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Report: Qatar growing increasingly dependent on expat labor

Expats comprised 94 percent of the working population in Qatar last year, meaning there were 16 expat workers for every Qatari one, states a report released by the Qatar Statistics…

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In puzzling move, govt makes it harder for expats to bring families to Qatar

Expats in Qatar will have to make a minimum of QR10,000 a month if they want to bring their families here, the Ministry of Interior has decided. Previously, the minimum…

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BBC: Lives improved as workers flock to Qatar

BBC: Lives improved as workers flock to Qatar The plight of migrant workers in Qatar is common fuel for debate amongst expats and nationals, and with good reason. But in…

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QSA: Expats comprise more than 99 percent of private sector

Non-Qataris constitute 99.7 percent of the country’s private sector workforce, data made available by the Qatar Statistics Authority shows. This is despite a 1997 Emiri decree that nationals account for 20…

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Qataris hopeful as UAE extends chance at citizenship to children of Emirati mothers

Children born to Emirati mothers and expat fathers can finally qualify for citizenship, according to a monumental decree issued by UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Wednesday.…

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Exploiting Qatar’s poor – do we do it too?

How complicated can it be to get your house cleaned? Well, that depends on your conscience. Doha expat resident Glen McKay of Skeptic in Qatar recently blogged about hiring a maintenance man…

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Qatar’s identity crisis, revisited

Qatar is conflicted. Qatar is unoriginal. Qatar is rich, but soulless. These are the conclusions drawn by the latest renowned journalist to touch down in Doha for a temporary time…

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Can Qatar woo jaded UAE expats?

There are two types of expats living in Dubai, says journalist Annabel Kantaria. The first are the ones “who ride the world like a merry-go-round, jumping on and off the fastest…

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