My girlfriend is native Qatari. I can tell you that most young native Qataris are as saddened by their government's behaviour as those outside the country are.

My girlfriend is native Qatari. I can tell you that most young native Qataris are as saddened by their government's behaviour as those outside the country are. Until recently there was nothing to be done about it. What she is telling me, though, is that there are high hopes the World Cup will bring about changes to society, especially regarding gay rights, to accomodate the visitors, which will then stick after the end of the event. Qatar was finally forced to implement some beginnings of democracy this year, ahead of the WC, after having managed to successfully put them off for a decade: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Qatari_general_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Qatari_general_election