, as long as we put it there no problem." It feels as though the government put the labor laws that way becuase they want the people  to say "aw i can't read this, who cares about the migrant workers", so they could get away with all the abuses toward migrant workers.
• Investment Promotion Department:This website is not really  appropriate because Investment Promotion Department is a Government Authority entrusted, so it  basically means the website puts what the government allows.But not what is necessarily the truth 
• Qatar Living: This website is not really appropiate  because as i reviewed by questions again i noticed that there was nothing really to use on Qatar Living, I quess i didn't really notice my questions till now. Also there wasn't any names at the botton to tell me who reported this information or any update to the page, so this site isn't very relaible .
• Aqoul:This website is appropraite because they put information that the government would never be said out loud. Also in the articles there is links to the soucre where they got the information from,which bascially means they are comfirming the information,so the audience won't think that he/she are making up this information.
• Ashraq Alawsat:This website is pretty appropriate becuase as you read it mentions the same things as other websites which to me confirms that the information from the other website is true. 
• BBC News: This  website is  somewhat appropriate because the reporter has names of the poeple he/she has taken qutoes from and has thier picture with it ,the information seems personal/deep,not like anything you could make up in a spilt second it seems like the person who was being interviewed seemed to think alot about his family and what he left behind ect.But also not appropraite because it hasn't been updated in 3 years.
• The Angry Arabs:  This website is somewhat appropriate because its just the views of one person (its pretty deep) that lost his maid to suicide. It could go either way you could think of it in a way that a crazy guy is blabbling on on about how he hates Lebanon or you could think of it in a way that a sensitive man is blabbling on on about the maid he lost and anger was his way to deal with things. 
• Al Jazeera: This website is appropraite becuase it says the times it has been aired  and it helps me alot to answer my questions(above). Also there are vidoes right on the Al Jazeera website, so they cofirm the information because you could see it with your own eyes. It also has been updated recently last year and its says the exact date and hour,which is pretty accurate . During the video you could see they were undercover to find the real top sercet information (truth) and from two views the migrant workers and the agents, so its not like a story on one opinion, here they mix differnt opinions so it depends on the views to think which view is more beleviable.Al Jazeera- Blood Sweat and Tears brings viewers the human side of this tragedy, demonstrating how the Asian labourers' hopes and dreams for a better life are often met by the stark reality of life in the Gulf.

3. Choose which sources are the most reliable

• Human Rights Watch:
• Aqoul:
• Ashraq Alawsat:
• Al Jazeera:

  •  Back in their home countries the dream of striking it rich in the Gulf holds a powerful appeal for young Asian men looking to better their circumstances and that of their families.

  • 10 million Asian labourers in the Gulf, most of whom come from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
  • On arrival , their passports are taken by their employer
  • On the construction sites they risk injury and even death as they work in temperatures that sometimes

    • Accidents of this type are frequent, but the absence of any public records makes establishing the number of injuries and fatalities at construction sites impossible. Without these records, effective independent monitoring of corporate safety records is impossible.

    • Where all they all get paid is between US$5 and $7 a day
  • The workers are charged up to US$1,600 (or two years salary ) by their local recruiters to find jobs in the region
  • Workers leave their families behind and relocate to the Gulf labour camps 
    • At the end of the day, many return to crowded, cramped and unhygienic accommodation in vast camps usually on the outskirts of the cities.
    • "We don't have food, water, no electricity inside the accommodation. We are living a terrible life here," one worker in Qatar said.
  • "It's their first time to leave the village. They do not understand the contract they are signing. It's only when they on the ground working that they realise the kind of financial imbalance they are working with."
  • Typically a would-be worker will approach a local agent who will then introduce them to an established recruitment company.
    • "I don't know who the company was, but he was hired as a laborer," Sudha( his sister) said. "A local agent from the nearby village recruited him. He knew somebody from outside the village, so they sent him with that person who arranged everything."
  • The day Thanegavel left for Dubai was the last time his family would ever see him.
  • Thanegavel had paid $1,200 to his agent - the equivalent of nearly two years' salary for the average Indian labourer. His family have now had to take on the loan.
    • "We still not have been able to repay the money that was borrowed," Sudha(his sister) says. "We are having to sell the land we have to settle the loan."
  • The practice of charging the worker for this cost of flights and visa is commonplace. It is also illegal.
    • "Other people here paid slightly more or a little less," he said. "Despite this my employer deducts 25 per cent from the salary we were promised."
    • The practice may be illegal, but this does not stop the agents exploiting the hopes of those wishing to get to the Gulf. Many of the leading Asian recruitment companies have offices in the region.
  • "Every contractor, every subcontractor has workers who paid," he said. "We will charge the people. It's OK, they don't mind."

• The agent's clients do not mind because they are saving substantial sums, while the worker has no option but to take on crippling levels of debt just to secure a job.
• The chairman of the Gulf constructors association, who also heads a major construction company, rejects the suggestion his members are responsible for the practice.
  • "It is not my responsibility as a contracting company owner to pay dues to employment agencies in India and Pakistan or the Philippines," Ahmed Saef Belhasa says.
• Evidence of the pressure these men are under is slowly emerging
  • Although there are no publicly available figures for the number of suicides, in 2006 the Indian embassy in the UAE recorded 109 confirmed cases of suicide by Indian workers in the country.
  • That is a 30% rise on last year, But despite tragic cases such as Thanegavel's, hundreds of young men continue to leave their villages 
• While those who have managed to find a way out of the camps believe that while the reality of the labourers' lives remains hidden nothing will change.
  • One former worker said: "There are many people who have money and power; they can change these things. But if they are not shown, it will not start. But if they are not aware of these things, it will not change." 

4. Categorize sources by type

• Online Newspaper articles:
  • Al Jazeera
  • Ashraq Alawsat
• Website/blog:
  • Aqoul
  • Human Rights Watch

5. Organize information and write poem

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