From BBC radio 4 The Arab Spring has seen a new permissiveness across the Middle East but jokes about the Emir and his ministers, and even the World Cup, are still not allowed in Qatar. Kevin Connolly reports from the autocratic Gulf State. Is Qatari comedy any laughing matter....? Click here to listen to the radio :)

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