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  • April 23, 2014
    New report reveals abuse of foreign domestic workers in Qatar

    A new report from Amnesty says the Qatari authorities are failing to protect thousands of foreign domestic workers who face severe exploitation.

  • March 20, 2014
    World football body asked to address Qatar migrant workers’ rights

    Migrant workers’ rights in Qatar and the 2022 World Cup will be under discussion at FIFA's Executive Committee meeting in Zurich.

  • May 16, 2011
    Christians in Qatar

    In a region where tensions, animosity and outright violence often abound between different communities and also different faiths (let alone between communities and the 'state' itself), Qatar has been one of those encouraging and forward-looking stories of relative conviviality, learn-as-you-go openness and consequential growth.

  • April 8, 2010
    Remember reconciling Christianity in the Gulf

    This text and podcast is the fourth of five reflective radio talks for Easter from Harry Hagopian, focusing on the presence, life and witness of the often-forgotten historic Christian communities across the Middle East. Today, he contrasts narrow stereotypes of the Gulf region with the reconciling presence of diverse Christian churches.