kafala

/K AA0 F AA1 L AH0/
noun
  1. 1

    A sponsorship system in the Middle East, used to monitor migrant labourers, mostly in the construction and domestic sectors.

  2. 2

    (Islam) A form of Islamic adoption in which the child is not regarded as a true child of the adoptive parents.

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