I can very much respect the wishes of the Qatari nationals to retain their culture but I do believe they need to release an established set of guidelines relating to exactly what is acceptable, distribute to all employers in Qatar to disseminate to their employees and also to be handed out to all incomers at the airport and prominently displayed on all embassy/government websites.
Recently the problem has been rumours and whispers of things that have happened, fines, police cautions, jail etc which is not helpful and creates a culture of fear and mistrust. By being open and forthright about what is expected of people when in public all would know what is acceptable.
I also believe it is possible for a country to be respectful of its traditions and religion without needing to create a rule or a law for every behviour. Perhaps we should be like Saudi and move all the expats to compounds so locals and expats do not have to mix together (apart from work).
I can very much respect the wishes of the Qatari nationals to retain their culture but I do believe they need to release an established set of guidelines relating to exactly what is acceptable, distribute to all employers in Qatar to disseminate to their employees and also to be handed out to all incomers at the airport and prominently displayed on all embassy/government websites.
Recently the problem has been rumours and whispers of things that have happened, fines, police cautions, jail etc which is not helpful and creates a culture of fear and mistrust. By being open and forthright about what is expected of people when in public all would know what is acceptable.
I also believe it is possible for a country to be respectful of its traditions and religion without needing to create a rule or a law for every behviour. Perhaps we should be like Saudi and move all the expats to compounds so locals and expats do not have to mix together (apart from work).