Seattle man creates 'alcohol map' to help World Cup fans find booze in Qatar FOX13
In a dusty neighborhood on the outskirts of Qatar’s capital, guards stand duty at a gated compound ringed with razor wire, carefully checking passports and permits before allowing anyone inside. But this isn’t a prison or a high-security area associated with the ongoingRigid limits on alcohol are a fact of life in this conservative Muslim nation on the Arabian Peninsula, which follows the same strict Wahhabi interpretation of Islam as its neighbor Saudi Arabia.
The store — currently the only one selling liquor in Qatar — operates on an appointment system, harkening back to the strict coronavirus regulations that governed this country prior to just before the World Cup. A small section of the store offers frozen pork pepperoni pizzas, slabs of bacon, Spam and cans of pork and beans.
"It’s really not that big of a deal," she said of the licensing system in Qatar. "It’s like going to the supermarket — for alcohol." But the region as a whole has a long history with alcohol, itself an Arabic word. The 8th century poet Abu Nawas even was known for his "khamriyyat," or "wine poems."
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