by Chris O’Carroll

“They’re literally, you walk over from Iran to Qatar. You can walk it in one second. You go ‘boom boom’
and now you’re in Qatar.”
—A noted world traveler fantasizing about Middle East geography. In reality, Qatar’s only land border
is with Saudi Arabia. Iran is more than 100 miles away across the Persian Gulf.

Step literally off Iran, sink, sputter
Until (boom boom) you’re all washed up in Qatar.