Sports journalist, Al-Jazeera (Doha, Qatar)

OK, based on some other threads I've read, this posting begs the question...

Al-Jazeera or Marietta Daily Journal??

 

Press conferences are fun, though.

 

Any tips on covering camel races?

 

Do they hire Jews? ???

 

And THAT made me laugh.

 

I seem to recall hearing that Qatar was pretty liberal and Westernized. Think there are a lot of petroleum engineers and oil industry workers from the big U.S. and European energy companies, so they get American movies and McDonald's over there.

 

Watched a documentary on Middle Eastern call centers and it was funny how they actually taught the operators "American slang" so they wouldn't sound Middle Eastern. One guy who they followed spent hours practicing his American slang with one of his friends.

 

Post of the year.

 

Any truth to the rumor they might be looking in-house? My source in Qatar thought he heard that.

 

WHAT!?! I always get "Steve" or "Susan."
So, you're telling me that's not their real names? Fuck me.

 

So, Coach Abu, your team didn't quite pull its weight today like it has the last few weeks. Why?

Well, we played without two starters who had other commitments.

Charity work or something like that?

Naw, suicide-bombings.

 

I second that ...