Monday, January 28, 2013

Change… inevitably takes time. But Qatar is a country where it takes place quite openly on a daily basis.



Dr. Matthias Krug, Doha-born novelist and journalist, defending Qatar’s 2022 World Cup hosting rights in an op-ed for Your Middle East.
Do expect improved working conditions for low-paid migrant laborers from Asia. Not just in 2022 projects, because that would be rightly picked apart by Western media as hypocrisy. More than that, Qatar can act as an example for the entire Gulf region…
Do expect gay rights to be guaranteed and the media to open up further and freedom of expression to evolve as it is already doing on a daily basis.
Do expect a great deal to change but one thing to remain the same: Qatar’s great warmth, inherent Arabian charm and limitless hospitality as a host nation.

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