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Al Jazeera
AP Muhammed Afsal

The Indian waiter with an ‘encyclopaedic’ knowledge of football

Abbas Koori, 46, chats about football, sharing names and trivia, as he serves Keralan cuisine [Firoz Hassan/Al Jazeera]

Doha, Qatar – On any given night at the Century Restaurant, an Indian eatery in Doha, customers may find themselves drawn into a discussion about football with a waiter named Abbas Koori.

The buzzing eatery where the 46-year-old Indian waiter works is a place for people on the move. The no-frills establishment serves Keralan cuisine, along with a few Chinese and Middle Eastern dishes. It caters to a diverse group of foreigners in the bustling neighbourhood of Najma, which is filled with furniture, hardware, scrap, and meat businesses.

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