Jaafar Alloul

Jaafar Alloul is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Sociology at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore, and a Visiting Scholar in Residence at Georgetown University Qatar.


Constructing Qatari Citizenship in the Shadow of the World Cup

As fans from around the world travel to Qatar for the 2022 World Cup, this mega sporting event reveals how processes of division and unification are central to Qatari state power. While the World Cup constructs and fortifies a distinctly Qatari nationalism, the tournament has not erased the underlyi

Constructing Qatari Citizenship in the Shadow of the World Cup

While the World Cup constructs and fortifies a distinctly Qatari nationalism, the tournament has not erased the underlying tensions and inequities in Qatar’s migration system and citizenship policies. Beginning with the “Hayya Card,” a new visa tied to the purchase of a FIFA ticket, Jaafar Alloul an