The Qatar World Cup Explained - Episode Five

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The Qatar World Cup has provoked strong and sometimes conflicting, reactions in many people.
In this series of videos, written by James Montague and illustrated by Alice Devine, Tifo explains why the World Cup in the Gulf State is so controversial.
The contest in Qatar is beset by controversy and human rights concerns, most notably the reported deaths of migrant workers. A staggering 90% of the population of Qatar are migrant workers. Why is this number so high?
In order for Qatar to host this tournament they’ve had to build stadia, build infrastructure, build a team, and build a reputation.
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[@Tifo]

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[@jatinsharma5024]

@qatar is a terrorist,shameless nation which sponsors terrorism indirectly or even In some cases directly. Qatar has the worst human rights record in the world. Thousands of workers got killed. And corrupt FIFA had selected them as a host nation. Shame on Fifa And on @qatar as well as.

[@NeverStopRolling]

I love how the KZbin advertising algorithm hasn't figured out that the people watching these videos are NOT fans of football.

[@xmind8127]

There is comment and a question Question: what are your "credible" sources? Where from you get number of 13 deaths while the number was 3 only and not tied to World Cup constructions? Comment: stop spreading racism, hatred and/or disinformation & misleading!!

[@jatinsharma5024]

@@xmind8127 OFC you will see zero deaths if you watch al zazeera only. Lol

[@GamerDudester]

As someone who's lived in Qatar for 20+ years. I can say that this is by far the best journalism on the subject. Hats off.

[@Thedeanoeverton]

Cheers GamerDudester

[@ramzeeeh3588]

totally agree with this, though I haven’t heard of the Al Reeq incident that was mentioned at the start. perhaps it’s called something more familiar?

[@Agtsmirnoff]

How much money were you paid by the Qatari government during your 20 years there?

[@FOY43]

@@Agtsmirnoff bold of you to assume he gets paid

[@kdburner7356]

Watch yourself😅

[@BigBlack81]

Tifo provides when the actual tournament cannot. I hope this is the start of a new, longer cinematic direction for the channel...along with the smaller videos too.

[@johnwilmer2047]

Football as with any other global event is corrupt; HOWEVER whenever the WEST losses a bid they go on a massive media narrative attack. It is obvious that in order to maintain a global order, they need to position themselves as the moral authority of the planet. Furthermore, it goes without saying that this position is beyond hypocritical. Keep politics aside and enjoy the foundation of the tourney, the actual football.

[@BigBlack81]

@@johnwilmer2047 I'll touch grass instead. And I know for once I'm not alone. Like others, I'll go watch Twitter implode due to the same sort of arrogance shown in the rulers of the gulf. XD LOL

[@FilipGjorgiev]

give the peopleeeeeeeeeeeeee what they wanttt

[@nousername7509]

The tournament will be great as usual you guys need to stop crying

[@olliebhag]

@@nousername7509 have you actually watched the videos?

[@eobizoba]

These five episodes have really outlined the geopolitics, corruption, and war that went into getting Qatar the World Cup. I thank the Athletic and Tifo for putting out a concise and informative docuseries that gave us a full historical background on how we got here. Incredible work

[@larryncheh4079]

No one cares what Ejike thinks

[@gordon1545]

@@larryncheh4079 Poor little attention-seeking Larry the Lamb.

[@klausn7267]

Amazing series. Tifo is excellent at handling difficult subjects that others often shy away from.

[@hermankermit-warm1121]

Or maybe others just aren't as hypocritical as to complain until the eve of the event and then watch it all anyway as though nothing was ever said, when you're outdone for tact by legacy media, well, almost as shambolic as a post match review by JJ 'waffle bot' Bull.

[@syarifidayat]

"Shy away from?", British 80% media that relate on these event spoke freely and here you are telling people it is Shy Conversation, its even in UK Live On Air!

[@redgaek]

What a series. !!!! Brilliant work by James Montague, Alice Levine and the whole Tifo team.

[@kakuite]

This is actual journalism. Most media nowadays just have a divisive/agitative headlines and milk the same story over and over happens and have no research. Hats off to TIFO group

[@bravosierra2447]

Terrific series. It’s like being in a history class, but everyone is quiet & listening.

