Olive--I still think you are missing the point of the article. It is not trying to give an accurate depiction of the struggle of Qataris for an identity within their own country. Hardly any of the NY Times readers know where Qatar is let alone care about it. Qatar in the article is an exaggerated metaphor for all of the Westerners who bemoan their lost identities in the face of immigration. That it has provoked discussion here is just a bonus. If it was a really hard-hitting article, it would have given the (slave) wages of the servants, described the state of human trafficking or the two-tiered justice system. Or maybe article could have translates some of the wretched things Qataris mutter in Arabic at Westerners in the shopping malls.
That aside, what is the other side of the story that you think hasn't been included?
Olive--I still think you are missing the point of the article. It is not trying to give an accurate depiction of the struggle of Qataris for an identity within their own country. Hardly any of the NY Times readers know where Qatar is let alone care about it. Qatar in the article is an exaggerated metaphor for all of the Westerners who bemoan their lost identities in the face of immigration. That it has provoked discussion here is just a bonus. If it was a really hard-hitting article, it would have given the (slave) wages of the servants, described the state of human trafficking or the two-tiered justice system. Or maybe article could have translates some of the wretched things Qataris mutter in Arabic at Westerners in the shopping malls.
That aside, what is the other side of the story that you think hasn't been included?