Welcome to Lebanon "Sea & Sun" - MWTF

"Welcome to Lebanon" is a video campaign directed by Jowe Harfouche for the Migrant Workers Task Force (MWTF). It consists of three videos that satirize the Lebanese Ministry of Tourism campaigns and depict tourist attractions from the perspective of migrant workers.

Director: Jowe Harfouche
D.O.P: Mark Khalife
Production Manager: Nagham Abboud
Assistant Director: Selim Mourad
Assistant Camera: Ghinwa Daher
Sound: Karine Basha
Colorist: Belal Hibri - REZ Visual
Graphics: Wael Seaiby
Edited at: REZ Visual
Actresses: Rahel Abebe, Priya Subedi, Michelle Cafarelle, Lioba Hirsch, Janie Shen

Thank you
Ginger Beirut Productions
Abbout Productions
Platform Studios
REZ Visual
Arc en Ciel
Zaatar w Zeit
Rehanna Farah
Elly Teitsworth
Thalia Rahme
Alex Shams
Elie Deek
Rita Abou Ghazale
Eyad Houssami
Tarek Chehab
Jad Abi Khalil

Migrant Workers Task Force (MWTF) is a community of individuals, Lebanese and foreign, based in Beirut committed to grassroots activism with migrant workers in order to address the very real challenges they face as a group in Lebanese society. Learn more about our volunteer initiatives by visiting our website.
http://mwtaskforce.wordpress.com/
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_19504133537&ap=1

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Lebanon
• migrant workers
• tourism
• welcome to lebanon
• beirut
• human rights
• domestic workers

[indig0grrl]

@housso3231 actually i am a lebanese citizen,been to lebanon, seen how migrant workers are treated, read reports on it & yes it's slavery. what you don't seem to understand is that slavery is racist & wrong in any country. seriously wtf are you arguing? just because you're racist scum doesn't mean everyone is. & no i wouldn't be caught dead at a bar or beach, beauty is relative & i would like some pizza you sexist, chauvinistic pig. arguing that indicates you have no argument or maturity.

[housso3231]

@indig0grrl when you become a lebanese citizen not an australian one you'll be able to understand what i'm saying. and btw if you think racism against "the help" is bad why don't you go an check what there job is which is pretty much slavery so i'm telling you if you may understand that all arabic countries have some kind of slavery in them which is called having a made and it comes with racism. and btw if i was at a beach i bet you'd be the ugly chick sitting next to the bar eating pizza ;) bye

[housso3231]

this is for everyone who called me a racist@LinaZ2 @Anarchofalafel @indig0grrl. sadly i know that what i'm saying express my truthful feelings about this matter which some of you might consider racist but at the end most of you deep inside think the same way (if you were raised in lebanon) and btw racism is not what is being used in lebanon it's slavery which most of you anti-racism" people do when you get a maid so please next time take a minute to analyse the situation before criticizing me

[indig0grrl]

@housso3231 wow nice work. you mangaed to mix racism & classism together in 6 lines. yeah you're right there is racism everywhere and you're an absolute moron for thinking its ok to perpetuate it. saying it's ok to violate peoples human rights because everyone else is doing it is one of the most disgusting, irresponsible things ive heard. segregation is wrong. if you dont wanna see ethiopians swimming at a pool then dont fucking go there- we'd(humanity) all be a lot happier if you didnt.

[LinaZ2]

You are probably nothing but a lowlife loser to feel that you are superior to someone just because of their skin color. Who are you to judge if they can afford it or not? I would gladly treat my nanny for an outing, and I would pay for her stay at the beach, you think everybody is a beggar like you???

[blablekh]

housso, you are racist, and in your replies you were just trying to justify racism, nothing justifies racism, how can a person look at themselves in the mirror or sleep, when they have the guts to say "who, frankly, wants to see a bunch of ethiopion workers swimming in the same pool" well i do, and it will make my day and make me feel i'm in a country that respect humans no matter what who they are n what color they are. you should be ashamed of yourself.

[Anarchofalafel]

@housso3231 Frankly, no one wants to see you swimming in a pool either, but the beaches still let you in. Just because there is racism everywhere doesn't justify or excuse your racism. Oh, so now beaches are not letting domestic workers in because of concern for their budget, not racism? You really make me sick.

[housso3231]

BTW who, frankly, wants to see a bunch of ethiopion workers swimming in the same pool. i'm not saying it's right but after all there is racism everywhere so don't start looking at lebanon as if it was some mother fucking guantanamo bay where we don't let our maids swim. and plus beaches that don't allow maids are usually, or supposed to be, out of a maid's budget because thos beaches ask for a 50 to 80 dollar entrance something a 100 or 200 dollar worker should not be able to afford ;)

[YazTube8]

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[faithfulllyyy]

hehe i like the idea but not the fact that they look nothing like migrant workers in lebanon and that while they are walking the first time there was no sign suddenly it appears hehe (tho it might be part of the concept) other than that i like it its cute and glad someone is doing something about it :D