[@majormononoke8958]

Not really... In many countries they are reporting on the matter 24 /7 . But once the ball rolls the journalist will spit into their own face...

[@ardsluis3633]

Best docu on football I have ever seen. Just reporting and no biassed sauce over it. Truly rare these days.

[@jalil6284]

I am arabian from saudi. Thank u for this masterpiece of journalism. This how we as a global community reach a more inclusive understanding of the realties of international politics playing into account our different cultural issues and baises. Thank you so much

[@MultiAwesome7]

As a Nigerian, I had no idea that Uzoho came out of the Aspire Academy. It just shows how far reaching and influential their football had to be to match up with their politics. This context has been so necessary for this upcoming World Cup. Tifo has outdone themselves.

[@judedavis]

TIFO Team, you've produced a masterpiece of work in these. So much detail and connection through each episode.

[@qalba3016]

I read 1st comment knowing that the following will be same opinions, why do you choose to follow others , this is social media Chanel you really can write your own opinion regardless of the 1st one you have read before writing That’s why I don’t believe any of these comments Followers type people will always live and leave as they are nothing Not even writing your own opinion

[@scoreillyify]

All 5 episodes - simply brilliant. Managed to show whether you care about football or not how all these seemingly disparate things are all connected. Never seen all threads so well explained and so comfortably tied together in a neat little ball of yarn. Excellent work.

[@qalba3016]

Same opinion as 1st comment and that show you guys have no real opinion just like you don’t exist

[@tommyshelby2020]

Such a massive research undertaking to make this series! Hats off

[@weizhanghao5126]

Sensational series; so well written 🤩

[@MrAndywear]

Stunning journalism. It's hard to believe this sort of storytelling would have been impossible a few short years ago when we only had traditional media to rely on.

[@abelabel3664]

This series is a masterpiece. Thanks to everyone involved in producing it!

[@joelgobeh7343]

TIFO connects the puzzle so well, that only at the end you can truly see the full picture and marvel at the intriguing masterpiece.

[@barta5ot-395]

Absolutely gutted this is the end of the series. The breadth of knowledge in this series is outstanding hats off tifo. I lived in qatar for many years yet learned a lot for your videos

[@vishweshgobre7831]

This part five, alongwith the previous parts, completes the definition of quality content. Just when I thought you couldn't, you out did yourself. Well done Tifo! Keep up the good work! 🙌

[@tiagopelegrineti]

All the praise in the world to James Montague for writing this special series. Fantastic job from everyone involved, thank you again, Tifo

[@wiselettuce8715]

Absolutely masterpiece of a work. Well done TIFO!

[@jonahwisen9524]

I stood up and clapped when the video ended. Fantastic journalism, storytelling, and coordination went into this series. Well done 👏

[@boldnbrash7028]

Absolutely tifos best work to date. What a fantastic series delivered through the most objective lens possible especially given the subject. Well done

[@alexhoward5501]

I can’t imagine how much work this was to put together but it is truly remarkable!

[@rahuldalal5784]

These have been one of the best pieces of content that I have watched this year, thanks a lot Tifo for showing this...!

[@MuhammadAli-vy2oz]

My best friend's father went to kuwait for work 5 years ago. He works in a Hukkah bar. He owner has seized his passport. He doesn't pay his salaries on time (during covid 19, he didn't pay anything for 6 months straight saying the business is closed). He hasn't increased his salary in over 5 years. He doesn't let him change his job. He refuses to give the passport back so he can come back home. The Kafala system is the modern-day equivalent of slavery and international pressure should be put on the Arab countries to abolish it.

[@federicolarosa1486]

But but!!! messi and money and merchandansing!!

[@mickbanner]

@@federicolarosa1486 but Qatar just abolished Kafala. He's talking about the pursuit of other Arab nations

[@federicolarosa1486]

@@mickbanner Didn`t you watch this documentary or what? Is abolished on paper

[@qmn549jd]

@@federicolarosa1486 l respect you

[@federicolarosa1486]

@@qmn549jd I respect you too brother

[@lumiere930]

Fantastic series and I have learnt so much about the Gulf and it's history. Thank you Tifo for the great work

[@ianodonoghue6011]

The sheer work and research for this must have been incredible. Fantastic series

[@phambilizibi]

Brilliant journalism guys. Keep up the great work.

