Congratulations, you have successfully crossed the line from being an ex-pat to being an Integrated Immigrant? Would the term ex-pat really apply after remaining here for 18 years?

I'm also not sure whether you lost the thread though. I though we were all talking about an Article in the Gulf Times yesterday in which it was suggested that integration of ex-pats into Qatari culture might be a good thing for someone.

Most Qataris I know would not subscribe to the thought