‘I’ve been victim of homophobia – Saudi Arabia hosting the World Cup is sportswashing’

Dr Nas Mohamed has stepped out of the shadows to make the case for LGBTQ+ people on the world stage (Picture: Dr Nas Mohamed/Reuters/Getty/Metro)

With death threats a daily reality, Dr Nas Mohamed can draw on experience when he accuses FIFA of ‘sportswashing’ the truth behind its latest World Cup extravaganza in the Middle East.

The only globally visible LGBTQ+ person from Qatar expects to never return to the land of his birth after finding asylum in California.

He had lived...