From cafes to fan zones: World Cup fever sweeps NYC and New Jersey

From cafes to fan zones: World Cup fever sweeps NYC and New Jersey Submitted by Azad Essa on Wed, 06/24/2026 - 13:53 Middle East Eye travels across New York City and New Jersey to capture fans enjoying the World Cup On Steinway Avenue in Queens, home to a large Arab diaspora, supermarkets, hookah cafes, and coffee shops are packed with Moroccan and Egyptian fans (Azad Essa/MEE) Bicycle delivery workers from Burkina Faso take a brief pause between shifts in Harlem, using their phones to follow football matches (Azad