In this episode, we turn the tables and interview the podcast host, Dr. Danyel Reiche, Visiting Research Fellow at the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) and Visiting Associate Professor at Georgetown University Qatar where he leads a research initiative on "Building a Legacy: Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022." With Paul Brannagan, he published the book Qatar and the 2022 FIFA World Cup: Politics, Controversy, Change (Palgrave Macmillan 2022), and edited the volume Handbook of...

Professor Danyel Reiche, Georgetown University in Qatar, spoke with five members of the Georgetown University in Qatar (GUQ) community about their experiences while working at the FIFA World Cup 2022. The panelists included: - Mohammed Al-Zeyara, a GUQ student (Class of 2024), majoring in International Politics, was part of the Guest and Protocol Team during the FIFA World Cup of 2022. - Farasha Jaleel graduated from Qatar University and works as an Economics specialist at the Office of...

In this episode, GU-Q professor Danyel Reiche speaks to members of the Georgetown University in Qatar community, including faculty, staff, and students, about their experiences attending live matches at the Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022. Taking part in this episode were GU-Q students Ahmad Al-Kuwari (class of 2023) and Suhaim Al-Thani (class of 2024); Santiago Garcia-Couto (GU-Q Assistant Professor of Economics); Sarah Holt (Student Wellness and Counseling Center program manager); and Robert Laws...

GUQ Professor Danyel Reiche talked to Farkhunda Muhtaj, captain of the Afghanistan women’s national football team and professional player with the Dutch team Fortuna Sittard, and Dr. Arni Thor Arnthorsson, Vice President of Student and Institutional Advancement at the American University of Afghanistan and a former football player. They discussed how Qatar helped prior to the FIFA World Cup 2022 football players and students from Afghanistan. Dr. Arni Thor Arnthorsson is the Vice President of...

Georgetown University Professor Danyel Reiche talked to Jack Thomas Taylor, Associate Curator and Manager of Exhibition Planning at The Media Majlis, a university museum located at Northwestern Qatar, about the current exhibition in the museum, titled “Is it a Beautiful Game?”, and how it relates to the FIFA World Cup 2022. Jack Thomas Taylor is the associate curator and manager of exhibition planning at The Media Majlis at Northwestern University and the curator of Is it a beautiful game?...

GU-Q Professor Danyel Reiche speaks to Lolwa Husain Al-Marri, President of the Qatar Women’s Sports Committee (QWSC), about women’s sport in Qatar, and the progress that has been made in this domain since Qatar has been awarded the FIFA World Cup 2022.

GU-Q professor Danyel Reiche speaks to Abdullah Al-Arian, an Associate Professor of History at Georgetown University in Qatar and editor of CIRS's recently released book “Football in the Middle East,” about the main findings of the publication. Abdullah Al-Arian is an associate professor of History at Georgetown University in Qatar. He received his doctorate in History from Georgetown University, where he wrote his dissertation on the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt during the decade of the...

GUQ Professor Danyel Reiche speaks to Abdulla Al Mulla, director of the 3-2-1 Qatar Olympics and Sports Museum, and Andy Pearce, curator of the football exhibition that will be shown during the FIFA World Cup 2022. Abdulla Y. Al Mulla comes to the 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum with more than 35 years of professional experience with international and local organisations in sports, protocol, event management, media and public relations, human resources and administration. As an expert...

Dr. Talar Sahsuvaroglu, Sustainability and Environmental Expert at the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, speaks to GUQ Professor Danyel Reiche about the sustainability concept of the FIFA World Cup 2022 and its green legacy for the State of Qatar. Dr. Talar Sahsuvaroglu is a Sustainability and Environment Expert with the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy. Her expertise lies in environmental management, air quality, climate change and waste management, working previously as...

Sports and football in particular have been viewed as male-dominated fields. Professor Danyel Reiche has a conversation with Nicky Crosby, a lead sports presenter at beIN, regarding the challenges of being a woman sports presenter in the Arab World and discusses how the awarding of the World Cup has changed beIN.  For the past decade, Nicky Crosby has worked as the lead female presenter for beIN Sports' English Channel, hosting the Premier League and FA Cup live studio coverage. Life with...

Prior to the FIFA World Cup 2022, Qatar Foundation launched several projects to use sports as a catalyst for social change. In this episode, GUQ Professor Danyel Reiche spoke to Alexandra Chalat, Director of Community Engagement at Qatar Foundation and a legacy strategist, about Qatar Foundation’s World Cup program and examples of impactful QF projects. Chalat leads on projects that will use the World Cup as a platform to enable disruptive education, sustainability, innovation and social...

Volunteering has become common at mega sporting events. For example, there were 15,000 volunteers at the FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil and 17,000 in 2018 in Russia. At the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, around 20,000 volunteers will be expected to serve. We discussed the topic of volunteering at the FIFA World Cup 2022 with Nasser Al Mogaiseeb, Volunteer Strategy Manager at the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, and Tania Haddad from the American University of Beirut, an Assistant...

