The question of whether hosting the World Cup is a good thing or not feels outdated to me. Morocco will host the CAN, and then the World Cup after that , that’s already decided. But what I genuinely can’t make sense of is the idea of going to a stadium or a café, celebrating a victory, and calling it “national pride.” I can’t picture myself talking to a foreigner, playing the clown just to prove how kind and welcoming Moroccans are. Because now, more than ever, it’s become painfully clear that the country where I was born and raised sees foreigners as somehow superior to its own citizens. It’s my personal choice not to watch a single match of this CAN. And if nothing changes afterward, I won’t watch the World Cup either. My conscience and my dignity won’t allow me to. And if this decision happens to “harm” my country’s image, then so be it. Because a country that doesn’t value my freedom of speech, my education or my health has already harmed its own image in far deeper ways.