Doha - Post Report Question and Answers
If you move here, you can leave behind your:
Winter coats are only needed for out of the region. - Oct 2024
winter gear unless going somewhere cold for vacations. - Jun 2024
Winter clothes and rubber boots - Oct 2023
Winter jackets unless you go to Europe in the winter for skiing. - Jul 2022
Expectations. - Apr 2021
Pork, booze, porno, mini-skirts, halter-tops and general understanding of what fun is. - May 2017
Cutoff shorts and mesh tank tops. Expectations of weight maintenance/loss. - May 2017
desire to improve your Arabic, driving etiquette, and winter clothes - May 2015
Umbrella, shorts, short skirts, tank tops, winter clothes. - Feb 2015
Bad attitude, prejudice against the Middle East, and strapless dresses. - Apr 2012
Hopes that this is a rising middle eastern power. They think money is a solution for all issues, how wrong they are. - Mar 2012
Winter clothes. - Mar 2012
assumptions about Arabs. I love how this place has shattered any prejudices I may have acquired in the US. Also, don't feel you need to stock up on much before arriving. It's all here. - Jan 2012
Winter coats. - Oct 2010
expectations of experiencing ancient Middle Eastern culture. Even the goods sold in the Souqs are from China. Doha is an easy place to live, but it's like Tyson's Corner, only Muslim and on the water. - Dec 2009
Expectations of a spiritual intersection with Islam and an enlightening introduction into Middle Eastern culture. This is a money culture, pure and simple. Character is measured here by how much someone can display, how much wealth they can accumulate, and how much more important they are than the next guy in a Landcruiser. - Sep 2008
