Lionel Messi's black cloak: a brief history of the bisht, given to the superstar after his World Cup triumph
- Written by Pardis Mahdavi, Provost and Executive Vice President, The University of Montana
AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis
Shortly before Lionel Messi took to the stage to lift up the World Cup trophy, Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani put a black cloak, called a “bisht,” over...