Thomas Ross Griffin
Associate Professor of American & postcolonial literature
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March 2023:
Quoted in “
Analysis: The Man Utd bid and Qatar’s global sporting intent
” by Hafsa Adil.
Al Jazeera
.
December 2022:
Quoted in “
Qatar’s $300 Billion World Cup Is Headed for an Epic Comedown
” by Giles Turner and David Hellier.
Bloomberg
.
December 2022:
Quoted in “
Qatar World Cup: Final whistle blows on pop-up Stadium 974
” by AP Muhammed Afsal.
Middle East Eye
.
November 2022:
Quoted in “
The World Cup has brought some change to Qatar. Will it last?
” by Eoin McSweeney and Mohammed Abdelbary.
CNN
.
November 2022:
Crusaders banned from World Cup
. (Television Interview).
Al Jazeera.
November 2022:
Are criticisms of Qatar hosting the 2022 World Cup justified?
(Television Interview).
Inside Story, Al Jazeera.
November 2022:
Quoted in “
Shoomilah, Shoomilah: Rise of Qatar’s unofficial football anthem
” by AP Muhammed Afsal.
Al Jazeera
.
November 2022:
Quoted in “
World Cup: how Qatar’s footballers are helping to forge Gulf state’s identity
” by Josh Noble.
Financial Times
.
November 2022:
“
Qatar 2022, Mancano tre giorni all’inizio dei Mondiali di calico
(Radio Interview).
RAI1.
October 2022:
Qatar World Cup 2022
(Television Interview).
Al Jazeera
.
December 2021:
What will diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics achieve?
(Television Interview).
Inside Story, Al Jazeera.
August 2021:
How much of politics is involved in the Olympics?
(Television Interview).
Inside Story,
Al Jazeera.
August 2021:
Qatar, the 2022 World Cup and the country’s status as a footballing ‘other’
. (Interview).
The Football & Society Podcast
.
July 2020:
“Race Issues in American Sports”
(Television Interview).
Al Jazeera.
May 2020:
“Doha vs Riyadh: Who will win bid to host the Asian Games?”
(Op-Ed),
Middle East Eye
.
June 2018:
“
Qatar Carves National Identity out of Saudi-led Blockade
.” (Op-Ed),
Middle East Eye
.
May 2018:
“
Making Qatar 2022 a 48-Team Tournament is Not a Good Idea
.” (Op-Ed),
Al Jazeera
.