That was offensive and stupid, if you want my opinion. So you want to teach them all English to help defend their culture (they've already voted to make English the medium of instruction in their schools, didn't you know that?). You want to get rid of modern technology (desalination plants included?) and teach them how to grow crops in the sand, so they are self-reliant?

I'm sure the Qataris are deeply aware of the erosion of traditional ways that accompanies modernisation. I'm glad I'm not Qatari because I wouldn't want to have to deal with the rate of social change that Qataris my age have had to cope with. I'm sure it is a genuine dilemma for them to try to adopt what is good for their families and society and to reject what is harmful, even if it seems useful.