Tag: Qatar

The Workers Cup: An Ode to Labourers Who Built Qatar’s Stadiums for the World Cup 

Cinema, Film Review, Football, Sports

Adam Sobel’s The Workers Cup explores the lives of migrant labourers who built Qatar’s World Cup infrastructure, using a football tournament as a window into their dreams, hardships and resilience. Muhammed Noushad reviews the documentary as a subtle yet powerful critique of labour conditions, corporate public relations and the human cost hidden behind football’s spectacle. MUHAMMED NOUSHAD Football is not

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Iran is a common foe for Israelis, Gulf monarchs; hence normalisation of ties: Prof. Bernard Haykel

Interview

Prof. Bernard Haykel, professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University, is a historian and political analyst. He has extensively studied the social and political history of West Asia, both countries and movements, particularly Saudi Arabia, Yemen and the ISIS. He co-edited Saudi Arabia in Transition: Insights of Social, Political and Religious Change in 2015. He also serves as director

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