I nearly forgot to mention the social climate.
A bit of the old, the stereotypical, a LOT of the newer.
In simpler terms, the US in the late 1950's to mid 1960's merged with Arabic traditions and Islamic beliefs.
It is interesting, to say the least. And has a real chance at preserving the best of both, if all play the cards right!
I even daily see rides that I rode on as a child in the '60s in use here, where they are nowhere to be found in the US in similar play areas above some stores and hypermarkets!
Be warned, this is the place that manufactures the dust for the entire earth. Figure dust that looks like yellow/brown colored (or is it coloured?) portland cement. And has a similar consistency when wet then permitted to dry undisturbed...
Our best friends here are a married couple that are mutually adopted (his familiy kind of adopted us and us his familiy), he is Saudi and we get along famously.
I guess the watchword is tolerance. For the Qatari as well as the rest of us. They want to be good hosts, but it *IS* their "house" we're guests in. I've NEVER had harsh words with a Qatari in three years. And we get along VERY well with the older Qatari folk we've met.
Of course, they realize immediately that we're not "kids" and that we've been married nearly 27 years and they LOVE the little joking bickering we do with one another. :)
I nearly forgot to mention the social climate.
A bit of the old, the stereotypical, a LOT of the newer.
In simpler terms, the US in the late 1950's to mid 1960's merged with Arabic traditions and Islamic beliefs.
It is interesting, to say the least. And has a real chance at preserving the best of both, if all play the cards right!
I even daily see rides that I rode on as a child in the '60s in use here, where they are nowhere to be found in the US in similar play areas above some stores and hypermarkets!
Be warned, this is the place that manufactures the dust for the entire earth. Figure dust that looks like yellow/brown colored (or is it coloured?) portland cement. And has a similar consistency when wet then permitted to dry undisturbed...
Our best friends here are a married couple that are mutually adopted (his familiy kind of adopted us and us his familiy), he is Saudi and we get along famously.
I guess the watchword is tolerance. For the Qatari as well as the rest of us. They want to be good hosts, but it *IS* their "house" we're guests in. I've NEVER had harsh words with a Qatari in three years. And we get along VERY well with the older Qatari folk we've met.
Of course, they realize immediately that we're not "kids" and that we've been married nearly 27 years and they LOVE the little joking bickering we do with one another. :)