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  • Seems the Qataris don’t like Danish TV filming in a public place.
    Images on Twitter of a journalist being filmed on camera at night (can see hardly anything in the background),broadcasting live to Danish TV, a golf cart full of Qatari men get out & try to stop the filming. Say they need a permit & if they don’t stop they’ll break the camera.
    The Danish presenter was very calm. Showed them his accreditation, which is all he needs to film himself there & reminded them, he was invited here by them.

    Perhaps it’s the infamous Danish mafia?
  • Seems the Qataris don’t like Danish TV filming in a public place.
    Images on Twitter of a journalist being filmed on camera at night (can see hardly anything in the background),broadcasting live to Danish TV, a golf cart full of Qatari men get out & try to stop the filming. Say they need a permit & if they don’t stop they’ll break the camera.
    The Danish presenter was very calm. Showed them his accreditation, which is all he needs to film himself there & reminded them, he was invited here by them.

    Perhaps it’s the infamous Danish mafia?
    Or Danish bacon 🥓 
  • Seems the Qataris don’t like Danish TV filming in a public place.
    Images on Twitter of a journalist being filmed on camera at night (can see hardly anything in the background),broadcasting live to Danish TV, a golf cart full of Qatari men get out & try to stop the filming. Say they need a permit & if they don’t stop they’ll break the camera.
    The Danish presenter was very calm. Showed them his accreditation, which is all he needs to film himself there & reminded them, he was invited here by them.

    Perhaps it’s the infamous Danish mafia?
    Just saw this.  The whole thing looks like a complete farce in a completely plastic part of the world.  They should stick to extravagant shopping malls.  
  • cabbles said:
    Just saw this.  The whole thing looks like a complete farce in a completely plastic part of the world.  They should stick to extravagant shopping malls.  
    They got an official apology though.
    So alls grand 🙄😂😂
  • An American reporter finds themselves in trouble with Qatari security for taking pictures.
  • Just seen a piece on BBC2 Newsnight about Iranians planning to go to the WC to protest at matches about their government's repression of free speech and civil rights.  One hope expressed was that  English supporters and players would join in with the protests.  Peter Reid (who isn't someone I would expect to be in favour) wasn't altogether against the idea.  A specific Iranian request was for English fans to join Iranian ones in booing the Iranian national anthem.  Is that justified in the circumstances?  Discuss....
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  • Head in the sand time me thinks. 

    https://www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decodeurs/article/2022/11/15/world-cup-2022-the-difficulty-with-estimating-the-number-of-deaths-on-qatar-construction-sites_6004375_8.html

    "According to the data, 12,412 immigrant men died in Qatar between 2011 and 2020, nearly half of whom (5,935) were between 20 and 50 years old, which is relatively young."

    "In a study published in July 2019 in the medical journal Cardiology, an international team of researchers noted a strong correlation between temperatures and cardiovascular events recorded among Nepalese migrant workers in Qatar. "The pronounced mortality from cardiovascular events during hot seasons is most likely due to intense heat stress," said the researchers, who estimated that about 35% of fatal cardiac arrests could have been prevented by better protecting workers from heat."
    It is a great tragedy if anyone loses their life while going about their work. 

  • Iranian protesters at the World Cup in Qatar?

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    The beauty of sport. 
  • Sevensix said:
    Just seen a piece on BBC2 Newsnight about Iranians planning to go to the WC to protest at matches about their government's repression of free speech and civil rights.  One hope expressed was that  English supporters and players would join in with the protests.  Peter Reid (who isn't someone I would expect to be in favour) wasn't altogether against the idea.  A specific Iranian request was for English fans to join Iranian ones in booing the Iranian national anthem.  Is that justified in the circumstances?  Discuss....
    Doubt the fans going there are the type to go on protests. 
  • edited November 2022
    Doubt the fans going there are the type to go on protests. 
    Unless it is about not being allowed to drink in the town square.  Then it's plastic chair time.
  • They have publicly apologised to him. Fair play. BBC guy reporting that there seems to be genuine confusion among “security” staff on the ground about what is and isn’t OK.They (or at least progressive elements within the heirachy)  are genuinely struggling to meet the rest of the world half way on what’s reasonable to allow. 

