{"product_id":"inside-qatar-hidden-stories-from-one-of-the-richest-nations-on-earth-by-john-mcmanus","title":"Inside Qatar: Hidden Stories from One of the Richest Nations on Earth by John McManus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/S\/aplus-media-library-service-media\/11fb566b-74bc-43c5-bdf8-24d367540f14.__CR0,0,970,600_PT0_SX970_V1___.png\" alt=\"wqe\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAN INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF LIFE IN ONE OF THE WORLD'S RICHEST NATIONS AHEAD OF THE FIFA 2022 WORLD CUP\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJust 75 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.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInside Qatar\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ereveals 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 Men's World Cup, anthropologist John McManus lifts a lid on the hidden worlds of its gilded elite, its spin doctors and thrill seekers, its manual labourers and domestic workers.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe sum of their tales is not some exotic cabinet of curiosities. Instead,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eInside Qatar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e opens a window onto the global problems - of unfettered capitalism, growing inequality and climate change - that concern us all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Icon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46969347146034,"sku":"SNG9428","price":7.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/7351\/5314\/files\/InsideQatar.jpg?v=1781793282","url":"https:\/\/www.powpex.com\/products\/inside-qatar-hidden-stories-from-one-of-the-richest-nations-on-earth-by-john-mcmanus","provider":"Powpex Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}