Saudi men are also nowadays standing in long queues in front of the Philippine Embassy to get maids. Some of these maids get salaries that are higher than what our Saudi youth earn working in the private sector.

I cannot deny that the labor from the Philippines is well trained and serious about work, but our homes will not collapse without them. Our children will not suffer from hunger without them and I am sure life will not stop without them.

We should never forget the danger they sometimes pose. They sometimes commit crimes and a large number of them run away. Despite this, it is my view that they are the best of all nationalities that come to the Kingdom, but not of a level that our men should stand in long queues outside their embassy to employ them.

Not having a Filipino maid will not harm our social security. The level of cleanliness of our homes will not change. If we do not speak against this, then other embassies will follow the Philippine Embassy and treat us the same way when we go there to employ their nationals.

I think it is about time to protect Saudi citizens and find ways to stop maids from running away. We should of course protect the dignity of maids, because some of our men cannot differentiate between maids and other apparatus at home. The lines in front of the Philippine Embassy are longer than the queues of people trying to get appointments with dentists at government hospitals.