The Doha Diary: Things go into overdrive in the VVIP lane

It was a road sign on opening night in Al Bayt four weeks ago which brought the Very, Very Important People into our world for the first time. Sunday at Lusail was their Woodstock

VVIP: President of France, Emmanuel Macron stands with Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and FIFA President Gianni Infantino following the FIFA World Cup final at Lusail Stadium, Qatar. Pic: Mike Egerton/PA Wire

Things go into overdrive in the VVIP lane 

Qatar has brought us all through the looking glass this past month…and the 12 years before. It gave us a new abbreviation too — VVIP.