I was told by a Qatari who lives in Al Wakrah to never, ever drive unaccompanied in Wukair, as the locals will probably come out and hassle you.

Which is preferable to what he said would happen if I drove alone into Madinat Kabiat, which is in the north near Al Shamal.  In his estimation I was likely to be shot if I went anywhere near that place as a white foreigner.