"My lifestyle involves more "mundane" activities like cinema, bowling, mini golf, parks, restaurants, galleries, museums, long drives and the like"
You're even more limited then. Mini golf does not exist in Qatar to my knowledge, if there is a cinema in Messaid it will probably be showing the latest Bollywood spectacle, there are some parks, but not like we're used to in the West (well manicured, but not open to things like sport or families - or sometimes single men for that matter) restaurants will be limited to the popular western fast food icons and small Indian and GCC food spots, which can be remarkably good and good value. I doubt if there's a museum - there are only a few in Doha, and Qatar as a country does not lend itself to long drives except in traffic.
"My lifestyle involves more "mundane" activities like cinema, bowling, mini golf, parks, restaurants, galleries, museums, long drives and the like"
You're even more limited then. Mini golf does not exist in Qatar to my knowledge, if there is a cinema in Messaid it will probably be showing the latest Bollywood spectacle, there are some parks, but not like we're used to in the West (well manicured, but not open to things like sport or families - or sometimes single men for that matter) restaurants will be limited to the popular western fast food icons and small Indian and GCC food spots, which can be remarkably good and good value. I doubt if there's a museum - there are only a few in Doha, and Qatar as a country does not lend itself to long drives except in traffic.