    I’m curious now to hear more from that al- Thahawi guy who is prominent in the Netflix doc. I’d like to think he’s one of the “progressives” who would have argued for that public apology. Wouldn’t bet any more than my current holding of crypto on it, though😂
  • MrOneLung said:
    of course I am going to watch it, love the world cup and not really bothered about the other stuff just like I dont care the Saudis own Newcastle. My only complaint is that I think World Cups should go to proper footballing nations which Qatar is not.

    Look forward to people not watching the world cup games in USA due to their laws against women based on religious dogma
    Hopefully, Roe will be back on the statute books by 2026. 
  • So an authentic experience at this pop up World Cup 

  • How cringe is that Doha Dad's flag?
  • They have publicly apologised to him. Fair play. BBC guy reporting that there seems to be genuine confusion among “security” staff on the ground about what is and isn’t OK.They (or at least progressive elements within the heirachy)  are genuinely struggling to meet the rest of the world half way on what’s reasonable to allow. 

    I’m curious now to hear more from that al- Thahawi guy who is prominent in the Netflix doc. I’d like to think he’s one of the “progressives” who would have argued for that public apology. Wouldn’t bet any more than my current holding of crypto on it, though😂
    This seems to point towards a show being put in for the visitors, rather than a country that is progressing. I can't help but feel it will be business as usual when the camera crews go home.   
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  • @QatarNapsy is this just at the fan park?

    I assume people will still be able to get a drink during the day in hotel bars?
  • @QatarNapsy is this just at the fan park?

    I assume people will still be able to get a drink during the day in hotel bars?
    First I heard about the timing of the Fanzone, I know it closes at 1am.. Has anyone seen the acts that are set to perform and the size of the screen and stage yet? It is impressive.. 
  • @QatarNapsy is this just at the fan park?

    I assume people will still be able to get a drink during the day in hotel bars?
    Thought that was Philip Schofield in the picture then realised the bloke was queuing.
  • This is just unnecessarily weird. They are expecting 1.2m fans into Doha, so all these fake ones aren't needed. Funny tho.
  • @QatarNapsy is this just at the fan park?

    I assume people will still be able to get a drink during the day in hotel bars?
    To add to this - they haven't ramped up the price of beer because of the World Cup, it is the same price as normal, but the exchange rate has made it more expensive for travelling fans.

    Same as getting a beer here, the price has hardly change in the 8 years I have been here, it has always been 50AED a pint and still is.. But if I look at the UK, it was something like 3.50 when I left, now it is nearly 6quid
  • Sevensix said:
    Just seen a piece on BBC2 Newsnight about Iranians planning to go to the WC to protest at matches about their government's repression of free speech and civil rights.  One hope expressed was that  English supporters and players would join in with the protests.  Peter Reid (who isn't someone I would expect to be in favour) wasn't altogether against the idea.  A specific Iranian request was for English fans to join Iranian ones in booing the Iranian national anthem.  Is that justified in the circumstances?  Discuss....
    Tricky one for the in-house self appointed arbiters 
  • edited November 2022
    There are happy hours in bars all over Doha that can be booked for daytime drinking. 

    I’m going to be in ‘The Red Lion’ prior to England/USA. 

    As for the ‘fake’ fans clips. Yeah, it’s a bit cringe but all major tournaments have their own quirky (often corporate) things about them that we wouldn’t necessarily expect down The Valley or in club football. 

    There are a lot of fans travelling over from India who will be adopting teams to support. 
  • cafctom said:
    There are happy hours in bars all over Doha that can be booked for daytime drinking. 

    I’m going to be in ‘The Red Lion’ prior to England/USA. 
    Thanks for the update Tom. Which hotel?
  • DubaiCAFC said:
    Thanks for the update Tom. Which hotel?
    I’m staying in an apartment in a block near the West Bay - near the FanZone I think. 
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