Dubai

Workers rise before dawn, work six days a week and return to camps, where they have time to do little but eat or sleep. They are under close watch, with no right to unionize and no chance at citizenship.

Who would have thought — but the New York Times had a front-page story today about the wretched conditions under which desi workers toil in Dubai.

Photo: Tyler Hicks/The New York Times

Here’s a link to another story about migrant workers in Saudi Arabia.