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03186aam a2200397 i 4500 001 617875CA3CC311EE8B657E6F2BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230817010032 008 220429t20222022enkab e b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2022367998 020 $a 1785788213 020 $a 9781785788215 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d SINLB $d SO$ $d NZAUC $d PAU $d GP5 $d BDX $d SILO 042 $a lccopycat 043 $a a-qa--- 050 00 $a DS247.Q38 $b M36 2022 082 04 $a 953.63 $2 23 100 1 $a McManus, John, $e author. 245 10 $a Inside Qatar : $b hidden stories from one of the richest nations on Earth / $c John McManus. 264 1 $a London : $b Icon Books Ltd, $c 2022. 300 $a ix, 387 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 20 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "An intimate portrait of life in the world's richest nation ahead of the FIFA 2022 World Cup. Just 70 years ago, the Gulf nation of Qatar was a backwater, reliant on pearl diving. Today it is a gas-laden parvenu with seemingly limitless wealth and ambition. Skyscrapers, museums and futuristic football stadiums rise out of the desert and Ferraris race through the streets. But in the shadows, migrant workers toil in the heat for risible amounts. Inside Qatar reveals how real people live in this surreal place, a land of both great opportunity and great iniquity. Ahead of Qatar's time in the limelight as host of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, anthropologist John McManus lifts a lid on the hidden worlds of its gilded princes, manual laborers and domestic workers, its teachers and policemen, culture vultures and thrill seekers. This is the real Qatar in all its extremes - crushingly unequal and not just a little outrageous, but also diverse, riotous, pulsing with innovation and life"--Publisher's description. 505 00 $t I've met lots of happier people than us in Qatar. $t Now, everybody they like falcon -- $t I know I am the driver. I can't take my family here -- $t In media yes, very very good but in the reality nothing. Zero -- $t There are so many people looking for job in this country -- $t I've got an S-Class Mercedes picking me up in the morning and taking me to work -- $t It's like Leicester winning the Premier League with homegrown players -- $t Here we are all expats. So we are all on a journey, on a pilgrimage -- $t King of the bat -- $t I'm not "your maid". I am Maggie! -- $t It's just really sad if this is what news is -- $t I was all alone. I had to do what I was told -- $t The lungs of Doha -- $t It's getting hotter and hotter every year -- $t I've met lots of happier people than us in Qatar. 651 0 $a Qatar $x Social conditions $y 21st century. 651 0 $a Qatar $x Economic conditions $y 21st century. 650 7 $a Economic history. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00901974 650 7 $a Social conditions. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919811 651 7 $a Qatar. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01205755 648 7 $a 2000-2099 $2 fast 655 7 $a Anecdotes. $2 lcgft 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9781785788222 941 $a 1 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20230817010220.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=617875CA3CC311EE8B657E6F2BECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIDInitiate Another SILO Locator Search