Scoring the World Cup
Kerning Cultures
Kerning Cultures Network
4.9 • 529 Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2022
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
This is the final week of the first World Cup hosted in the Middle East. And it’s been a tournament like no other: We’ve seen Morocco advance further than any Middle East or African team has before, making the whole region proud. And we’ve seen many joyous moments go viral as fans from across the world descend on Doha.
But it’s also a World Cup shrouded in controversy, that has left many of us with mixed feelings.
So, over the last couple of weeks, we’ve been going out to speak with fans around the world to get a sense of what people make of it all, from the highs and lows of the tournament itself, to everything happening off the pitch.
This episode was produced by Ban Barkawi, Alex Atack and Ahmed Ashour, with help from Sarah Risheq, Al Shaibani, Shahd Bani-Odeh, Maher Ali, Soumaya Bouabdellah, Youssef Douazou, Sara Kaddouri and Zeina Dowidar. It was edited by Sarah Risheq and Dana Ballout. Sound design was by Paul Alouf. Our team also includes Nadeen Shaker and Finbar Anderson.
Our sister podcast - Masafat - has also released an episode about the Qatar world cup in Arabic. To hear that, search Masafat in your podcast app.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm going to be able to be |
| 0:02.9 | old and is predictable they've seen in half of |
| 0:04.9 | And one story that always kind of captures my imagination |
| 0:07.8 | The street's lost culture |
| 0:11.9 | And you're listening to Kearning Cultures |
| 0:14.9 | I'm Dana Balut and this is Kearning Cultures Today we're doing something different I'm Dana Balut and this is Kernan Cultures. |
| 0:22.4 | Today we're doing something different. |
| 0:24.1 | Go! |
| 0:26.9 | Go! Go! Go! |
| 0:28.8 | A monumental moment for Morocco. |
| 0:31.8 | Not a son. |
| 0:33.2 | No absurd! |
| 0:34.4 | Oh! |
| 0:35.6 | Golden boy! |
| 0:37.1 | Saudi Arabian football has put his nation ahead against Argentina. |
| 0:43.8 | As you might have heard, there's a football tournament or soccer, depending on where you live, going on at the moment. |
| 0:50.5 | Really, it's a World Cup like nothing we've ever seen. |
| 0:54.8 | And it's the first time the competition has been hosted in the Middle East, which is huge. |
| 0:59.4 | For thousands of people across the region, it's the first time they've been able to see the games up close. |
| 1:09.1 | And it's the first time a team from the Arab world or Africa has gotten this far into the tournament. A genuine tilt in the axis of world football because Morocco have smashed through that glass ceiling. |
| 1:34.8 | But it's also a World Cup that's left us with mixed feelings. |
| 1:40.0 | Hosting the tournament in Qatar has put a spotlight on the fact that thousands of migrant workers have died during the construction of the World Cup. |
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