Rainbow armbands and a clash of cultures at the FIFA World Cup

30/11/2022 37 min
Rainbow armbands and a clash of cultures at the FIFA World Cup

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Episode Synopsis

In this episode, we speak to a Qatari artist about her take on the ‘OneLove’ campaign, and why so many people want athletes and fans to take a stand at Qatar 2022. We also speak to Marc Owen Jones about caricatures used in the media to describe the first World Cup in the Middle East, and Abdulla Al-Arian (Editor of ‘Football in the Middle East, State, Society, and the Beautiful Game’) about the colonial legacy of the sport.