Qatar slavery museum aims to address modern exploitation

A picture depicting the late Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Ali bin Abdullah bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani, is seen inside the Bin Jelmood house, a museum funded by the Qatari government, in Doha, Qatar November 10, 2015. REUTERS/Naseem Zeitoon

DOHA (Reuters) - Amid thatched ceilings and arched doorways in a traditional Qatari house in Doha, a projector beams a quote by Abraham Lincoln onto a wall: "If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong."

The Bin Jelmood house in Doha is the first museum to focus on slavery in the Arab world, and it opens as the gas-rich Gulf monarchy faces accusations by rights groups of modern-day slavery of migrant workers before the 2022 World Cup.