Haha ' not the typical local in immigration'' that made me laugh...agree about the expat and local relationship being complicated; but you did well to acknowledge that it's mostly due to wrong assumptions and believing negative stereotypes and that most locals love and welcome foregners and most expats love Qatar and the locals in equal measure...I also would advise you to separate workplace issues from the general social life we all share after work... In every country, workplaces by nature are unpleasant places...a Qatari boss could be torturing another Qatari or expat and an expat boss could be targeting another expat or a Qatari; that's the workplace in general for you I guess... But outside the office, most interaction among locals and expats is loving and friendly and we are as happy and as duty bound as you locals to help and stand by Qatar in its time of difficulty... We have been with Qatar and helped it through its wonderful progress and we are as saddened by this blockade as you...Many of us were born and raised here and its just as much our country as it is yours... I've lived in all the gcc countries and love them all and hope for them to resolve their petty differences and be united; but if not, then yes its Qatar where my heart is; it may be a beige flat featureless desert for others but I personally find this desert more soothing to my soul than any glittering skyline in the world...
Lots of love,
Not your typical expat doing 40kph in the fast lane :-)
Haha ' not the typical local in immigration'' that made me laugh...agree about the expat and local relationship being complicated; but you did well to acknowledge that it's mostly due to wrong assumptions and believing negative stereotypes and that most locals love and welcome foregners and most expats love Qatar and the locals in equal measure...I also would advise you to separate workplace issues from the general social life we all share after work... In every country, workplaces by nature are unpleasant places...a Qatari boss could be torturing another Qatari or expat and an expat boss could be targeting another expat or a Qatari; that's the workplace in general for you I guess... But outside the office, most interaction among locals and expats is loving and friendly and we are as happy and as duty bound as you locals to help and stand by Qatar in its time of difficulty... We have been with Qatar and helped it through its wonderful progress and we are as saddened by this blockade as you...Many of us were born and raised here and its just as much our country as it is yours... I've lived in all the gcc countries and love them all and hope for them to resolve their petty differences and be united; but if not, then yes its Qatar where my heart is; it may be a beige flat featureless desert for others but I personally find this desert more soothing to my soul than any glittering skyline in the world...
Lots of love,
Not your typical expat doing 40kph in the fast lane :-)