too common, like young Gulf Arabs driving white land cruisers flashing their lights on my tail when I am driving in Doha. Should I act surprised the next time I venture out in my car and it happens again? No, and likewise I am not surprised about this terrible story.

I believe that you have a clearer picture when you have lived there, but if we start telling people they have no right to comment unless they live in the place being discussed, then qatarliving will be more factionalised than it is now.