The 2022 World Cup in Qatar is more than a super football event. In addition to the talk about the beautiful game, issues of world importance are raised and discussed—the perception of the Middle East in the eyes of different nationalities, media coverage, politics, Palestine and human rights. On these points, Qatar, the host of the World Cup, is gaining praise and criticism from the ground in Palestine. Earlier in 2022, the Olympic Games were held in China, and Russia, in 2018, hosted the World Cup. However, according to observers, the two countries’ human rights records were not raised as mu…