Dr Nas Mohamed said he is 'beyond disappointed' by FIFA's award of the tournament to the kingdom.
Dr Nas Mohamed has used his profile as an openly gay Qatari to speak out against homophobia and hypocrisy in world football The first openly gay Qatari with a global profile says he is ‘beyond disappointed’ after Saudi Arabia emerged as the sole candidate to host the 2034 World Cup. Dr Nas Mohamed reacted with dismay to the desert kingdom becoming FIFA’s only applicant for the tournament in a fast-tracked bidding process which ended this week.
Dr Nas, who goes by his gender-neutral first name, is no stranger to trolling after going public about his identity in May 2022, but has received many more messages of support. His decision to step out of the shadows means he expects never to return to his homeland, which he last visited in 2014. The activist has since claimed asylum in the US, where he runs the Osra Medical practice and heads the foundation, which fights for the rights of LGBTQ+ people in the Gulf region.
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