the foreign is familiar: a week inside doha, qatar
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The Foreign is Familiar: A Week Inside Doha, Qatar An American educator spent a week as an external reviewer of a learning center in Qatar's Education City for Texas A&M - Qatar. This is a photo essay of that experience with a particular focus on the uses of technology, cultural norms, and Qatar's role in being the bridge between Western and Islamic countries in the Middle East.TRANSCRIPT
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The Foreign is Familiar: A Week Inside Doha, Qatar
PHOTO ESSAY
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Image Sources: http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/asia/qaas.gif & http://www.saach.tv/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Qatar-Saudi-Arabia-UAE-Bahrian.jpg
Where is Qatar?
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13 Hour Flight
7 Hour Time Difference from NY
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“…fewer than 250,000 native Qataris who make up the country's
population -- grandchildren of pearl fishermen -- are now the
world's richest people, with an average annual income of about
$100,000. They are also the world's most brazen investors -- in
property, art, television, sports, mining, and banking.”
Population: Approximately 2 Million People (1.5 million males)
Qatari Nationals are less than 15% of the population
Most of the population are non-Qatari & prevelantly male laborers
(Indian, Nepali, Sri Lankan, Filipino and Sudanese)
Each Qatari national is entitled to just over $100K per year
Doha is the capital and has been likened to the NYC of the Middle East.
Information Sources – The Lonely Planet & http://money.cnn.com/2013/08/15/news/world/qatar-wealth.pr.fortune/
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Doha, Qatar
Ariel Photo Source: http://i2.cdn.turner.com/money/dam/assets/130814080644-qat02-qatar-skyline-620xa.jpg
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1 min time lapse video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HsgAtCowqE
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Our guide
quipped that the
Qatari “national
bird” – the
CRANE
Construction is a
constant state of
existence in Doha.
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Qatari Men’s Clothing
“white to be cool”
Thobe
Ghutra
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Qatari Women’s Clothing
“black to be modest”
Abaya
Hijab
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Souq Waqif
“Standing Market”
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Museum of Islamic Art
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Public Use of Tech
Public use of technology is fascination of
mine, but also very interesting in Qatar
because of some of the prohibitions on
photography.
I saw over and over again (Qatari men and
women in particular), the use of 2
smartphones (typically iPhones).
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I could not be sure what this woman was doing with her
smartphone in this picture, but I had observed the irony in
the same museum with two other women in burkas checking
Facebook. I took the risk of snapping this from the second
floor balcony.
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Education City
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Since DRIVING is so
much part of Qatari life
and we spent a lot of our
time being transported
from one location to
another, the road signs
were something I took a
keen interest in because
of their unique use of
English. Here is the Qatari
equivalent to “Don’t
Use Your Cellphone
While Driving”.
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Signs
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Public “CLEANLINESS” Campaign Signs•Don’t throw garbage over public beaches;•Don’t spit on public property;•Don’t dump your garbage;•Don’t throw garbage in your neighborhood;•Don’t spit on public streets;•?????.
The ads also carry the primary slogan ”We see you, you are not alone.”
Source for billboard above: http://aalieh.com/2014/04/07/we-all-see-you/
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My Obligatory
Camel “Selfie”
My Formal “Look Behind Me” Camel Pose
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Camels for the Tourist “Travel”
Experience
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The Camel Market
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Work Life
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I Love Qatar – Info for ExPats/Professionals
• It’s all about family
• Great place to live and have kids
thrive
• Exposure to different personalities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtaWkeOjvyA
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I Work In Qatar: From the Laborers
• Tea and Coffee Men and Women
• The “Blue Men”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUEmnFPxARk
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Find Out Moreequaltimes.org
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4 min time lapse video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruGHcGp0aFM