Qatari architect designs World Cup stadium to resemble traditional Arabian cap

A Qatari architect has designed the stadium that will host the 2022 World Cup quarter final match to look like a traditional Arabian cap, known as a “gahfiya,” Reuters reports. The design, as imagined in the graphic illustration above, is a “symbolic design” that is meant to serve as a tribute to Arab unity, according to Qatar’s 2022 committee chief, Hassan al-Thawadi. The release of the illustration comes as al-Thawadi downplayed the effect the Arab quartet’s boycott of Qatar has had on preparations for the World Cup, saying they have been “inconvenienced but not delayed,” according to AFP.