Joy Raphael: 3 books

When you applied for work in Saudi Arabia, didn’t you think you would work for a few years, make a pile, marry off your daughter or sister, build a home, and retire to the good life? When you paid the huge commission to the recruitment agent and a large fee for your visa, did anybody tell...

SAUDI ARABIA. Jejo Das went to work in Riyadh as a driver, believing that would secure his future. No such luck. He had to return dejected to India after suffering extreme humiliation. His colleague Soman was physically tortured by his employer for getting his wife's – instead of his – approval...

The mutawas, the dreaded religious police of Saudi Arabia, consider themselves the supreme guardians of public morality. They are keepers of their faith the way they see it. They have the backing of the Kingdom and they are watching you - everywhere, all the time. And, they are ruthless with...