Kindly note that dubai had their first foreign university in 1993. Appended are the details

The University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) (in Arabic:جامعة ولونغونغ في دبي) is a private university located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Established in 1993, this independent institution is afflilated with the University of Wollongong, Australia.

And about QF

Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar (VCUQatar) was the first university to come to Education City in 1998, and celebrated its seventh graduation in 2008.

Also note that

Cources offered by VCU Qatr were not even close the ones offered by Wollongong Dubai.

i am not trying to compare doha and Dubai.

Both have equally worked hard to come up and make a stand in the world today...