On reflection Genesis, can I also make a comment about your contentious statement:
"With all due respect, after all none of you really care for improving or even questioning the country's laws, public money or reforms"
Where would ex-pats go to do this? Who would we speak to? And if were smart enough to find someone to talk to, and dumb enough to actually open our mouthes, we all know what the outcome would be. A cancelled RP and a one way ticket home.
But what I really want to point out is that in my experience, through many Qatari friends, it is the NATIONALS who do not seem terribly motivated to get involved in improving or even questioning the country's laws. No Qataris I know bothered to vote in the recent local elections, because they all know that the higher powers have deliberately prevented any democratic body from having any real power.
And, further to Xena's point, you might be surprised to learn about the depth of various cultural and social organisations within the expat community that take it upon themselves to provide voluntary services to their compatriots, despite the hurdles that this country's restrictions pose on them.
If expats and nationals were both empowered to actually make a difference in this country, and given a real voice, things could really change here for the better.
On reflection Genesis, can I also make a comment about your contentious statement:
"With all due respect, after all none of you really care for improving or even questioning the country's laws, public money or reforms"
Where would ex-pats go to do this? Who would we speak to? And if were smart enough to find someone to talk to, and dumb enough to actually open our mouthes, we all know what the outcome would be. A cancelled RP and a one way ticket home.
But what I really want to point out is that in my experience, through many Qatari friends, it is the NATIONALS who do not seem terribly motivated to get involved in improving or even questioning the country's laws. No Qataris I know bothered to vote in the recent local elections, because they all know that the higher powers have deliberately prevented any democratic body from having any real power.
And, further to Xena's point, you might be surprised to learn about the depth of various cultural and social organisations within the expat community that take it upon themselves to provide voluntary services to their compatriots, despite the hurdles that this country's restrictions pose on them.
If expats and nationals were both empowered to actually make a difference in this country, and given a real voice, things could really change here for the better.