Voiceless Migrants vs Loving Employers: Framing the Kafala System in News from Lebanon

This study analyzes how migrant workers under the Kafala or “sponsorship” system are represented in Lebanese news media during times of crisis. To investigate media representations of migrants in Lebanon, this study employs quantitative and qualitative analysis of 197 randomly sampled news headlines...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: King, Gretchen (author)
مؤلفون آخرون: Abi Hadir, Dany (author), Saati, Farah (author), Ayyad, Zaynab (author)
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منشور في: 2026
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/17730
https://doi.org/10.1080/15562948.2026.2629335
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15562948.2026.2629335
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