What Are Your Thoughts About Qatar?

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I became sort of like a leader and I started creating awareness on the basic minimum rights I would expect from the employer. And that is when I started getting into trouble with everybody because an enlightened citizen is that threat to leadership. So even my one year, nine months working as a technician helper did not end because I got another job. Actually they terminated me because they thought I am a bad influence to people.

The people who built Qatar’s stadiums, hotels, and transit systems were employed under the country’s exploitative migrant worker system. Officials promised things would change before the World Cup, but a one-time worker says it’s only better on paper.

This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard with help from Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and hosted by Noel King.

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