Qatar

What can i say, im here for 6 months, im currently working here.

ive been here twice! its a beautiful country with AMAZING architechture! at the moment they are building aparment blocks which lean to the side! very scary stuff lol

there is also a great mix between old and new shopping wise! there are the souqs to get bargains and have recently been rebuilt the traditional way and then there are amazing shopping centres like Villagios mall which has a canal and gondolas in in !!

also a trip to the desert is very worthwhile and the weather is very hot! although it is an islamic country so its courtesy for women to cover there shoulders when out and not wear very short skirts or shorts!

well worth a visit =]

I guess it goes down as worth visiting as I lived there for 3 years and although I grew to dislike the place I can look back now at what a good life we had and what things are worth doing! It’s not really worth a specific trip (you would be better going to the UAE or Oman) – but if you are going to visit friends or family don’t say no! Qatar is a small place, the hotels are very luxurious and serve great food, the traditional souqs are worth a visit and the desert is a must. Other than that there is not a great deal to do – if you are visiting at the times of any big sports events, go, it will be cheap and you’ll liekly be one of the few people watching world class action!

I deployed to Qatar earlier this year. I was there for six months. There’s really nothing to see outside of town. The souqs are a nice place to get trinkets and the likes, but the main attractions, I think, are the malls. One has lots of shops and four levels. It’s huge! The other has an indoor boat ride, and the ceiling is painted to look like the sky. As far as Middle Eastern countries go, this one is pretty safe. Overall I was unimpressed, but if visiting the Middle East is on your places to go list, I’d recommend this one over some of it’s more hostile neighbors.

It’s A really very boring country .. no plce to go .. and nothing to do .. believe me it’s not worth it !

Bahrain, actually.

I went through Qatar twice during my deployment. The base is hot and dry, but it’s totally different off base. The traffic is crazy and there’s so much to do. It’s not what I expected at all. The most memorable part about being there is meeting up with my best friend (he did a one year tour there as a contractor). I wouldn’t mind going back one day.

Where to go??..No Idea!!

Well you see, I moved here when my parents got jobs… and i can’t WAIT to move back. To visit i guess it’s fine, but there really isn’t anything TO visit…not really a touristic spot.

Qatar explicitly uses Wahhabi law as the basis of its government, and the vast majority of its citizens follow this specific Islamic doctrine. Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab founded Wahhabism, a puritanical version of Islam which takes a literal interpretation of the Qur’an and the Sunnah. In the eighteenth century, Abd Al-Wahhab formed a compact with the al-Saud family, the founders of Saudi Arabia.

In the early twentieth century, when the Al-Thanis realized that converting to the doctrine of their larger neighbor might bode well for the survival of their regime, they imported Wahhabi Islam from Saudi Arabia to Qatar. Perhaps as an effect of the importation, Wahhabism takes a more tolerant form in Qatar than in Saudi Arabia, though it still governs a large portion of Qatari mores and rituals. For example, almost all Qatari women wear the black abaya (also donned in Saudi Arabia); the government, however, does not impose the style universally. The abaya is mainly passed down from generation to generation and is still present because of the traditional values of the country.

Shi’as comprise just over 10% of the Muslim population.