Frankly I think the article is too short and tabloidish to take seriously. To really get in depth into the culture here you'd have to do more then interview a couple of Qatari's, and didn't she interview any that were happy with their jobs? Very one sided I say. Shame on the New York Times for such sloppy journalism.

I'm not denying there are issues here, as Genesis said, the primary and secondary schools are sadly lacking and not preparing young Qatari's for the real world and I understand their reaction to all the foreigners "invading" their lands as they sound like many in the West do about immigrants. Personally I still think Qatar is on the right track, but judging it now is like judging if a baby will be an Olympic runner on their first steps. It's just too early to tell.