{"id":141791,"date":"2022-11-28T11:23:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T11:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/a-world-cup-stadium-mural-celebrated-migrant-workers-when-the-games-began-it-was-gone\/"},"modified":"2022-11-28T11:23:11","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T11:23:11","slug":"a-world-cup-stadium-mural-celebrated-migrant-workers-when-the-games-began-it-was-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/a-world-cup-stadium-mural-celebrated-migrant-workers-when-the-games-began-it-was-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"A World Cup Stadium Mural Celebrated Migrant Workers. When the Games Began, It Was Gone."},"content":{"rendered":"
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LUSAIL, Qatar \u2014 The giant mural with thousands of faces was certainly an arresting feature for visitors of Qatar’s showpiece stadium in the months leading to the World Cup.<\/p>\n

When the buses stopped and the visiting journalists stepped out, they were directed toward a spot near Gate 32. There, in the shadow of the vast golden bowl of the $1 billion Lusail stadium, was an intricate mosaic stretching out and up along a long wall nearly 20 feet high. On it were passport-style photos of men, staring straight ahead.<\/p>\n

The mural, a representative of Qatar’s organizing committee said, was a way for the country to pay homage to the army of men who had toiled for years under the scorching desert sun to build the cathedrals to the country’s World Cup ambitions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n