This is the Cedar Revolution

"Lebanon has urged the Philippines to lift a travel ban to the country to help relieve a shortage of maids...Human rights campaigners say the danger to maids in Lebanon is not so much political conflict but from abuse. Human Rights Watch says most of Lebanon's domestic workers, who originate primarily from Sri Lanka, the Philippines, and Ethiopia, remain unprotected by labour laws and are subject to exploitation and frequent abuse by employers and agencies." (thanks Mal)