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Podcast: The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer
Episode: Masters of the Pearl_Morton
Description: Michael Quentin MortonNov 3, 2020Masters of the PearlA History of QatarREAKTION BOOKS 2020History is not the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks of young, energy-rich monarchies of the Gulf that often punch above their weight in geopolitics and geoeconomics. Yet, that is the rich, mostly unknown story of Qatar that Michael Quentin Morton tells in his book, Masters of the Pearl: A History of Qatar (Reaktion Books, 2020). It is a stor...