"Can I ask you a question why souq Waqif is now the number 1 tourist attraction here in Qatar?"
Well, where else would tourists go?
I really like souq waqif, I go there quite a lot. I am just puzzled as to why traditional Qatari culture has almost been erased from souq waqif.
There are more stalls dedicated to selling cats and dogs than to falcons.
The vast majority of people working there are Asians or other Arab expatriates, selling ‘Arabic’ kitsch – mostly unrelated to the culture of this area. Genie lamps and sheesha pipes.
How is it that I can buy Baskin Robbins or Hagen Daz, but not a decent kibsa hammour, or some nice harrees?
"Can I ask you a question why souq Waqif is now the number 1 tourist attraction here in Qatar?"
Well, where else would tourists go?
I really like souq waqif, I go there quite a lot. I am just puzzled as to why traditional Qatari culture has almost been erased from souq waqif.
There are more stalls dedicated to selling cats and dogs than to falcons.
The vast majority of people working there are Asians or other Arab expatriates, selling ‘Arabic’ kitsch – mostly unrelated to the culture of this area. Genie lamps and sheesha pipes.
How is it that I can buy Baskin Robbins or Hagen Daz, but not a decent kibsa hammour, or some nice harrees?