[@shaneduthie1774]

This has to be the best football channel on the internet. Unbelievably interesting, well researched and well presented content. Enjoyed each and every episode of this series, well well done!

[@andyBbuckley]

Really incredible work guys! Huge congrats to Alice, James, Seb and all involved. Other than JJ's Pedri song this really is the peak of what Tifo has produced, and should be viewed by anybody who has an interest in the subject (as should the Pedri song)

[@boywazir]

This series is well thought out and brilliantly presented. Great job by you guys at Tifo! This is proper football journalism without bias or hidden agendas.

[@amrafifi5764]

Excellent analysis Tifo! Videos combine Football, Politics, Energy conflicts & information war. It Reflects our modern era struggles and the new world we live in. Love the sequence of videos and thank you for the excellent work & effort you put in.

[@davispl5]

I just wanted this series to go on! What a fantastic job Tifo! Thank you very much!

[@cityofmagic4370]

This series is amazing. Thank you all for your work.

[@Oliverfk3]

Amazing series of great videos. Thank you so much for showing so much.

[@lofli93]

amazing storytelling, thank you Tifo! maybe you release the five parts in one big video?

[@YoshiWazza10]

Incredible series. Thank you for this 👏🏽

[@schplenda2873]

This is seriously one of the best KZbin series I’ve seen

[@mavrayne]

Absolute best series Tifo has ever done! Brilliant wholistic coverage. 🙌🏽

[@garycabezas]

This was great. Would love to see a post World Cup video to wrap everything up. Wonderful series! Nicely done TIFO!

[@bedofsunflowers1194]

Thank you so much for the series! ❤ Truly an eye-opening learning experience for me

[@candym0nz826]

What an amazing series! Artfully done and brilliantly presented with amazing nuance for the subject! Hope there’s more Docu-series style content from Tifo in the future! Cheers Lads!

[@charanbal9122]

excellent work on the whole 5-part series 👍

[@buntumtongana]

Great series. Need more doccies like these.

[@mynameisfatmike6742]

Absolutely floored and awed by the quality, content, and education of this Tifo series. Unbelievably well done, I fully agree it's the best piece of content that the channel has done

[@fadhilideche2831]

Really interesting - and surprising - to hear about the 20th century colonial origins of kafala. I'd always considered it to be an indigenous tradition in the Gulf.

[@MM-ev1fg]

Same! Never looked into it. It was that system that made me not move to one of the gulf countries even though it wouldn’t have affected me directly. Seeing the amount of workers working in 40-50 degree midday heat was horrible.

[@nathansamson8798]

Well I was very unsurprised, it makes sense

[@zombieat]

i find it hard to believe that a brit created the kafala system because britain did not and does not benefit from it in anyway like the gcc does and the kafala system is based on islamic jurisprudence. so that guy, belgrave, must have been quite the islamic jurisprudence expert.

[@mbi0728]

@@zombieat because brits cannot do any wrong right😂🤦‍♂️

[@omaralkharraz2410]

@@zombieat it is not based on Islamic jurisprudence

[@shubhamsinghstar123]

Probably my favourite fooball-related documentary/video series in the entirety of youtube. Fantastic work!

[@tobysmith7618]

What an incredible series. As always, thank you Tifo

[@samgunn12]

What an astounding series this was. I just binge watched the entire thing. Fantastic work, Tifo. There was so much information that I was not, or only partially, aware of. I must say though, discovering that an English toff was behind draconian working practices came as no surprise to me. The quality displayed by this channel never disappoints. 👏👏👏

[@titusbramble7403]

I finished reading When Friday Comes today so a lot of this felt familiar. Love the work James

[@ryanf7821]

Fantastic job. This series was amazing. Well done.

[@Foolishem]

Brilliant series. Thanks for producing this.

[@the_luggage]

Superb, please keep it up, you lot at Tifo!

[@Saragraph]

I'm gonna miss this series. It's so good!

[@cosmicklutz1675]

This docuseries was truly amazing. Gripping from start to finish. Simply amazing to get to enjoy this quality of journalism and storytelling on youtube

[@chiderajames8387]

Quite comprehensive! Well done guys 👍🏿

[@Queinty]

Fantastic series Tifo, eyeopening and maddening. Bravo.

