Rainbow armbands and a clash of cultures at the FIFA World Cup

A football player wearing an armband that features a heart filled in with rainbow colours and the number "1".

DOHA, QATAR - NOVEMBER 25 : Hazard Eden midfielder of Belgium with the ONE LOVE armband during a team photo session of the Belgian National Football team ahead of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group F match between Belgium and Morocco on November 25, 2022 in Doha, Qatar, 25/11/2022. Source: Getty / Vincent Kalut / Photonews

In this episode, we speak to a Qatari artist about her take on the ‘OneLove’ campaign, and why so many people want athletes and fans to take a stand at Qatar 2022. We also speak to Marc Owen Jones about caricatures used in the media to describe the first World Cup in the Middle East, and Abdulla Al-Arian (Editor of ‘Football in the Middle East, State, Society, and the Beautiful Game’) about the colonial legacy of the sport.


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