A Kuwait celebrity sparked outrage on social media after saying domestic workers in her country should not be given any days off.
Sondos Al Qattan, a social media celebrity and make-up artist, posted a video on Twitter criticizing the new rules for hiring Filipino domestic workers in Kuwait, StepFeed reported. Al Qattan said domestic workers should not be allowed to keep their passports and should not be given one day off per week.
“How can you have a ‘servant’ in your house who gets to keep their passport with them? If they ran away and went back to their country, who will refund me?” Al Qattan said in the video.
She said because of the new rules, she would not hire a Filipino domestic worker. Her video went viral and sparked outrage online. Hundreds of people defended domestic workers, saying they are not slaves and cannot be made to work non-stop. Some said domestic workers were human beings, not machines.
“Why don’t you work seven days a week and give your passport to your boss. Where’s your humanity?” one person asked on Twitter. “Treat her well and let her keep her passport because she isn’t your slave, but an employee who has responsibilities and rights,” another said.
YOU ARE NOT HUMAN SONDOS AL QATTAN, I HAD AN EMIRATI BOSS, A LADY AND SHE IS NOT LIKE YOU, SHE IS ALSO ARAB LADY, BEAUTIFUL INSIDE AND OUT. YOU ARE DIFFERENT. YOU WILL BE ROTTEN AS PEOPLE YOU MALIGNED WISH FOR! NOT A HUMAN! YOU DESERVED TO BE HANGED! BITCH! AS LONG AS YOU LIVE! THE CURSE WILL BE ON YOU! YOU WILL BE AS PRETTIEST AS YOU WISH TO BE…BUT THAT IS ONLY OUTSIDE! ANY FILIPINO WHO WILL SEE YOU WILL CUT YOU INTO PIECES! BEAR MY WORD! SONDOS AL QATTAN! SHAME ON YOU! SPIT YOUR ASS! YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO ISLAM!
You’re a stinky monester batch. . .
mamatay na siya
You do what you said lets see if you can make it…….let usnot patronize this inhuman kind of animal.
Wild boar
Missy Aspilla Esquivel your right ????????????????
No wonder your word is one of them who treat bad and abused the domestic workers,and hope your country is very proud of you for giving a nice opinion,your statement is helpful for your country…goodluck
She’s insane. No Filipina will work for her so she doesn’t need to worry. She can keep her money.