AVI BINUR: MERCY GATE בָּרוּךְ הַשֵׁם

Migrante Middle East-North Africa: April 24, 2013 Open Letter of the stranded Filipino workers in ‘Tent City’, Jeddah, KSA

Migrante Middle East-North Africa: Aerial view of ‘Tent City’ where thousands of stranded Filipino workers have camped out beside the PH Consulate building in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Walang ligaya sa lupa na hindi dinilig ng luha.

Filipino Proverb: There is no earthly bliss not watered by tears.

Bnei Lot are of an ancient origin. In the migratory tradition of Ruth begun more than two millennia ago, a remnant of David and Solomon migrated into Maritime Southeast Asia which comprises what is now Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, The Philippines, and Singapore, as well as Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, with a sizeable minority of Malays migrating back to their tribal allotments in Sephardic Judah, besides Terrestrial and Figurative Jordan.