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Simba Russeau is a photojournalist, writer and radio correspondent currently based in Beirut, Lebanon.

Influenced by the reality of surviving 7 years, as a youth, on the streets, she taught herself photography. In 2002, Simba covered her first foreign assignment in East Timor. Since then she has reported from South Korea, Philippines, Haiti, Japan, the US and Lebanon. For 4 years she worked as an assignment editor for Pacifica Radio�s Free Speech Radio News. A daily national and international radio news program. Simba�s work has been published in Rolling Stone and Sowar Magazine. As a camera operator she has worked for Emmy award winning actor Tim Robbins, PBS� �In the Life,� Sundance and independent filmmaker Jon Alpert. Currently she is working on photo essays documenting homeless and displaced people around the world and domestic workers in Lebanon.

As a student of the martial arts Simba believes it's important to appreciate your life and train hard everyday to develop better character and purpose, which is why she has dedicated her life to documenting social issues.

Beirut , domestic workers , Ethiopia , Lebanon , maids , Middle East , migration , prostitution , slavery , women

Traditionally, households would employ young Lebanese women, mainly from poor rural areas, Palestinians, Syrians or Egyptians as domestic workers. These days, Arab women rarely do such work in Lebanon -- viewing it as degrading or unacceptable -- leaving it instead to migrant workers who take on poor working and living conditions and low wages. At café Rawda in Beirut, this Ethiopian maid cares for her Madame's child while she enjoys dinner with a friend.