Sold dreams, fleeing nightmares: Bangladeshi maids on run from Saudi Arabia | Middle East Eye
3.5.18
Sold dreams, fleeing nightmares: Bangladeshi maids on run from Saudi Arabia | Middle East Eye: Akhter figures out where to head, clutches her black abaya to avoid it dragging on the ground and begins zipping through the traffic to the train station. From there, she will embark on the next leg of her journey back home to Rajshahi, 250 km away near the border with India.
But underneath her clothing lies a reminder of why Akhter left Saudi Arabia. Unravelling the bandages on her arms, she shows the marks that symbolise the price she paid for wanting a better life.
"They tried to burn me,” Akhter says, wiping away a tear. "Not once, but twice. If I knew this would happen, I would never have gone.”
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