Editorials and cartoons in recent days have lambasted "smear campaigns" about Qatar's treatment of migrant workers, women and the LGBTQ community.
European newspapers and rights groups have put a spotlight on Qatar's record in the run up to the tournament that starts November 20 and is expected to attract more than one million fans.
Some French cities have said they will not allow public screens to be put up to show matches in a rights protest.
Al Raya newspaper prominently showed a cartoon with the World Cup surrounded by arrows, symbolising the criticism that Qatar has faced.
Al Sharq newspaper highlighted an interview with Lakhdar Belloumi, a former Algeria international considered to be one of the best Arab players of all time, who said "malicious campaigns will not discourage Qatar."An editorial in the paper hit out at the "lies, rumours and slander" written in Europe about Qatar's World Cup preparations.It said there was a "systematic conspiracy" by media in many European countries over coverage of workers' rights in Qatar, "while this media has forgotten the miserable conditions experienced by workers in Europe."
Qatar's emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani complained this year about attacks on Arab nations but told the UN General Assembly recently that all fans would be welcomed to the World Cup "without discrimination".
