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A sensitive account on the brutality dealt out to migrant workers in Saudi Arabia, Slaves Of Saudis: Terrorisation Of Foreign Workers dispenses upon itself a status of informed responsibility as it traverses the crimes and injustices dealt out a marginalized minority. Summary Of The Book Raphael puts the estimate at seven million people, all of whom travel to the Saudi Arabia in the hopes of acquiring a job that pays well. However, the conditions and the treatment meted out to these people who wish to return home with a larger endowment of income is far from the hopes they aspire. Slaves Of Saudis: Terrorisation Of Foreign Workers is aptly titled for the main theme of castigation and ill treatment that is rampant in the endorsement of laborers and employees in Saudi Arabia. It is an informative exposition that makes the use of eighteen chapters that are easy to comprehend for anyone willing to understand the brass tacks behind emigration to the country. Most of the victims, as outlined by the author are low wage laborers and domestic help employees who often get delimited to much more abuse and cruelty that can be laid out to anyone who is under the purview of a wider International law of human rights. The flagrant violation of human rights is the focus here and the usual suspects in this narrative involve underprivileged citizens from several countries. Indians, Bangladeshis, Sri Lankans, and Pakistanis are among whose people are constantly routing to the country for a better future. The gamut of the suffering that Raphael exposes onto his readers engages treatment such as beatings, starvation, forced labor without any compensation and whippings. Among the more severe cases, torture, rape, murders and even executions fall under the purview of the investigation carried out by the author. The chief persecutors being the migrants’ employers they are often abetted by the Mutawas who belong to the moral police and even the state justice system. They are complicit in these crimes in a number of cases as determined through the book. The vast majority of people still harboring dreams of moving to Saudi Arabia need to realize these truths. Raphael has authored Slaves Of Saudis: Terrorisation Of Foreign Workers to shed light on its disastrous consequences. About Joy C. Raphael Joy C. Raphael is an investigative journalist and writer. His other book is Mutawas: Saudi Arabia’s Dreaded Religious Police. He is currently working on his next book, Behind the Saudi Green Curtain. He has worked in journalism for over 34 years as an editor in numerous publications. He has also launched his own fashion magazine, Fashion Rage in Dubai. He has authored two books and 600 other publications as an editor and journalist. He has also worked with publications like Filmworld, Probe India, Onlooker, and Newstrek. He has also worked as an editor for Oman Tribune, Gulf Today, and Riyadh Daily.