It does seem the block is targeted at English speakers. Maybe it is just my darn computer? But when I go to google.com and type a search - nothing comes up it states "done" in the lower left of my browser. But if I use a google.qa or .it, .de etc. then it searches. Weird...So I Saw that in 2005 (in an old qatarliving post) there was a problem and it looks like the only way it was resolved was by contacting diplomatic channels.