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Inside Qatar

Hidden Stories from the World’s Richest Nation

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Inside Qatar

By: John McManus
Narrated by: Frazer Blaxland
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An intimate portrait of life in the world's richest nation ahead of the FIFA 2022 World Cup.

Just 70 years ago, the Gulf nation of Qatar was a backwater, reliant on pearl diving. Today it is a gas-laden parvenu with seemingly limitless wealth and ambition. Skyscrapers, museums and futuristic football stadiums rise out of the desert and Ferraris race through the streets. But in the shadows, migrant workers toil in the heat for risible amounts.

Inside Qatar reveals how real people live in this surreal place, a land of both great opportunity and great iniquity. Ahead of Qatar's time in the limelight as host of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, anthropologist John McManus lifts a lid on the hidden worlds of its gilded princes, manual labourers and domestic workers, its teachers and policemen, culture vultures and thrill seekers.

This is the real Qatar in all its extremes—crushingly unequal and not just a little outrageous, but also diverse, riotous, pulsing with innovation and life.

©2022 John McManus (P)2022 W F Howes Social Sciences Middle East Human Geography Anthropology Sports Middle Ages Africa
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Well written description of life inside Qatar. Especially good on the lives of foreign workers.

The excellent prose

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can't believe how quickly I finished listening to this audio book,great angle on all sides of people living in qatar, gave me some serious thinking to do whether I wanna watch this world cup or not,makes you appreciate the protections and rights people have in democracy and free societies

such a great book, loved it

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