The ‘dalalas', the middlemen who prey on vulnerable women in Saudi Arabia

Many foreign domestic workers in Saudi Arabia are forced to work in terrible conditions, often with highly abusive employers. However, they are trapped because of a system that allows Saudi's staff ro nexties their working rights in the country to the employer. Enter the dalalas -- middlemen who prowl Facebook offering desperate women help to flee their terrible employers for better jobs and improved working conditions. These shadowy figures promise to help, but in reality, they are preparing to exploite these most vulnerable of women.

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