Priyanka Motaparthy

<p> Priyanka Motaparthy is a writer and former Human Rights Watch researcher living in Cairo. She is working on a book about migrant workers in Qatar. Follow her on Twitter @priyanica </p>
Articles by Priyanka Motaparthy
Nepalese migrant workers queue to receive official documents in order to leave Nepal from the Labour department in Kathmandu on January 27, 2014. Nearly 200 Nepali migrant workers died in Qatar in 2013, many of them from heart failure, officials said, figures that highlight the grim plight of labourers in the Gulf nation. AFP PHOTO/Prakash MATHEMA (Photo credit should read PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP/Getty Images)
Nepalese migrant workers queue to receive official documents in order to leave Nepal from the Labour department in Kathmandu on January 27, 2014. Nearly 200 Nepali migrant workers died in Qatar in 2013, many of them from heart failure, officials said, figures that highlight the grim plight of labourers in the Gulf nation. AFP PHOTO/Prakash MATHEMA (Photo credit should read PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP/Getty Images)

Watching Your Country Collapse from Afar
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‘It’s Like Jail Here’
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Jailed for tweeting in Kuwait
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Operation Roll Back Kuwaiti Freedom
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Operation Roll Back Kuwaiti Freedom
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