Has genesis said this is not Qatar, at least not "qatari" since they were not there, or very few of them. More occidental people I would say indeed.

This was a QF event, education does not mean only learning maths, medecine or IT. They asked before not to applause during the event and people respected that, why not add please turn you cell phones into silent mode and avoid eating... We have in France such warnings before each and every show.