In the Desert
Nepal – Qatar Migration Category : Photography Photographs : Frédéric Lecloux Texts : Frédéric Lecloux, Ashmita Sapkota 50 colour photographs Size : 24 x 32 cm/ 72 pages French & English Le Bec en l'air ISBN : 9782367441764 / 25 € Release date : Nov 10, 22 Rights availableIn 2015, as construction of the 2022 World Cup infrastructure began in Qatar, 1,500 Nepalese men were leaving one of the world's poorest countries each day to work abroad, 20% of them emigrating to Qatar. Frédéric Lecloux interviewed and photographed the women left behind in Nepal by their sons and husbands, who had travelled to Qatar, where he then went to meet them in workers' camps. This book was co-published with Amnesty France.