Table of Content

Prologue

My own Life in Doha

Job

How to Dress

Health

Childbirth

Summer Vacation Back Home

Qatar – a Short Introduction

Geography

Weather and Climate

Ecology and Environment

History

Excavations at Al Zubarah

The German Archaeologist

The Al-Thani Family

Government and Politics

National Day

Freedom of Speech

Religion and Feasts

Inhabitants

Expatriates

Traffic

Doha Past, Present and Future

The Old Pearl Diver

Traditions

Qatar in the Future

Education

“Qatarization”

The Old Souq and Shopping

The Pearl-Qatar

Katara - Art and Music

Sports

Meeting the Qatari People

The Qatari Story-Teller

Women

Arabic Get-Together

The Development of Qatar

Dressing

Islam

Death

The Prayer Beads

The Falcon

The Children

The Food and the Marriage

Invited to an Arabic Home

Moving Children Abroad

“Family Denmark” Goes to Doha and Back Home Again

Mikkel

Mia

Lene

Getting Started

The School

Family Life

The Canadian Teacher at the American School

The Indian Maid who has Lived 40 Years in Doha

An Afternoon at an Al-Thani Family’s House

The Home

Pictures and Children

The Farm and the Emiri Family

The Afghan Jeweler

The German Dentist with Syrian Roots

The Philippina Maid with Five Children in Manila

New to Doha

Epilogue

Bibliography

Photos

Thanks