Single guy - how friendly are you to them? How friendly are you to other races in your home country? Have you ever gone out of your way to make an Indian, Pakistani or Arab feel welcome in your country. I doubt it - you just get on with your life, mix with your friends, relatives and colleagues, look after your own family and generally 'DO YOUR OWN THING'.
We cannot expect every national in our host country to be alerted to 'yet another new expat has arrived, let's make sure we make him/her feel welcome'. I have never come across one Qatari that wasn't polite and helpful if spoken to. We tend to be wary and apprehensive of them perhaps and this causes the cultural divide.
Single guy - how friendly are you to them? How friendly are you to other races in your home country? Have you ever gone out of your way to make an Indian, Pakistani or Arab feel welcome in your country. I doubt it - you just get on with your life, mix with your friends, relatives and colleagues, look after your own family and generally 'DO YOUR OWN THING'.
We cannot expect every national in our host country to be alerted to 'yet another new expat has arrived, let's make sure we make him/her feel welcome'. I have never come across one Qatari that wasn't polite and helpful if spoken to. We tend to be wary and apprehensive of them perhaps and this causes the cultural divide.
Look to ourselves first, before blaming others.