DOHA (Qatar): To mark three years before the start of 2022 FIFA World Cup, the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) and Goal Click have teamed up to tell the untold and inside story of Qatari football culture through the eyes and words of people in the country.
This unprecedented series features personal stories told directly by more than 30 Qataris and non-Qatari residents of the country.
Goal Click, the global football storytelling and photography project, gave each participant a disposable analogue camera to capture their football lives.
The photos and stories show the intimate realities of Qatari football culture from the perspective of workers, fans, journalists, coaches, and both grassroots and professional players.
Driven by his passion for photography, participant Hamad Abdulaziz took his disposable camera to the streets of Qatar and his place of work.
Abdulaziz is a football coach with Generation Amazing – a Qatar 2022 legacy project launched in 2009 by the SC.
Abdulaziz said, “If you place a football anywhere here, you will see people engaged and playing the game. It’s the most popular sport in Qatar, and through photographs, we can show the world Qatar’s love for football.”
Yezenia Navarro, a member of Qatar’s Mexican community, described the project as an opportunity of a lifetime.
“Sometimes people say to me: ‘but there is no football in Qatar’. But if they were here, they could see that everything here moves around football. Projects like this one are very important to show the world what is happening in Qatar, and what is expected of the World Cup,” he said.
