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  • Two football players close up, one attempts to dribble round the other.
    Arab footballers in Germany

    Is Marmoush following in Salah's footsteps?

    The young Egyptian player Omar Marmoush has made headlines in the German Bundesliga and across Europe, drawing comparisons to his compatriot, the Liverpool legend Mohamed Salah.

  • After years of relentless spending, Saudi Arabia is now a central player in the world's most lucrative sports. Critics say it is sportswashing, but is there an economic payoff that makes it all worth it?
    Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Newcastle Utd

    Saudi Arabia's sports binge

    After years of relentless spending, Saudi Arabia is now a central player in the world's most lucrative sports. Critics say it is sportswashing, but is there an economic payoff that makes it all worth it? Arthur Sullivan reports

  • Middle East expert Udo Steinbach has been advocating closer relations with the Gulf states for years.
    Udo Steinbach on Europe and the Gulf

    Let's have none of the old arrogance

    Middle East expert Udo Steinbach has been advocating closer relations with the Gulf states for years. Genuine interest in regional development, however, needs to look beyond the stereotypes. Birgit Svensson spoke to him in Baghdad

  • FIFA World Cup in Qatar 2022

    Did LGBTQ rights campaigns in Qatar help or hinder?

    Protests by Western activists at the FIFA World Cup may have backfired and sparked a backlash against gay, lesbian and queer communities in Qatar, critics say. By Cathrin Schaer

  • During the World Cup in Qatar, much has been written about the role of women in the Gulf state, yet they themselves rarely get a word in edgeways. Karim El-Gawhary spoke to two Qatari women in Doha.
    Women's rights in Qatar

    Driving emancipation forward

    During the World Cup in Qatar, much has been written about the role of women in the Gulf state, yet they themselves rarely get a word in edgeways. Karim El-Gawhary spoke to two Qatari women in Doha

  • Will they, won't they? This evening's semi between Morocco and France will decide whether the Arab world's World Cup fairytale will see Morocco facing Argentina in the final.
    Arab world on tenterhooks

    World Cup semi-final – "We are all Moroccans"

    Morocco has taken the 2022 World Cup by storm, with the northwest Africans reaching the semi-finals for the first time in their soccer history. As the knockout match approaches, Birgit Svensson's public viewing report from Baghdad throws a different light on Morocco's recent victories in Qatar

  • One Love armbands are self-righteous and ignore some fundamental issues.
    FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022

    Qatar critics and their blind spots

    We are in favour of human rights. But One Love armbands are self-righteous and ignore some fundamental issues. Stefan Buchen examines the debate surrounding the World Cup in Qatar

  • Neither Israel's nor Palestine's footballers qualified for this year’s World Cup, yet the Israeli-Palestinian conflict appears present in Qatar.
    Qatar, Israel and the Palestinians

    Middle East conflict impacts World Cup

    With reported hostilities against Israeli journalists and the flag of the Palestinian territories flying on the streets and in the stadiums, it is clear the World Cup in Qatar is not apolitical. By Stefan Nestler and the DW team in Qatar

  • 2.5 million foreign workers have been the foundation of Qatar's economic miracle – helping pump oil and gas, building its World Cup stadiums and infrastructure and staffing the dozens of new hotels that have opened in the past five years. Rights groups say the workers have been massively abused.
    Qatar 2022

    Migrant workers enjoy FIFA World Cup on the cheap

    Shafeeq Saqafi paid $3 for the Argentina shirt he proudly wore when he sat with 15,000 other migrant workers in a hidden corner of Doha to watch Lionel Messi's side salvage their World Cup

  • Lamya Kaddor, an MP for Germany’s Green Party, advocates taking a differentiated stance towards Qatar and urges that progress in human rights also be recognised
    Lamya Kaddor on the Qatar World Cup

    "Address problems, but acknowledge progress"

    Lamya Kaddor, MP for Germany’s Green Party, visited Qatar with a group of parliamentarians. In interview with Claudia Mende, she advocates a differentiated picture and urges that progress in human rights also be recognised

  • Faith united at Sisterhood FC!

    Playing football in a hijab: founded in 2018, the London-based football club Sisterhood FC offers Muslim women the opportunity to combine their sporting passion and their religious beliefs. By Claudia Dehn and Ayse Tasci-Steinbach

  • All organisers use major sporting events like this year’s FIFA World Cup in Qatar primarily to burnish their own image. But, we don't have to buy into that, writes Samuli Schielke.
    FIFA World Cup 2022

    Major events at any price?

    All organisers use major sporting events like this year’s FIFA World Cup in Qatar primarily to advertise their country and promote a slick public image. This is not something we need to be involved in, writes Samuli Schielke in his commentary

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