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  • smh 10 dollor to fill your car damn

  • the U.A.E must not only depend on natural resources they must also boost tourism.

  • @reviva2003 Are you saying the UAE doesn't have tourism? They have an increase in tourism now than they did ever before, and Qatar and the UAE are two individual countries..

  • They shag hookers same as every oil town .... all . . aaah loves the minge.

  • there is alot of iranians immigrants in qatar

    who's looking for work

  • 1.46 is fake  watch this : youtube (dot ) com/watch?v=jJyQvRu0ipA This was/is/will be only " The Persian Gulf" for ever.

  • 1.46 is fake  watch this : youtube (dot ) com/watch?v=jJyQvRu0ipA

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  • you jewish why you care stupid fuck

  • 0,20 Cents = Liter

  • Highest per capata GDP in the world. $110,000

  • hah less then 10 $ my ass the prices are like crazy

  • BUNCH OF FOOLS

  • stupid country, full of stupid racist people... I liked that comment from "hsssaadd"..."I work hard from 7 to 3" ohhh my god, I work 14 hours a day bitch

  • and how much do u earn 6 dollars an hour ??

  • Your country is full of corruption and idiots.. Our country if not racist but you are!

  • hey amircans ur a bitches people just talk about ur fucking country mother fuckers

  • The report was made by Al-Jazeera, a Qatari based broadcasting channel...

  • u shud see how the Pearl looks now!!

    astonishing 0_0

    nice country & nice ppl btw ;)

  • en vez de gastar el dinero en mejorar la calidad de vida de la poblacion de ese pais lo gastan ewn juguetes caros , que triste por la jente

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  • Jealous...

  • فخار و شرف sheikhqatar . com

  • fuck the Emir

  • guys i'm qatari and i'm working hard from 7 am till 3 pm doing really hard job ...

    please don't take a bad idea about us ..

  • Qatar is a retarded place. Asians do the menial jobs

    Americans and Europeans work in the gas and oil industry Palestinian do the hard work.

    Qataris can't even wipe their own ass..

  • I totally agree with u.

    Qatari ppl are so lazy and stupid to do anything.

    All they good at is driving nice Cars and being in the management positions.

    Slavery is what best describes how Qatari ppl behave. Population of local Qataris is less than 25% of the total population of Qatar, Where on the PLANET EARTH U SEE THIS?

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  • So, what if u put 5 hours daily for ur A level?? Rocket science ?? We were not specifying individuals, we were talking in general.

    I wish guys all the best, but what I saw in there was SLAVERY!! that's a fact that no one can deny, u young generation gotta work on it.

  • im going there in two weeks

    i cant wait !!!

  • im moroccon and i hope qatar and the other gulf countries will be better ( growth education and freedom)

    and also i hope that we will find petrol and gaz in morocco that will be very good for the country to accelerate the developping :)

    thank you

  • Im going there to sell vehicles soon, cant wait to get out of the UK :P

  • waaaaaaw go qatar go qatar

  • To:

    The Ambassador of the State of Qatar to the United States of America:

    H.E. Ali Bin Fahad Al-Hajri

    You have all support for the decision of great country Qatar to suspend economic and political ties with Israel in protest against the war in Gaza.You want to stop terrorism do not participate in it.when you occupy land of the Palestinian they have all the right to rezist. Like Polish peole rezist Hitler and StallinIt is time we all stood up to the GENOCIDE AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE

  • lol xD Really the u think the emir will look at youtube HAHAHAHAHA xD

  • Qatar incomes is number one in the world.

    i'm from Qatar and i know that.

    and in the next 10 year Qatar will be one of the best tourism country

  • قول انشاء الله!!!!!!!!!!!

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    If You Don't Then Non Of What Your Saying Would Happen

  • Anyway, can you imagine living there? Like damn, I would be walking in mini-dresses everyday, flaunting at the beach. Waaaaaaaah, life is unfair.

  • QATAR IS DAAAAAAA BESTTTTTTTTTT I DON'T THINK FINICIAL CRISIS EVEN TOUCH QATAR :) YAY QATAR IS DA BEST !!!!!!!! and im going to live in the pearl next year i think :) i love qatar !!!!!!!!!!

  • Is Qatar affected by financial crisis? these question are for EXpat who lives in Qatar

  • i'll always be loving QATAR..... now i miss QATAR

  • i have to go there this summer, ive never been to the middle east, any advise for a simple, good hearted irishman?

  • Qatar is the best

  • God Bless Qatar

  • Amazing what western technology can do !

  • wht do u mean? im american and work here in qatar.

  • amazing how u were born to serve us

  • Hahahahahahahaha. Omg. You owned him so bad! LOL!

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  • What a difference of 4 1/2 months make (23Oct08)!

  • Nasser is handsome :$ <<< loool

    oh gosh I luv my country :) mwah Qatar

  • I love Qatar, the people, the culture, the place...I hope I can go back soon inshallah!!

  • its not 10 usd its 20 usd or more!!thats why they said dont believe the media!!!

  • I miss Qatar!!!!, also because i knew so many people there, plus i don't care about the house or what ever, just the freedom of doing burnouts, sanduning, racing cars and cheap gas, i miss Doha, its the best place.

  • Asia is the best

    Without asia other continents are doomed

    No food,oil,clothes ect for them

  • Wow ok...Im Qatari

  • People in qatar are really friendly

    did not have the same experience in kuwait

    ill keep my self out of kuwait,and stay in doha

  • I went out to UAE, Oman, Bahrain and SA, but Qatar Doha is the best in middle east. I hope that future potential tourism doesn't ruin it. Great country for an enjoyable and Islamic life.

