انتو المدامات والمسترز تبعنا، المكاتب والسفارات والقنصليات. اخدتولنا باسبوراتنا، ما دفعتولنا، جوعتونا، ضربتونا، اغتصبتونا، منعتونا نحكي ولادنا، حبستونا ببيوتكن ومكاتبكن، استعملتونا متل مكينات هوفر وشغلتونا ببيوت كتيرة وبكذا بيت، نيمتونا عالبلكون وعأرض المطبخ، عيّطّوا علينا، وحتى قتلتونا. توجعنا بصمت ومشّينا كلابكن، ربّينا ولادكن، شطّفنا كباركن بالعمر، ونضّفنا بيوتكن. خلص بقا مش حنبقى ساكتين. اسمعو!
You are our madams, our misters, our agents, our embassies, our consuls. You have confiscated our passports, withheld our salaries, starved us, physically and sexually abused us, cut off contact with our families, imprisoned us in your homes and offices, treated us like Hoovers by getting us to clean multiple houses, made us sleep on your balconies and kitchen floors, screamed at us, and even murdered us. We have suffered in silence while we’ve walked your dogs, raised your children, washed your old peoples’ bottoms, and cleaned your homes. The time of silence is over. Listen up.
Lensa, aged 20, Ethiopian, came to Lebanon last July to work for a family who have a well-known haute couture business. She joined two other workers already with the family, one who had not been there for long and the other who had worked for them for approximately four years. …
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