Inside Qatar
Hidden Stories From One of the Richest Nations on Earth
Amberley Publishing · Print & ebook · July 7, 2022
'A wonderful and sometimes devastating book ... sophisticated, nuanced, fair-minded and yet very hard hitting' SIMON KUPER 'This will transport you to Qatar and teach you with humanity and empathy some of the dark truths about globalisation' BEN JUDAH 'John McManus is a remarkable, compelling writer' RORY STEWART 'Wise, well informed, fair-minded and honest' PETER OBORNE AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF LIFE IN THE FIFA 2022 WORLD CUP'S HOST NATION Just 75 years ago, the Gulf nation of Qatar was a backwater, reliant on pearl diving.
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- Who it’s for
- John McManus makes Qatar’s contradictions legible through the lives of people who inhabit them.
- Genres
- Travel Writing, Middle Eastern Politics, Soccer
- Published
- Amberley Publishing, July 7, 2022
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'A wonderful and sometimes devastating book ... sophisticated, nuanced, fair-minded and yet very hard hitting' SIMON KUPER 'This will transport you to Qatar and teach you with humanity and empathy some of the dark truths about globalisation' BEN JUDAH 'John McManus is a remarkable, compelling writer' RORY STEWART 'Wise, well informed, fair-minded and honest' PETER OBORNE AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF LIFE IN THE FIFA 2022 WORLD CUP'S HOST NATION Just 75 years ago, the Gulf nation of Qatar was a backwater, reliant on pearl diving.
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Today it is a gas-laden parvenu with seemingly limitless wealth and ambition. Skyscrapers, museums and futuristic football stadiums rise out of the desert and Ferraris race through the streets. But in the shadows, migrant workers toil in the heat for risible amounts. Inside Qatar reveals how real people live in this surreal place, a land of both great opportunity and great iniquity. Ahead of Qatar's time in the limelight as host of the 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup, anthropologist John McManus lifts a lid on the hidden worlds of its gilded elite, its spin doctors and thrill seekers, its manual labourers and domestic workers. The sum of their tales is not some exotic cabinet of curiosities. Instead, Inside Qatar opens a window onto the global problems - of unfettered capitalism, growing inequality and climate change - that concern us all.
Beyond the Spotlight
John McManus makes Qatar’s contradictions legible through the lives of people who inhabit them.
Come here for
- A close look at Qatar beyond its spectacular wealth and World Cup spotlight
- The human stakes of inequality, migrant labor, and climate change
Expect
- An intimate portrait of elites, workers, and others living in a rapidly transformed nation
- A fair-minded account that connects one country’s tensions to global problems
Where it sits
| Travel Writing | 49% |
|---|---|
| Middle Eastern Politics | 32% |
| Soccer | 26% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Human Geography
- Authors
- John McManus
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Published
- July 7, 2022
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Human Geography