UKEng - Fair point. I agree that's how it should be - OK in clubs, no-no once you step outside. But there's still inconsistency - you see plenty of people holding hands all over Qatar, and you see far too much flesh on display as well.
QatariLady - no, I don't expect every single person to be caught! But as I said to UKEng above, you regularly see hand holding, hugging, pecks on cheeks etc in the shopping malls and at the airport and on the Corniche. Because it's so common place it becomes accepted that it's ok. But then they go and arrest someone for it and nobody knows where they stand. Without a written set of rules there will always be ambiguity and confusion.
UKEng - Fair point. I agree that's how it should be - OK in clubs, no-no once you step outside. But there's still inconsistency - you see plenty of people holding hands all over Qatar, and you see far too much flesh on display as well.
QatariLady - no, I don't expect every single person to be caught! But as I said to UKEng above, you regularly see hand holding, hugging, pecks on cheeks etc in the shopping malls and at the airport and on the Corniche. Because it's so common place it becomes accepted that it's ok. But then they go and arrest someone for it and nobody knows where they stand. Without a written set of rules there will always be ambiguity and confusion.