its a very long commented thread, that i couldn't read all... but i have few words to say to dezigner
my nick tells where do i come from...
and i like to be in any GCC country, as i always wanted to work outside Bahrian ... i have pplied for jobs ain almost all GCC countries but got a response only here .. i guessed that we Qatar and Bahrain are kind of similar in many aspects ... so i searched the net and luckily i found QL.com and signed up for a membership .. did some reading in the culture section
but the problem is lots of Qataris prefer not to socialize with expats other then those who they work with .. in malls -i won't say all Qataris- but majority avoid any contact with them ,,, i don't wear a thobe... i wear shirt, tie, trousers, jeans, t-shirts, so they behave with me as they behave with expats and i can see why you think that people are not respecting Qatar, becuase they don't fel respected in Qatar.. the previous sentence can be harsh but its true -don't you expats agree???- it takes some time for Qataris to get used to expats and stop discriminating people according to what they are dressing, or where they are coming from,
thats how i see it,,,, and i love Qatar