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Ramadan: all shops, all restaurants (except -not tasty food- in the big hotels) closed daytime.Way tooo hot for any outdoor activity! (Lay on the beach? no way -except at sunrise-!)
Must see: Souq Waqif (evening only), Museum of Islamic Art (inquire reduced opening time during Ramadan).
In winter you can feel one week with attractions. In summer one day is too much.
Avoid Malls poor fire security, expensive, boring, nothing unique or special.
Al Zubarah town archeological site will become first Qatar UNESCO listed site (by early July 2012) but trying to visit in late July is crazy (weather!).
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Look at the large roads, skycrappers in Doha, new airport etc.but for a complete information please read THIS TOO:
It's the slavery system toward migrant workers (from poor countries) that is building rich Qatar :
http://www.hrw.org/reports/2012/06/12/building-better-world-cup-0
http://dohanews.co/post/24943734733/report-worker-exploitation-and-forced-labor-conditions
Migrant workers from poor countries are going to Qatar:
1. they don't know how bad it is (it's in the system in construction jobs), no prior
information.
2. they are desperate ... and because you find a job asap in Qatar .. .they go ... paying "in situ" the placement fee with own work .. .no money left at the end. After that working for free for many months so can send home a misery of money.
Many want go home before.But they can't. No passport (confiscated). No salary. Just work. Slavery!
Working 11 hours x day, 6 days a week at 45C for nothing:
even the 6.75USD (!!!) -that are buying nothing in Qatar- that you earn x day
are taken away because you need to pay the placement fee, other expenses...
Edited by: tanabata_hikoboshi2
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not in the Middle East, in summer, during Ramadhan, no. that's why most expats leave if they can.
