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Podcast: The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer
Episode: The Qatar World Cup-Dreaming of Bridging the Gulf Rift
Description: With the 2022 World Cup in Qatar only two years away, and a resolution of the three-year-old Gulf rift nowhere in sight, government officials, soccer governance executives, and pundits are playing with the notion that the tournament could serve as an icebreaker in the dispute between Qatar and its detractors, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Bahrain.