As appalling as the opinions expressed in the survey are, I have to admit that most other cultures who suddenly found themselves to be a minority within their own country would probably make similar remarks. Yes it is based largely on ignorance; yes Qataris depend desperately on foreign labor at all levels; and no I am not making excuses for them. But I suspect we have all heard similar complaints in our own countries when it comes to immigration--although in the more PC West, such views are more privately expressed.
I am more concerned about what Genesis wrote about the polling sample--young people in university. This does not bode well for the future of Qatar, as the number of foreigners well skyrocket over the next decade--worsening all of the problems about which the surveyed complain.
As appalling as the opinions expressed in the survey are, I have to admit that most other cultures who suddenly found themselves to be a minority within their own country would probably make similar remarks. Yes it is based largely on ignorance; yes Qataris depend desperately on foreign labor at all levels; and no I am not making excuses for them. But I suspect we have all heard similar complaints in our own countries when it comes to immigration--although in the more PC West, such views are more privately expressed.
I am more concerned about what Genesis wrote about the polling sample--young people in university. This does not bode well for the future of Qatar, as the number of foreigners well skyrocket over the next decade--worsening all of the problems about which the surveyed complain.