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Just 12% of Qatar’s 2.7 million residents and 5% of its workforce are local. Photographer: Hassan Ammar/AP Photos

World cup host Qatar tries to build its way out of Covid

Doha is dotted with cranes as it prepares to host the soccer showpiece two years from now. But what will come next?

FILE PHOTO: Workers are seen inside the Lusail stadium which is under construction for the upcoming 2022 Fifa World Cup during a stadium tour in Doha, Qatar, December 20, 2019. Reuters

Qatar 2022 World Cup stadium workers went months without pay

Qatar 2022 World Cup stadium workers went months without pay: Amnesty

Qatar 2022 World Cup stadium workers went months without pay: Amnesty

Workers walk towards the construction site of the Lusail stadium which will be build for the upcoming 2022 Fifa soccer World Cup during a stadium tour in Doha, Qatar, December 20, 2019. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

Fifa bribe allegations raise more questions over Qatar World Cup

An official uses the players' entrance to leave the Al Bayt stadium, built for the upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup soccer championship, during a stadium tour, in Al Khor, north of Doha, Qatar, December 17, 2019. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

Booze and football present tricky choices for Qatar

Secretary-General Hassan Al-Thawadi of Qatar's Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, the nation's 2022 World Cup organizing committee, speaks at the Concordia Summit in Manhattan, New York. Photo: Reuters

Arabs deserve their World Cup says Qatari chief