The Challenging Lives of Migrant Workers in the Arab Region
It would not be a small undertaking if Vermont announced that, in the next decade, it would build seven stadiums and overhaul its infrastructure to host one of the world’s largest international sporting events.
Yet Qatar, with about half the citizens and half the land of Vermont, has spent the last decade preparing to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the first country in the Arab world to do so. To make the event possible, Qatar relied heavily on migrant workers, who human rights groups accuse the country of abusing.
