2022 World Cup, which started Sunday in Qatar, with fans from around the globe attending the month-long soccer, or football, tournament. This is the first time the games will be played in the winter, due to Qatar’s extreme summer temperatures. Qatar is the first country in the Middle East to host the World Cup. It won its bid to host the games a decade ago, in December 2010, shortly before the Arab Spring protests erupted. The small nation draws its wealth from sales of liquified natural gas, hosts the forward headquarters of the U.S. military Central Command.
Qatar and FIFA have faced years of protest over conditions faced by migrant workers subjected to forced labor to build its stadiums.
— source democracynow.org | Nov 21, 2022