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Today in Focus

Inside Qatar 2022: the World Cup of politics and protest

Today in Focus

The Guardian

News, Daily News

4.65.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Football’s governing body Fifa has tried to keep politics out of the World Cup – but there has never been a more political tournament, reports Michael Safi in Doha. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the Guardian.

0:08.4

Today, a week in Doha, at a World Cup like no other.

0:22.7

So we are driving through what looks like a very futuristic city.

0:29.2

What city is this?

0:31.6

Oh, this is Al-Usel.

0:33.2

It's the new city in Doha.

0:34.9

And we can say that this is the future of Doha.

0:40.5

It's Saturday the 19th of November, the night before the start of the World Cup.

0:44.9

And I'm in a car with his saying Al-Bahleika and his sister Khadija.

0:49.9

They're both Katari and they're showing me around.

0:52.9

And so over the past few years, how much has this city changed?

0:57.6

How much is Doha? How have you seen Doha transform?

1:00.4

It's tremendous change to be honest. We love our country and this

1:04.3

make it's in another level. As you can see here, we have a maha island.

1:08.4

This is the island that we told you in.

1:09.9

Oh, that's an island.

1:10.8

Yes, it's a huge island that has been built when it's opened.

1:14.9

It's night time and the island looks like a giant theme park.

1:18.4

It'll be near on lights.

1:20.1

I can see a ferris wheel and behind it, Doha's tallest buildings.

1:24.4

They've been called a toy box skyline, different colors and shapes

1:28.5

arcing into the sky.

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