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Neha Vora is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Lafayette College. Her research interests are focused on citizenship and belonging, South Asian diasporas, and migration in the Gulf region. In this interview, she talks about her study of Indian communities in Dubai and their negotiated connections with the city. She also discusses her ongoing project on identity formation and belonging in the experiences of students attending American branch campuses in the Gulf.

Kafala was "supposed to be a good system that makes it incumbent upon nationals to look after non-nationals.” Today it's a tool of extreme exploitation and oppression.

25 years since the ratification of the International Convention on the Protection of All Migrant Workers and Their Families, the Step It Up Campaign takes a look at the international history of migrant protections.

Iyad al-Baghdadi’s story of detention and displacement echos the UAE's sweeping constraints against free speech and discrimination against migrants.

Contrary to initial GCC media statements confirming the adoption of new model contract for domestic workers,  sources say no new changes were discussed at the November 2014 meeting.

Omani authorities discussed a range of prospective policy reforms in the first week of 2015.