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The images of human trafficking are all too often reduced to media tales of helpless young women taken by heavily accented, dark-skinned captors--but the reality is a far cry from this stereotype. In the Middle East, Dubai has been accused of being a hotbed of trafficking. Pardis Mahdavi, however, draws a more complicated and more personal picture of this city filled with migrants. Not all migrant workers are trapped, tricked, and abused. Like anyone else, they make choices to better their lives, though the risk of ending up in bad situations is high. Legislators hoping to combat human trafficking focus heavily on women and sex work, but there is real potential for abuse of both male and female migrants in a variety of areas of employment--whether on the street, in a field, at a restaurant, or at someone's house. "Gridlock" explores how migrants' actual experiences in Dubai contrast with the typical discussions--and global moral panic--about human trafficking. Mahdavi powerfully contrasts migrants' own stories with interviews with U.S. policy makers, revealing the gaping disconnect between policies on human trafficking and the realities of forced labor and migration in the Persian Gulf. To work toward solving this global problem, we need to be honest about what trafficking is--and is not--and to finally get past the stereotypes about trafficked persons so we can really understand the challenges migrant workers are living through every day.
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Mahdavi's GRIDLOCK Opens The Door To Discussion
11 July 2011
By C. A. Webb
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
After successfully getting people talking about the sexual revolution taking place in Iran through her book PASSIONATE UPRISINGS, author and journalist Pardis Mahdavi is back with another thought-provoking expose called GRIDLOCK, this time involving trafficking and the conditions women in Dubai have to endure.
What surprised me the most about this new book was the way that laws which were meant to curtail some of the ills taking place against women ended up being part of the problem instead of the solution. Through Mahdavi's reporting we learn that while some who end up as part of Dubai's sex trade are brought there against their will, there are others who come willingly to make money that they can then take home for themselves and their family.
Some of the individuals that shared their stories with the author put the blame on the laws for the way that things were being handled. Others seemed not to see the harm because it appeared as though most parties were acting willingly. Throughout the book, however, one of the biggest messages seemed to be that there was not a quick fix to this serious problem. I commend Pardis Mahdavi for what she has done in bringing more of the real stories from women in Dubai to life.
This is a book that opens the door to discussion, and enlightens the world on a problem that with focus and hard work can be addressed.
What surprised me the most about this new book was the way that laws which were meant to curtail some of the ills taking place against women ended up being part of the problem instead of the solution. Through Mahdavi's reporting we learn that while some who end up as part of Dubai's sex trade are brought there against their will, there are others who come willingly to make money that they can then take home for themselves and their family.
Some of the individuals that shared their stories with the author put the blame on the laws for the way that things were being handled. Others seemed not to see the harm because it appeared as though most parties were acting willingly. Throughout the book, however, one of the biggest messages seemed to be that there was not a quick fix to this serious problem. I commend Pardis Mahdavi for what she has done in bringing more of the real stories from women in Dubai to life.
This is a book that opens the door to discussion, and enlightens the world on a problem that with focus and hard work can be addressed.
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