{"id":64288,"date":"2022-11-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/64288\/what-if-the-world-cup-was-hosted-in-lebanon"},"modified":"2022-11-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T00:00:00","slug":"what-if-the-world-cup-was-hosted-in-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/64288\/what-if-the-world-cup-was-hosted-in-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"What If The World Cup Was Hosted In Lebanon?"},"content":{"rendered":"The 2022 World Cup is going to be the first to be held in the Arab world, but imagine a time loop where we have jumped to another universe, and that Arab country was not Qatar but Lebanon. <br \/>  <br \/>  Here\u2019s how the World Cup would go if it was hosted in the Lebanese Republic.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>1. Seats would be divided by sect<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  Then the whole thing would be held up in a dispute between politicians over who gets the bigger numbers (but Randa Berri would surely nail 49%).<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c.tenor.com\/UNaNpUIpxg8AAAAC\/nabih-nabih-berri.gif\" width=\"70%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>2. El Lira bterja3<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  All the $$$ flooding would definitely save the country and Riad Salame would have his &#8220;I told you so&#8221; moment.<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media3.giphy.com\/media\/ZYWN1vsJaTuRmVubxk\/giphy.gif\" width=\"70%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>3. Someone would hold up a stadium to get their deposits back<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  World Cup sponsored by Bank Audi.<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs.gfycat.com\/BelovedEnchantedBluet-size_restricted.gif\" width=\"70%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>4. They would build a new stadium that has a capacity of 10,452<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-fSdtDdqMSgY\/YDlsInZnw5I\/AAAAAAAA4Yc\/qu0II8LztjI6xqVSHyGaBiBKNHvvZizGACLcBGAsYHQ\/s0\/Flag_of_Lebanon.gif\" width=\"70%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>5. White people would re-colonise the streets<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  Imagine seeing a barrage of white people with their painted faces marching down the streets of Beirut.<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media3.giphy.com\/media\/l41YavNUKGCiDq14A\/giphy.gif\" width=\"70%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>6. Dating would be allowed<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c.tenor.com\/88JgtBervLEAAAAd\/holding-hands-dating.gif\" width=\"70%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>7. It would be held on time, in the summer of 2022<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  Sorry mafi air conditioned stadiums here, ma hatta fi kahraba.<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/30\/a5\/ca\/30a5cae9012e3320229c72d3169ddebc.gif\" width=\"70%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>8. People would make jokes about keef &#8220;dabbaro l visa&#8221;<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  Yalla kelna 3a amreekaaaaa.<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baldwinpl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Passport-GIF.gif\" width=\"70%\">    <figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" data-id=\"425977\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/64288-2-250x141.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-425977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/64288-2-250x141.png 250w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/64288-2-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/64288-2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/64288-2-768x432.png 768w, 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