After repeated criticisms from groups such as Amnesty International and the Human Rights Watch, Qatar has introduced legislation to overhaul its widely criticized migrant worker employment system (known as kafala) and improve safety conditions on sites such as the venues under construction for the 2022 World Cup. Such pledged reforms have indicated sufficient progress that […]
Five of Alfaisal University’s engineering graduates have come up with a way to integrate palm trees — staples outside football stadiums in the Middle East — into the manufacturing of actual arena seats. Integrating the palm tree fibers into the chairs was a concept that the group came up with for Challenge 22, a regional […]
Panasonic has developed a prototype of the BalloonCam with an eye toward using the entertainment drone at sporting events including the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The BalloonCam was the subject of a demonstration experiment when it was displayed for the first time outside of Japan last month in Dubai, as Panasonic looks to bring […]
If you’re planning a summer to Qatar, pack all the light cotton you’ve got. The daily temperatures can reach 108 degrees Fahrenheit. And for that reason, you won’t see a whole lot of major sporting events being hosted by the small nation on the Arabian Peninsula. But that could change. Qatar is the host the […]
We are less than a year removed from the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Yet, recently, people have been talking about not the next World Cup, but the one after that. The 2022 World Cup, set to take place in Qatar has made headlines as of late, and not for good reasons. A FIFA taskforce […]
