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Pakistani workers say their faith cost them their jobs in the UAE

NPR | By Diaa Hadid

Published June 7, 2026 at 3:53 PM CDT

Shia Muslims from Pakistan say they're being deported from the UAE shortly after the Iran war began.

Diaa Hadid

Diaa Hadid chiefly covers Pakistan and Afghanistan for NPR News. She is based in NPR's bureau in Islamabad. There, Hadid and her team were awarded a Murrow in 2019 for hard news for their story on why abortion rates in Pakistan are among the highest in the world.

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