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describing doha

7/10/2016

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I lived and worked in southern China for a little less than a year. During the 2003-2004 school year, I wrote a lengthy blog post nearly every day. Posts were about funny incidents with staff or students, delicious or exotic foods I’d tried, new discoveries of self, encountering the otherness of a foreign culture, etc, etc. It was incredibly cathartic to write, but also a great way to stay connected with friends and family back home.

Fast forward twelve years, when I decided to start a new blog to chronicle my experiences in a new culture: Doha, Qatar. And yet, after three months, I was struggling to describe my every day life here. ​

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top 10: my move to Qatar

8/6/2014

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In the months since I made the decision to move to Qatar as a school counselor, I have had many diverse reactions. They range from excitement to concern to complete disinterest, but there have been a few common questions that pop up repeatedly. So I thought I'd share a few of the questions I commonly receive, and an answer to each. Feel free to ask more in the comments below!
1. Where is Qatar? Is Dubai the capital city?
Qatar is a relatively small country, about the size of the state of Connecticut, with a population of about 2 million people (as of July 2014). It is a peninsula jutting out from Saudi Arabia and surrounded by the Persian Gulf. Dubai is a large city located in United Arab Emirates, or U.A.E., nearby. I will be living in Qatar's capital city of Doha, where the vast majority of the country's population resides. It is said to be a country with many expatriates (or expats, meaning that they are living somewhere other than their home country or nationality). According to some estimates, the population can be broken into: 15% Qatari, 35% "Western expats," 18% Indian, and the rest are groups of immigrants from all around the world.
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Qatar is purple. Dubai is part of the UAE in clay color.

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