Who Builds The Middle East? Gulf Labor at the Global South Asia Conference

Who Builds The Middle East?Gulf Labor at the Global South Asia ConferenceSaturday, February 16, 2013 1:30–3:15pm: Panel IIA: "The world of work" Panelists: Walid Raad, Haig Aivazian, Mariam Ghani, Naeem Mohaiemen, Kadambari Baxi "The Globalization of South Asia: Controversy, Critique, and Activism" NYU, Tisch Hall 40 West 4th Street, New York, NY Free & public gulflabor.wordpress.com References[1] http://gulflabor.wordpress.com; http://whobuilds.org [2] 2009 report: http://www.hrw.org/reports/2009/05/18/island-happiness-0; 2012 follow-up report: http://www.hrw.org/reports/2012/03/21/island-happiness-revisited-0 [3] http://gulflabor.wordpress.com/sign-the-petition/ [4] http://www.tdic.ae/en/news/media-center/news/tdic-to-appoint-pwc-to-monitor-saadiyat-island-contractors-performance-in-the-area-of-worker-welfare.html [5] http://www.tdic.ae/en/article/property-1/the-epps-2012-annual-independent-monitoring-report.html [6] http://gulflabor.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/gulflabor_updateresponsetopwc_nov_2012.pdf [7] In 2011 and 2012, between 10,000 and 19,000 migrants worked on Saadiyat Island. Their numbers are expected to increase in the next building phase. See PwC report page 10. [8] http://www.tdic.ae/en/article/property-1/saadiyat-island-construction-village.html [9] http://www.dhaka-principles.org [10] http://www.guggenheim.org/guggenheim-foundation/collaborations/map [11] The Zayed National Museum is developed with the advice of the British Museum. [12] For more information on cultural institutions on Saadiyat Island, see http://www.saadiyatculturaldistrict.ae/en/saadiyat-cultural-district/partners