Fun World Cup Fact:
The @guardian story, later amplified by @Reuters, that 6,500 migrant workers died building Qatar’s World Cup stadiums was bogus.
The 6,500 figure was actually the TOTAL number of people from Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, and Sri Lanka who died in Qatar from 2011-2020, regardless of occupation or cause of death.
That’s 650 deaths per year across nearly 2 million expats from those five nationalities: a yearly mortality rate of just 0.0325% from ALL causes. The yearly mortality rate for QATARIS was actually higher at 0.0571%.
The real number of deaths among workers involved in stadium construction was 40. Of those, 37 were non-work-related. Only 3 were construction accidents.
For comparison: Brazil had 8 World Cup construction deaths. Russia had 21.
So how did Qatar maintain such a low fatality rate despite building far more infrastructure?
By implementing some of the strictest worker safety measures ever seen at a World Cup, including mandatory StayQool cooling suits with patented heat-management technology that may eventually become standard for construction workers worldwide.
Instead of having any kind of humility and learning from these developments, they chose racism and straight up lying.
It’s just a job. You don’t have to give it every part of your life. Do your work well. But don’t let it take your peace, your mood, or the way you show up for the people. Work is important.
Just not more important than your life.
السلام عليكم يعطيكم العافيه الجو صار جدًا حار على السايقين للدراجات بالنسبه لتوصيل الأكل ممكن يتم تطبيق منع الاستخدام من الساعه ١٠-٤ لان احنا واحنا بسياراتنا قاعدين نعاني … وشكرا @snoonu_qa@GoRafeeq 💙🙏🏽
@MohsenAlamrii@Eyaaaad ما راح أطوّل بالكلام، لأن بصراحة الكل قال اللي كان لازم ينقال، وما قصّروا فيك الحمدلله.
بس خلني أذكّرك بهالحديث:عن جندب بن عبد الله رضي الله عنه، عن النبي ﷺ قال:قال رجل: والله لا يغفر الله لفلان، فقال الله عز وجل: من ذا الذي يتألى عليّ ألا أغفر لفلان؟ إني قد غفرت له، وأحبطت عملك