Compared to Saudi, Qatar is more safe or you can say open surely, But there is no social life here. After few months life becomes monotonus here for working person as well as for family. 3-4 malls, sea line, cornich and you are done, there is no other place where you can spend week ends. Eating out also does not offer much choices. Most importantly, you joine one company & then you are stuck you do not have choice, changing a job here is as good as leaving a country here. I feel UAE is much much better country in all these aspects if you have job stability there...