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A construction site in Qatar. Photo via Nepali Times, used with permission. This article was first translated from a conversation in Nepali and published in Nepali Times. An edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. More than a million Nepalis work in the Middle Eastern countries and an estimated 12.5 percent of the Qatari population of 2.8 million are from Nepal. In recent years, thousands of people were hired from Nepal to work on the construction of stadiums, hotels and other infrastructures being prepared for the 2022 FIFA World Cup to be held i…
