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Photos: World celebrates unveiling of Qatar 2022 emblem

Published: 04 Sep 2019 - 08:52 am | Last Updated: 02 Nov 2021 - 12:12 am
The 2022 Fifa World Cup Qatar logo is projected on the walls of the Oudaya kasbah in the Moroccan capital Rabat on September 3, 2019.  AFP

The 2022 Fifa World Cup Qatar logo is projected on the walls of the Oudaya kasbah in the Moroccan capital Rabat on September 3, 2019. AFP

QNA / Agencies

Doha: Qatar and a number of Arab and international cities celebrated yesterday evening with the unveiling of the emblem of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, hosted by Qatar for the first time in the Middle East.

A number of Arab countries such as Kuwait, Oman, Lebanon, Jordan, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Iraq, Palestine, Libya and Sudan participated in the unveiling event, where it was displayed on facades of buildings and landmarks of these countries as the Kuwait Towers in Kuwait City, the Raouche Rock in Lebanon, the Fort of Hammamet in Tunisia and others.

Time Square on September 3, 2019 in New York City.  AFP / Angela Weiss

Iraqis gather at Baghdad's Tahir square as the official logo of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 is projected on the front of a building. AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE

Raouche Rock landmark in the Lebanese capital Beirut. / AFP / Anwar AMRO

Kuwait Towers, in Kuwait City. / AFP / Yasser Al-Zayyat

Buenos Aires , Argentina. AFP / JUAN MABROMATA

 Madrid , Spain.  AFP / GABRIEL BOUYS