Clips circulating online appear to show physical confrontations between Nigerian domestic workers and employers in the Middle East. One video shows a man kicking a worker who was reportedly protesting unpaid wages; another shows an Iraqi woman slapping a worker, who then appears to defend herself.
The footage has prompted shock and calls for justice, with viewers stressing that domestic workers deserve humane treatment.
The clips have also renewed attention to reports of exploitation affecting African migrant workers, including claims of passport confiscation and beatings when workers request time off. Viewers are calling for investigations and stronger protections.
A disturbing incident shows an Arab man assaulting a Nigerian woman employed as a domestic worker in his Middle Eastern home after she reportedly refused to carry out strenuous tasks.
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— NewsClick Nigeria Media (@NewsClickng) November 13, 2026
here are some reactions on X:
@AsakyGRN Why person go leave Nigeria go this kind country
— ABRAHAM (@__THEmultiverse) November 13, 2026
Don’t get it twisted: this is the general belief of Arabs about women, they do this to their women too. Also, in the Islamic religion, if a wife is not obedient, the husband has the right to beat her to correct her, so it’s normal for them. I advise returning to Nigeria or a Western country instead of living in this humiliating and dehumanizing environment to avoid all these nonsense because if you kpai in the process the Nigerian government is too useless to fight on your behalf
— Trilogy (@Trilogygpuh) November 13, 2026
@AsakyGRN She’s just scared not to defend herself, otherwise, the 1d10t would beg for his life
— F I R S T U S (@Firstus_) November 13, 2026
@AsakyGRN If you leave Nigeria for Arab countries it’s your fault if you get treated this way honestly.
— Chidera M. (@blacmagicwand) November 13, 2026
@AsakyGRN People that castrated black men so that they cannot reproduce with their women…crazy race
— Nelo (@lovenelo247) November 13, 2026
@AsakyGRN Arabs hate blacks more than anything and anyone
— chocolate guy 🍫 (@Jermaineway_) November 13, 2026
@AsakyGRN They do this to Nigerians even in Nigeria.
— Job (@JobShagaiyaEsq) November 13, 2026
@AsakyGRN Arabs wey no really get respect for their women..this isn’t new for them.they will beat the hell out of you and feed your body to their dogs..
As a Nigerian avoid Arab countries.— 🐝zucchi (@DEFI_MONARCHH) November 13, 2026
@AsakyGRN This is the direct results of bad governance in Nigeria that is pushing our young girls and boys outside Nigeria. But you Will be surprised that same person will come home to support that same party it’s policy distroyed the economy
— CDD (@CHIDIEB12032004) November 13, 2026
@AsakyGRN Before going to any country , research about human right laws available and protection for the vulnerable.
Information are abound on the internet .— ogunjemiyo lano (@Ogunjemiyo6851) November 13, 2026
Once, China and the Chinese were treated like this all over the world, so they decided enough was enough. They closed their doors and invested seriously in their people and their country. Fifty years later, no one dares to intimidate China or the Chinese. My question is, when will Africans do the same?
— Ebuee EDC (@EbueeEDC) November 13, 2026
@AsakyGRN African women tend to be some of the most ignorant & foolish women
They don’t read history, Arabs ran the longest slave trade in history
Arabs enslaved black women & used them for sex slavery for 13 centuries uninterrupted
But today you’ll see dumb African women going there🤦🏾♂️— 𝕊𝕜𝕚𝕕𝕣𝕠𝕨𝟝𝟙 (@Skidrow511) November 13, 2026
@AsakyGRN Yet Africans will still vote them in in the USA and UK.
I just watched a catalogue video of assaults blacks face in the Middle East and I almost shed blood 😭
Things are happening to our brothers and sisters in the Middle East and no one is talking about it.
— EMMANUEL NECHI (@EmmanuelNechi) November 13, 2026