The Secretary General of the Organizing Committee, Hassan Al-Thawadi, estimated earlier this week, on the Qatari channel Al Jazeera, that the criticisms were "due to the fact that Qatar is an Arab country which has been able to play 'equal to equal and snatch the organization' of the tournament.
In an interview with the local newspaper Al Sharq, a leader of the Qatari Football Federation, Sheikh Ahmed bin Hamad Al-Thani, rejoiced at the "presence of the enemy (sic) because it pushes you to do your job the best possible ".
To say that Qatar did not appreciate criticism from the West on "its World Cup" is an understatement.
Accused by NGOs of human rights violations, the small Gulf emirate has long been content to repeat that “everyone will be (it) welcome” and to reproach its critics for not going there to have some. a pure heart.
For Nabil Ennasri, author of “The Qatar Empire, the new master of the game?
and doctor of political science, these criticisms do not exist in the Arab world, in Africa, in Asia or even in Latin America, continents more interested in the occasion of a World Cup by the sporting issue than environmental or human rights issues.
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The geopolitical stakes are immense for this country the size of Corsica.
And he will do everything to make it “go well.
But depending on the news, it can get out of hand very quickly.
For a yes or a no, the situation could degenerate and ultimately interfere with this World Cup a little ”nuances our specialist.
“From the start, Qatar presented their World Cup as not the Qatar World Cup, but the All Arab World Cup.
For example, when Emir Hamad symbolically receives the ball from the hands of Vladimir Putin at the end of the tournament in 2018, in the presence of the President of Fifa, he declares Now the World Cup in Russia is over, place at the All Arab World Cup” also deciphers the specialist in the Persian Gulf country.
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