High tech: A projection of the Emir Cup trophy is shown to the crowd during the opening ceremony of the Al Janoub Stadium at Al Wakrah in Doha. — Photo by the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy
SOME foreign media have projected Qatar, hosts of the football World Cup in 2022, as a conservative, rigid, and even a rude nation.
And so just before boarding my flight to Doha, I had all these uneasy feelings about the capital city with their futuristic skyscrapers and other ultramodern architecture.
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