It's not just the Qatari women who suffer, it's also the guys. Do you think they really enjoy being told by their father who they ought to marry, knowing that they really aren't in a position to say 'no'?

I have Qatari male friends who felt coerced into paying for lavish weddings (200,000+), never feeling that they had any say in the situation. In a few cases the couple dirvorced after just a few months, because they simply didn't get along.

Thankfully there were no children in the marriage and it was only the lives of the husband and wife that were ruined.

Please don't think only the women are victims of this situation.