Mahdavi, Pardis,  1978- <br/><br/>
Gridlock :  labor, migration, and human trafficking in Dubai / 
Pardis Mahdavi. 
 - Stanford, Calif. :  Stanford University Press,  c2011. 
 - 251 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
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<br/><br/>Trafficking trafficking -- Dubai Inc. -- Sex work -- Migration in context -- Labor outside law -- An (un)civil society -- Building towers, building structures -- Building castles in the sand. 
<br/><br/> Reveals the real-life experiences of migrants living and working in Dubayy, discussing debates over human trafficking and stereotypes linked to trafficked persons, and examining policies on human trafficking and the realities of forced labor in the Persian Gulf. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780804772204 (trade : cloth : alk. paper) 0804772207 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011003618 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Foreign workers--United Arab Emirates--Dubayy (Emirate)<br/>Forced labor--United Arab Emirates--Dubayy (Emirate)<br/>Human trafficking--United Arab Emirates--Dubayy (Emirate)<br/>Forced labor--Dubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate)<br/>Human trafficking.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>331.6/2/095357