Vanished: The Plight of three Ethiopian DomesticWorkers in Lebanon
AJ Longreads18 Heinä 2021

Vanished: The Plight of three Ethiopian DomesticWorkers in Lebanon

Meseret started working for a Lebanese family as a domestic worker soon after arriving from Ethiopia in 2011. A little over a year later, she stopped calling her family. Her story of abuse would eventually surface -- along with those from other migrants who'd hoped to seek a better life abroad.

Written by Zecharias Zelalem.

Read by Mapendo Munthali.

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