And this is where millions go every year for salvation!!
Bangladeshi women recount stories of abuse in Saudi Arabia
Female workers returning from Saudi Arabia say they suffered backbreaking working hours and sexual abuse.
![According to Bangladeshi authorities, nearly 50,000 female workers went to Saudi Arabia until the end of September this year [Mahmud Hossain Opu/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2019/11/7/7ebe41313e38460b809a81e75db6d332_18.jpg "Bangladeshi women recount stories of abuse in Saudi Arabia")
Dhaka, Bangladesh - Shirina Begum was no stranger to sleeping on an empty stomach. For days on end, she had to consume "bhater mar" (the starchy water poured off cooked rice) to quell her hunger after feeding her two children and ailing husband.
Growing up in the small Bangladeshi village of Namorikari in Lalmonirhat, which often faces seasonal famines, 29-year-old Begum struggled to make ends meet.