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Culture clash? Conservative Qatar preps for World Cup party

FILE - A woman sings at "The Irish Pub," which will be one of the bars showing World Cup 2022 matches on live screens, in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. A recent outpouring of local anger to scenes of foreign artists and models reveling in Qatar underscored the tensions tearing at the conservative Muslim emirate. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File) FILE - With a general view of skyline, cars arrive at the Al Hazm luxury mall, in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, April 24, 2019. A recent outpouring of local anger to scenes of foreign artists and models reveling in Qatar underscored the tensions tearing at the conservative Muslim emirate. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File) FILE - Qatari families meet during a cultural event at the Msheireb district in Doha, Qatar, May 6, 2018. A recent outpouring of local anger to scenes of foreign artists and models reveling in Qatar underscored the tensions tearing at the conservative Muslim emirate. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File) FILE - People take photos with the official FIFA World Cup Countdown Clock on Doha's corniche, in Qatar, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. A recent outpouring of local anger to scenes of foreign artists and models reveling in Qatar underscored the tensions tearing at the conservative Muslim emirate. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File) FILE - Prime Minister of the State of Qatar, Khalid Bin Khalifa Bin Abdulaziz Al Thani, left, receives a gift from FIFA President Gianni Infantino during the FIFA congress at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, March 31, 2022.A recent outpouring of local anger to scenes of foreign artists and models reveling in Qatar underscored the tensions tearing at the conservative Muslim emirate(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
Culture clash? Conservative Qatar preps for World Cup party