Qatar Pays Migrant Workers $1 an Hour To Be Fake Sports Fans

The life of most migrant workers in Qatar is bleak—so bleak, it’s a human rights violation . The latest report from Doha reveals a new twist in the sad story. When they’re not toiling away at building stadiums for the 2022 World Cup, many workers are being paid impossibly small wages to be fake sports fans . It doesn’t sound fun, either. Read more…

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Qatar Pays Migrant Workers $1 an Hour To Be Fake Sports Fans

Architect Zaha Hadid Says 500 Worker Deaths Are Not Her Problem

Qatar’s overtly yonic World Cup facility has also been the cause of a staggering number of construction deaths : More than 500 Indian migrant workers have died at the site since January 2012. This week, the stadium’s architect Zaha Hadid said, well, it’s not her problem. Read more…        

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Architect Zaha Hadid Says 500 Worker Deaths Are Not Her Problem