Nic, unfortunately in the many discussions with Qataris I have had, the local sentiment has been made very clear. They respect our contribution to their society but we are guests no matter how long we have been here. And they want improvements on their own way. They want more choices in shopping and facilities available outside, but they do not want their culture to be affected vastly. Not many are happy at the shift where English has become a more used language than Arabic in official matters and promoting English books is the least of their concern.