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<description><![CDATA[<a class="highslide" href="https://picture.graycity.net/img/paul-timblick/no_lipstick_in_lebanon.jpg"><img src="https://picture.graycity.net/img/paul-timblick/no_lipstick_in_lebanon_preview.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib" title ="No Lipstick in Lebanon" alt ="No Lipstick in Lebanon"/></a><br//>Meron Lemma couldn't know there was a fate worse than wasting away as a poor teenager in the Ethiopian slum where she was born.Desperate to create her own destiny, and drawn by the irresistible possibility of earning real dollars as a maid in Beirut, Meron leaves her devout mother and family behind to join the many other Habesha migrants searching for a better life in the Middle East.Only once there does she realise the ugly truth: instead of opportunity, she has found captivity. Instead of freedom, subordination. Trapped and mistreated by the harsh Madame, Meron lives in constant fear &#8211; fear of the daily onslaught of Madame's vicious spite; of her cruel and callous daughters; of the sexual advances of her predatory son; and most of all, fear of losing her sense of self... her Habesha spirit... even her life. Rich in cultural detail and exposing the ongoing, under-reported horrors facing domestic workers in Lebanon today,...]]></description>
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