Thursday, December 4, 2014

Revealed!..Here's one side of Dubai that they DON'T want tourists to see


According to what we got from Mailonline...we found out that,there are certain places in Dubai that doesn't look  in any way like The heaven on earth UAE we  we've always known..and we're curious about it, hereby introduce you to it leaving you to judge...then tell us, if that place is actually part of the beautiful Dubai we used to see with skyscraper...
In the news,An Iranian photographer has captured the desperate lives of South Asian labourers who travel to Dubai (inset) in the hope of building a future for their families - but find only squalor, low wages and backbreaking work in stifling heat. Farhad Berahman's pictures were taken in Sonapur (left, top and bottom right), the unofficial name for a work camp on the outskirts of Dubai, located far away from the luxury, soaring skyscrapers and vast wealth that the United Arab Emirates city is renowned for. 'Sonapur' - ironically, the name means 'City of Gold' in Hindi - is home to more than 150,000 workers, mostly from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and China.
see more in pictures here..

An Iranian photographer has captured the harsh lives endured by the migrant workers building Dubai's ever-growing skyline. Pictured is a huge dirty kitchen at the Sonapur camp where many of them live. The gas pipelines were built by the labourers and not subject to safety laws

Unhygeinic: A man guts fish in filthy conditions in a Sonapur kitchen


Grim living standards: Jahangir, 27, from Bangladesh, has worked as a cleaner for the past four years. He earns 800 AED (£139) a month and sends 500 AED (£87) to his family. He uses the rest of the money for rent and food

Misery: Farhad explains that several workers have their passports seized at the airport, and are forced to work extremely long hours in blistering heat for very little pay. Sonapur is now home for more than 150,000 workers, mostly from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and China

Pleading: A Chinese worker has written a message for his employer begging them to pay him and let him go home



Harrowing: Their accommodation is cramped, filthy, sweltering and often overrun with vermin. Yet many can't leave

Makeshift: Using a broken mirror and stationed next to a bin, a barber sets up shop

Shahroukh, who enjoys a better standard of living than other workers, gets ready before heading out to work at a decoration company

The secret vegetable market within Sonapur is a cheap place for labourers to provide themselves with vegetable and fruits
Do you think its only here or  all over the middle East???
source:Dailymail.

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