The World Cup's impact on Qatar and its relations

Danyel Reiche, tenured associate professor of comparative politics at AUB, has studied for many years the relationship of sports to culture, religion, identity and other issues. He is on leave this year at Georgetown University-Qatar, where he directs the research initiative “Building a Legacy: Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022." He explains how the World Cup impacts different sectors in different ways and at different speeds, including migrant workers' rights, women's status, technological innovations. He also discusses how the boycott of Qatar by some Arab states and the World Cup activities both impacted the country in different ways.