Qatari locals

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DG, why do almost all your stories involve penises??

lol.. I love the way ppl would behave to different cultures. I had the same problem with my boy when he was young. Ladies from everywhere will come n kiss him. Once he was 5 n my wife took him to a ladies party with like 50 ladies in the house. He had like 20000000 kisses that made him to never want to go to any party after, till now :P.. It is nice to like babies but some times it gets out of control n worrying specially with diseases around. But ladies think of it as complementing the mother by showing how cute her baby is

I call it a culture thing cause when my boy was almost 2 n we were in France, my wife talked about the French ppl being racists. When I asked why she felt that way, she said that in all the times she was in the stores, not even one lady looked at the baby n smiled to him, except for sure the sales lady :P

My suggestion is, let ur husband carry the baby all the time n they will only smile n maybe wave but never kiss. At least it worked for me :)

Hi.

Argh! I'll never bring my babyson to Korea then. Or I'll accidentially break somebodys hand in a quick move. :)

Maybe someone should inform the old Korean fellahs that it is actually not the women who is "doing a good job by getting a son" but actually the semen from the man that does the pick? They do not seem to know. :)

Regarding the kissing, it is all agegroups doing it. My husband suggested it might be some sort of tradition I was ignorant too, that is why I'm asking.

Well, in some years the baby might learn how to scare them off by screaming or something like that, and the "problem" might be solved in that way. And then he can stop screaming when he wants to get kissed again as a teenager or something... *sigh*

Camilla

You've seen how many children the local Qatari women have haven't you? I think it's pretty obvious that after their sixth child that they really really like kids.

It could be worse, in Korea older Korean men will show that they are proud of a mother for having a boy by patting the little boy on the penis (through the pants obviously). It's not uncommon to see an old man nod at a young mother on the subway and pat her little boy on the crotch.

I don't think that kind of behaviour would go over well here though. :)

Camilla, I was laughing at your post because I have pretty much the same experience with my baby. Some compatriots of mine say they like kissing my baby because they are reminded of their own whom they left behind in our country and whom they terribly miss. Of course, this doesn't explain why even the local Qatari ladies show this special predilection for babies.

Hello.

I'm pretty new here as well, but to me Qatar seems a really family-friendly place.

I must say, if you have any kids, there is really no problem getting contact to locals. :)

But:

What is with all the kissing? I can hardly bring my baby anywhere without the baby getting kissed by strangers all the time.

In the beginning I thought it was a kind of funny, but yesterday my baby got kissed by 6 (six!) different ladies and two men in one hour(!) in the same mall.

Is there some sort of tradition here to kiss babies you don't know and I'll just have to cope with it or can I somehow politely tell people to stop kissing the baby all the time (without insulting anyone)?

Maybe I'm just being silly but I'm beginning to think enough is enough. :)

Camilla

Don't get me wrong, I did not say the UAE guys r arrogant n mostly I was repeating the definition stated in the original post to show the Qataris r not like that. However, to me, the UAE guys r more proud of themselves than Qataris, or anyone else in the world, n they have the right, due to their country's accomplishments in the last many yrs.

In addition, I never seen a tourist attraction place where ppl will enjoy or like tourists or foreigners. They may like the business coming in but will always hate the headache associated with it :) Been in Thailand, Egypt, Morocco n Hawaii n know the feeling :( Or was it that they r all friendly but I am not?!! Nah, they just hate foreigners :P

there is a difference between stating an opinion and htrew it like a rock. Tashkent, have not u ever ran into humble educated emirati!!!! or maybe it is ur manner or job that drags u to deal with Ignorant and arrogant emirati !!!

Lol @ Yalla

Yeah Ive had many occasions where people cut in line, very small lines at that. One time I was at the Take Away place in Al Sadd, and waiting for the cashier to get off the phone. When he did this guy comes and as soon as I speak, he starts talking to cashier and ordering. Whats frustrating about it is it seems the cashier, who is an arabic speaker, saw I was an english speaker and rather shifted his attention to the arabic guy next to me. I yelled and the guy next to me went silent. Not sure if someone spat in my food but hey...that time was rude. Although usually I dont really say nothing, I just let them go. I aint in no hurry :o)

Agree with Jassim on couple of points..

Locals keep to themselves and never bother expats much..

Locals are not arrogant (Most of them..)..

Disagree on UAE nationals...

UAE nationals are not arrogant either...Dubai is built mainly because of the attitudes of the locals..Ignorant and under-educated crowd is arrogant everywhere and shall be discounted....

that's my experience, too. I guess it's more of the culture, where it's more difficult for the ladies to widen their social circles. But overall the qataris I have met, both men and women were all lovely gracious people.

That said, however, one of my pet peeves here are how "some" ladies in Abayas have no respect for queues. Twice i've had an abaya wearing lady step right in front of me in a queue. The thing is, what made it worse was, both those times the queues were not long. In fact there were 3 people max. I mean, how long am i going to take paying for 1 t-shirt?

Another time, i was in the ladies room at the movies and waiting patiently in front of of the stalls and again, another abaya lady steps right in as soon as the door opened and the person inside came out! I guess next time i shouldn't step away to give the person coming out room and just barge in just in case another person takes my stall!

THe thing is the people I met are just so nice, yet some strangers i came across are so the opposite...but then anywhere you go you will find rude behaviour..sometimes even worse :P

I think they are very well mannered people who have the right to brag about great hospitality. But I agree that they keep to themselves a little more. I guess its the language that might keep the locals off, Ive met many who are not really confident speaking English, even though they speak it pretty well.

E46M3, I am glad to hear that. However, I believe it's different with guys :^) As the society is so strictly segregated, men in Qatar are totally different from the ladies. I could probably make friends with local men but that would not be appropriate as this country and culture does not allow such friendships. Therefore I was referring to girls only.

:^)

I've been here 10 years and find the Qataris the most friendly and down-to-earth of all Gulf people.

I have one particular friendship that dates back to my arrival and have found this particular Qatari friend one of the most sincere, unpretentious and honest people I've met.

Locals in Qatar are the least friendly and approachable of all people. They do tend to keep to themselves and they rarely allow outsiders to become their friends. This is sad as foreigners tend to stereotype a lot because of that, but how could we possibly know any better? In my 4 years in Qatar I met very few Qatari girls socially and I haven't made any real friendships with them. I believe it's very difficult, if not impossible.

well i guess genesis is right..the expats would help u better than us..

but u are the first person i hear 2 say such things about uae people!

well 2 me theyre very nice..

then again each country has all shapes and sizes i guess'

Yes there r shallow ppl, but mostly the youth. As u will be coming here to work then most of ur relations will be with ur colleagues so u may never notice the others except in the malls. So I think u will like it here. Qataris r proud ppl but not as proud, arrogant n holly as u called them, as the UAE guys. N more importantly, they will never bother, or even talk to, u except if u made the first move. As u see, it is ur choice here :)

Thank you for your comment Genesis. That is pretty sad that youth doesn't interested in education, job or life matters. Hope to meet mostly educated locals then, because it is realy interesting and important to learn more about local community, their culture and traditions if one is going to live there.

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Hi Tashkent.

First, I’m a local. So, I might not be fair in giving you a clear opinion about us.

Well, like every society there is the good, bad & the ugly.

According to statistics, the highest percentage of the population is concentrated on the ages 20-30.

Unfortunately, you’ll find allot of shallow youth wondering on shopping malls, with no interest in education, employment, religion or life matters.

Their only concern is having a posh car with unique number! As if it really matters.

Yet, there are some educated youth, socializing and volunteering in good deeds. Unfortunately, they are outnumbered by the shallow 1’s