#  A Cup as Complex as World 

 





November 17, 2022

 

 

 In a [Q&A in the *Harvard Gazette*](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/11/a-cup-as-complex-as-world/), CMES Director Cemal Kafadar, Vehbi Koç Professor of Turkish Studies, untangles anti-gay, migrant labor, and geopolitical tensions days before the 2022 World Cup opens in Qatar, the first Arab country to host the quadrennial international soccer tournament. [Read the story here](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/11/a-cup-as-complex-as-world/).

   ![Cemal Kafadar. Photo: Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer](/sites/g/files/omnuum9116/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/cmes/files/110322_kafadar.jpeg?itok=4lMOMNAf) 

 

Cemal Kafadar. Photo: Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer

 

 

 



 

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