Blankspot / Forza Football: Cards of Qatar

Thousands of migrant workers have died or been injured while preparing Qatar for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Four months before it begins, a new series of football cards highlight the humans behind the numbers and tell their heartbreaking stories. Cards of Qatar is a collaborative project between the journalistic platform Blankspot, the app Forza Football and creative agency Forsman & Bodenfors. At first glance, everything from the portraits, the glossy surface, and the packaging creates the impression of authentic football cards. But at a closer look, the portraits and stories belong to migrant workers in Qatar, each with an unfiltered story of injuries or premature death. The cards will be followed by long-form articles and interviews with players, politicians and workers’ organizations. There is also a digital extension for Forza Football and their 3 million active monthly users where you can tweet directly to people in the football community, encouraging them to share the stories.But the 33 football cards is just the initial batch. The goal is to publish one card each day up until the World Cup begins and on the website www.cardsofqatar.com and Instagram and Twitter, people can read and share all the stories, which will be continuously updated with more stories up until the World Cup.