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World Cup sparks change as soccer puts chink in Qatari segregation

World Cup sparks change as soccer puts chink in Qatari segregation

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Apr 24, 2014
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Workers Cup 201

By James M. Dorsey

Qatar is employing soccer to put a significant first chip in the Chinese wall that segregates its minority citizenry from its majority foreign labour and expatriate population.

The move that Qatari officials say is one of the undertakings they made in their successful bid to host the 2022 World Cup constitutes a first ten…

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