Joachim Krug, coach to Qatari athletes since 1982, spoke to Professor Danyel Reiche, Georgetown University in Qatar, about how the FIFA World Cup 2022 has changed Qatar’s sporting landscape. Joachim Krug is an experienced athletics and sports professional who has worked with the Qatar Athletics Federation and national team for the past four decades and 6 Olympic Games. He holds a degree in Physical Education from the University of Cologne in Germany and has helped to advise and shape sports...

GUQ Professor Danyel Reiche spoke to Simon Kuper, Financial Times columnist and bestselling author, about Kuper's new book "The Barcelona Complex," as well as the links between Qatar and FC Barcelona, and how Lionel Messi’s recent transfer from FC Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain can be related to the Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022. Simon Kuper(born in Kampala, Uganda in 1969) was educated at Oxford University and Harvard. He writes a weekly column for the Financial Times. He is British but lives...

In this episode, BeIn Sports presenter Richard Keys talks about his career in sports broadcasting and the Qatar World Cup 2022. Richard Keys has been one of the most established TV sports presenters in the UK with a continuous presence of more than 40 years. He has worked for the BBC, ITV, CHANNEL 4, SKY Sports, talk SPORT, beIN Sports, FOX SPORTS, ESPN STAR SPORTS and has presented well over 4,500 matches. Currently, he is based in Doha working for beIN Sports, presenting among others the...

Dr. Amal Mohammed Al-Malki, Founding Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Hamad bin Khalifa University, spoke with Danyel Reiche, Visting Associate Professor at GUQ. In previous podcasts, guests discussed issues related to Qatari female athletes. In today’s episode, our scope goes beyond sport and we examine the progress women have made in Qatar prior to the FIFA World Cup 2022 and which challenges remain. Dr. Amal Mohammed Al-Malki is the Founding Dean of the College of...

Professor Valter Di Salvo, Director of Football Performance and Science at Aspire Academy, spoke to Professor Danyel Reiche about the development of football talent in Qatar. Valter Di Salvo, PhD, is Director of Football Performance & Science with the Qatar Football Association and ASPIRE Academy and, since 2002, a full Professor at University of Rome “Foro Italico”. Since 2016 he has been appointed Head of the Performance and Research for the Italian Football Association.

Faras Ghani is a Digital Editor at Al Jazeera English and a multimedia journalist focusing on human rights, migration, and the sociopolitical impact of sports on society. He is author of the book Champions, Again (Liberty Books, 2009). He spoke to GUQ Professor Danyel Reiche about Al Jazeera’s reporting of the FIFA World Cup 2022. Al Jazeera is the largest news network in the Middle East and based in Qatar’s capital Doha.

This episode is about how women in Qatar are increasingly entering sports that were male-dominated in the past. It features football coach Hajar Saleh and basketball referee Amal Mohammed. Hajar Saleh has been a national football team player since she was 11 years old, and has C and D licenses in coaching. She is an ambassador for Qatar's delivery amazing. In addition, she is a divemaster in scuba diving, a free diver, a hiker and climber, and has a boat license. She believes that sports...

Professor Danyel Reiche spoke to Houtan Homayounpour, head of the International Labor Organization Project Office for the State of Qatar, about the recent labor market reforms in the country and the role the ILO played in this process. In February 2018, Mr. Homayounpour was appointed as the Head of the ILO project Office for the State of Qatar. In this capacity, he oversees the implementation of a comprehensive 3 year program on labour rights, and acts as the Focal Point of the ILO Regional...

This podcast is dedicated to the experiences of Qatari women footballers who love playing the game and work hard to establish it in the country. Professor Danyel Reiche interviews four young women, all of them current or former students at Georgetown University in Qatar.  

Anne Sobel is a writer and producer who delights in telling stories about women where they don’t belong. Her graphic novel series, Isra’ & the Black Moon Pearl, is a superhero saga steeped in the untold history of women in the Arabian Gulf. Anne is the Producer of Represent, a feature-length documentary about three first-time female political candidates taking on entrenched political systems in the American midwest. Co-produced by Kartemquin Films, Represent has been acquired by...

Ahmed Hashim is a football writer based in Doha. Originally from India but born and raised in Qatar, he started out writing on Arab and Asian football as a student. Since then, his words have appeared on the AFC's official website and magazine. Currently, Ahmed develops content for clients in the Qatari football industry. He is also the co-founder and editor of QFootLive, a digital media initiative to cover and promote Qatari football in English.

Nasser Al Khori is leading the local and international programmes division of Generation Amazing, which is a legacy programme of the SC. Al Khori comes with extensive experience of working in Qatar’s not-for-profit industry. He was previously leading the Doha Debates team and also served as the head of Qatar Foundation’s Partnership and Strategic Initiatives. He has also worked with Qatar Foundation International and the United Nations. At Generation Amazing his role is to devise strategies...