[@timifagade3551]

Absolutely Amazing series!!. Kudos to the team who produced it.

[@andydroningon723]

Fantastic and informative series. Bravo!

[@Heelo_0]

These episodes have been soo good but this one was tha one I was waitin for tha most

[@bomak]

Eye-opening series. Hopefully more to come in the future.

[@zacTFC]

Tifo, you've smashed it. Really, the best piece of journalism I've seen on your platform - and there have been many videos made at a high level. An absolute must-watch.

[@maxwright12456]

Please make the qualifying process videos like in 2018 it was so interesting!! Always great videos

[@outclassed_and_angry276]

I had no idea what I was getting into but im so glad I watched that first episode and got hooked. Amazing video series.

[@Gorgonas]

Sublime work and rewarding to watch. Treading on a difficult subject and disentangling to its components of history, corruption and geopolitics. Tifo and Athletic continue to set new upper standards in their field. Kudos!

[@dieterdelaet9760]

These videos are a masterpiece of its own, really love them

[@jonnyrivers1958]

Wow. This was an extraordinarily illuminating series. Amazing work.

[@petermulenga4252]

Hats off Tifo Football. Amazing break down of what i now hope will be a great tournament.

[@heretustay]

so proud to support Tifo. what an excellent series. 👏👏👏👏👏

[@wes426]

Top notch work guys, 👏👏👏, anyone who is going to set two eyes or even one eye on this world cup needs to watch this series , brilliant stuff 👍

[@Monkey_SK]

The insight within this series of videos has been exceptional.

[@stevenhorbury7204]

Congratulations boys this is incredible. It's like Adam Curtis made a football documentary.

[@isaaccastro4846]

Glad im not the only one who thought about Curtis hypernormalisation

[@danpreston564]

This has much less editorial spin and invented story telling than a Curtis doc.

[@hugojackson6822]

Incredible series of videos. Thank you!

[@wmyates17]

A truly amazing series, other journalists should take note because none of them have managed to provide so much relevant information so far

[@samueljeffries8671]

Thanks to everyone at Tifo, amazing content

[@Naziur31]

Beautiful. Upload all 5 in a single 2 hour documentary formal as well.

[@thztan7492]

Awesome series. James Montague deserved many praise for all of this👏👏👏🙏🙏🏻

[@RoadsideRoamer]

Outstanding series. Thansk for putting this out even when it probably won't be the most click-friendly project there is.

[@bryanderyck4365]

Guys. You have outdone yourselves with this series. Doff of the hat to you... learned lots, and really appreciate it 🙏

[@LewisWiddowson]

We just got your book from Amazon. It is great quality, very happy to support you and your channel, we have been viewers for a long time.

[@uninformedformer5256]

Very great series. Tnx tugo. Rly enjoyed

[@quinnfilmglasgow]

Truly great work, well done to all involved

[@ewandoran1665]

You guys have done some world class series/videos in the past but this series of videos is above and beyond the best work Tifo has ever produced. Pat on the back level videos.

[@Agtsmirnoff]

Silly factual error compromise the videos for me

[@jasongarufi8187]

Another great episode in the series thanks Tifo Football

[@TimForber69]

Absolutely loved this series. Thanks

[@Count77bl]

Outstanding work. We need more like this.

[@samueltyndall]

This series has been so good!

[@OwenSithole]

AMAZING. Just binged all 5 episodes.

[@neychev]

I have to watch the series again. So much one can learn. Respect to the writer James Montague and the whole team. I am huge fan now.

[@gaurabneupane1090]

Good journalism. Keep it up!

[@adamriozzi]

What a series. Amazingly put together.

[@bhobg]

Addictive series. Brilliant work

[@sanjek]

Great Work Tifo and the Athletic

[@TrueStaple]

I just whatsh a small documentary on gulf politics from a football channel I'm impressed man congrats 👏

[@gsniroshan]

Great series. Thank you!

[@notheories9012]

Unbelievably good series of videos!

[@nastradamous2k]

Outstanding coverage!

[@jezzdude107]

Fantastic journalism. Very interesting to learn about the wider history and political background behind the tournament. Much appreciated 👍🏼