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A BIAA Hybrid Lecture with John McManus.
The small Gulf nation of Qatar will soon play host to the world’s largest event — the 2022 FIFA Men’s Football World Cup. But what is life really like in the country? A place that, just 75 years ago, was a backwater and is now a gas-laden entrepot with increasing wealth and ambition. This talk is based on John McManus’s book, Inside Qatar: hidden stories from one of the richest nations on earth. McManus lifts a lid on the hidden worlds of Qatar’s gilded elite, its spin doctors and thrill seekers, its manual labourers and domestic workers to reveal what life is really like in this nation of 3 million people, only 11 per cent of whom are Qatari citizens.
Purchase Dr McManus' book here:
A BIAA Hybrid Lecture with John McManus.
The small Gulf nation of Qatar will soon play host to the world’s largest event — the 2022 FIFA Men’s Football World Cup. But what is life really like in the country? A place that, just 75 years ago, was a backwater and is now a gas-laden entrepot with increasing wealth and ambition. This talk is based on John McManus’s book, Inside Qatar: hidden stories from one of the richest nations on earth. McManus lifts a lid on the hidden worlds of Qatar’s gilded elite, its spin doctors and thrill seekers, its manual labourers and domestic workers to reveal what life is really like in this nation of 3 million people, only 11 per cent of whom are Qatari citizens.
Purchase Dr McManus' book here:
