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Qatar is one of the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, it has an area of ​​11,437 km2 and a length of 161 km and its capital, Doha. It is a sovereign Arab emirate, located in Western Asia, borders many Arab countries. (Kenneth,2013). Qatar wants to promote a lot of tourism and that is why it hosted the World Cup in its country and for the first time the World Cup hosted in an Arab country. Qatar has prepared for the World Cup many things to question. The World Cup called (FIFA) is an international federation of football associations, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. Currently the head of FIFA is Joseph Blatter (Farklex, 2014). FIFA was founded in 1904 in Paris and has 207 football associations in the world. FIFA is responsible for the entire organization of major international football tournaments and in particular the World Cup. FIFA has many sponsors such as Adidas, Sony, Emirates and Hyundai Kia Motors. Although Qatar presented very real dangers due to its climate because it is very hot in the summer, Blatter and FIFA still chose Qatar because there are many prominent FIFA figures who could benefit from lucrative economic interests in the Middle East. In the German magazine (Die Zeit) admitted that European leaders have recommended their voting members to vote for Qatar because they have economic advantages with this country, two of the biggest names are the former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and the president of UEFA (Kenneth, 2013). act called corruption and this is not good because they cheat to help Qatar host the world cup. For example, Issa Hayatou and Jacques Anouma were paid $1.5 million to vote for Qatar. When Qatar hosted FIFA, people faced many problems. For example, weather and poor working conditions, so Qat...... middle of paper ...... and allow them to recover by not working daily and in hot weather. APA Bibliography• Roth, K.(2013).Human Rights Observatory. Qatar. New York. Retrieved from http://www.hrw.org/world-report/2013/country-chapters/qatar.• Andrew, N. (17 November 2013) Qatari migrant workers 'treated like animals' – Amnesty. BBC news from the Middle East. Retrieved from http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-24980013.• Waldron, T. 4,000 migrant workers will die so Qatar can host a World Cup. (March 24, 2014). Think about progress. Retrieved from http://thinkprogress.org/sports/2014/03/24/3418102/4000-migrant-workers-will-die-so-qatar-can-host-a-world-cup/.• Mehran, k. (2013). Qatar: small state, big politics. 3 Foreign policy and power projection. Cornell University Press.• .Farlex. The free dictionary. (2014). World Cup. Retrieved from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/World+Cup