Comments on: Desert Soccer Pitches Reveal Arab Obsession with Football https://www.greenprophet.com/2013/05/desert-soccer-pitches-reveal-arab-obsession-with-football/ Sustainably Driven. Future Ready. Wed, 08 May 2013 11:11:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Tafline Laylin https://www.greenprophet.com/2013/05/desert-soccer-pitches-reveal-arab-obsession-with-football/#comment-112699 Wed, 08 May 2013 11:11:06 +0000 http://www.greenprophet.com/?p=93829#comment-112699 In reply to Meem Radwill.

Thanks Meem, I love that anecdote. I hope the World Cup will be a special event for the region.

]]> By: Meem Radwill https://www.greenprophet.com/2013/05/desert-soccer-pitches-reveal-arab-obsession-with-football/#comment-112682 Wed, 08 May 2013 09:04:13 +0000 http://www.greenprophet.com/?p=93829#comment-112682 In Oman, each village with a large enough population has its pitch and most evenings the children and young adults will be out there playing a game, I see them on the way back from field trips or on the way out to the rural areas. Anybody out there playing during the day is categorised under the ”mad dogs and englishmen go out in the midday sun” syndrome. They are footie mad and the whole country goes gaga during the Gulf Cup, even those who may not watch or be supporters otherwise.

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