For Qatar, the World Cup is a high-stakes test and a show of clout

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For all Qatar’s progress, the country will be tested over the next month as it hosts the World Cup, inviting a rare degree of scrutiny and criticism.

Qatari officials have bristled at much of the criticism, arguing that the country is being unfairly singled out in a manner that suggests an undercurrent of racism — and that ignores the pathbreaking nature of the tournament.

Abdullah al-Arian, a professor of history at Georgetown University in Qatar and editor of the new book The blockade divided the Middle East, separated families from Persian Gulf states who had cross-border ties, and saddled Qatar — a country with one of the highest per capita incomes in the world — with an unaccustomed hardship, as it suddenly scrambled to provide citizens and residents with food and other supplies.Saudi Arabia and its allies accused Qatar of terrorism, which it denied.

 

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Says more about those criticizing than Qatar.

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