Maids in Beiruit

Filipino maids chat as they walk their employers' dogs in Beirut, Lebanon Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007. Thousands of foreign domestic workers in Lebanon and the Arab world face abuse at the hands of their employers. Some of these workers — estimated at up to 150,000 in Lebanon — come from places as far as Madagascar and Nepal, but the majority are from Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Ethiopia and Eritrea.