  • so mostly everything are leisure.anything that u buy will flow back to government.. nothing exactly lost. .btw their oil was found on 1988 and i came qatar like 1998.i can see most of changes.FEEL FREE TO COME TO ENJOY THE EVERYTHING CHEAP

  • shall i tell u somthing why the oil is cheap.since ive been in qatar for 8 year i know most of economy.qatar doesnt allowed to use tax everything are own by government .its against the rule of their religion to add tax and take money from their siblings.well im sure that wont last long .aside from that .the one pay us are the government for our salary. if u work ull get free apartment .

  • Hmmm Nice....

  • the whole freakin world is being SCREWED and the U.S. is crumbling under the weight of its late president's head, i live in the U.S. and the govt. screwed up the housing market so now the building industry is falling and the whole economy SUCKS.

  • i love qatar i live in qatar i was born in qatar and i did everything in qatar its good not expencive and cool!!!

  • ya i agree, but not the "not expensive", qtar is kinda expensive, i swear once i went to carrefour i find this cool laptop in 8999 qr, but in the us is 900$!!!

  • What this truly comes down to is that the fact remains our US Govt has been purposely relying on Middle East oil for decades (it's so political that is pathetically corrupt). Here in the US, we always had the technology and geographical areas to produce and refine our own oil. Regardles of the fact, it's time our own US get on the ball so we can save money at our own fuel pump. The change may not happen overnight, but it will eventually help us in the long run! Plus, natural resources too!

  • US don't have oil

  • continental shelf and alaska have enough for 40 years at current consumption, but growth is the problem.

  • When i lived in Qatar i didn't know what car insurance was or how much per ltr gas could be, untill i went back to north america. Where i payed $500 for a garbage 1989 accord because i was young, and if i got a speeding ticket that would be like 700 a month. Gas prices are so much i spend $120 a week on a 4cly car.

    and its 0.20 in Qatar.lol im going back there.

  • insurance are the thing if u destroy ur car on accident they fix ur car back for free charges HAHAHAHA SO DESTROY EVERYTHING U LIKE U GET NEW ONE BACK FOR FREE FOR REPAIR

  • thx god for this, if we dont have gas and oil we would be like african countres

  • HAHAHAHAHA oh really we are so scared help us MAMA. shut up asshole you are just jealous because we have technology Biyatch, and don't forget britain and American people are the ones who is running us out of gas so shut up

  • i think that the rises of oil and qas prices is good for us, cuz when the oil prices came down to 7 us dollars around 12 years ago no one came for aid. now we should use the profit for our nation as we do now.

    ( Best And Raising Future For Qatar )

  • LostNcyber,

    These people will not understand they just hate Arab people because they have taken care of their people.

  • PauloGVieira,

    Sounds like someone is mad after paying heavy for gas. Don't hate and blame these Arab hate your government people, who are to blame because of their greed. They are making some big money. Why don't you go check the profits of exmobile, Shell etc.,

    This is what I don't like people try not to blame their own, but always blame others for their own problems.

  • OPEC does not control the decisions of the US......sign up to petition our congress to take immediaate action at this web site:

    americansolutions

    over 200,000 americans signed it just last night....take charge ....you do have a say!

  • What's wrong with that? Every country relies on other countries and through trade, they make money. Why reinvet the wheel if it's already invented? they are trying to get educated and they have the money to bring the resources to them. What's wrong with that?it's not like they import people for all jobs and keep citizens illiterate. The have good schools and they are doing just fine. and yes, they have money. tough!

  • If the USA and our European brethren hadn't developed the combustion engine and just about every other modern convenience you people would still be nomands roaming the desert in tents. So lets not get to big-headed, your sole claim to fame is burning mud (and of course our technology to harvest it). Lets see how kind Alah is when the well is dry.

  • Well, at least our government takes care of its citizens. We have cheap oil, we have free education, health care and we don't pay for electricity, water and taxes. So, there isn't any poor citizen in my country unlike your government which is wealthiest in the world and yet there are millions of poor American citizens sleeping in the streets. And I don't want to speak about religion, because I've much respect for Jesus (peace be upon him).

  • hey "no 2 islam" who's the idiot that's coming to ur country ! U.S.A the great satan! crimes in everywhere and underage pregnant bitches! and the u.s isn't not a place for tourism! ur ppl come to Qatar to eork like idiots! brought by our government! they come to Qatar sll poor and suddenly there salary exceeds 20,000$ in here , they're treated even better than the Qatari citizens themselves! haha said u.s said u Nazi , if i were American i'd commit a suicide u loser!

  • education is very important, and i hope the emires dont wast there money on stupid miltary from the US ore other places!!!

    We need peace not war!

  • It is a nice country!

    nationals r really treated the best on Earth.

  • Can this be the great city mentioned in the book of Revelation?

  • silentonall,

    dude can you believe what we are seeing?! btw look into what China has been talking to Iran about. They are asking them to Damn the Euphrates-no doubt to cause more hardship "down river". Also making agreements with them to allow them to pass an army through to assist Syria -their ally-  against Israel.

    Just as the Book said - the Euphrates will be made dry and a great army from the East of 2 million men will walk across to march upon the Holy Land.

  • Unless you have lived in or visited Qatar, you have no idea what you're talking about. I am an American living in Doha for many years and I guarantee that the oil revenues are NOT being squandered. The citizens are given everything and treated better than any country I have ever seen. Qatar is beautiful, safe and progressive.

  • thanks to Allah, we pay no F**king taxes in any form, and no homeless people laying on the streets at all.Oh!,the electric,water,Education, healthcare are free of charge for all of Qatari citizens. Waht a luxurious life we have. Hey hello, we don't give a damn shit about the Western lifestyle, and we don't need it to be here in Qatar. I don't really want to see a girl wearing a green pant with the word "Pink" written on its back. We are happy wearing our "bed sheet", Alla bless Qatar

  • See America, you're nothing without these people who you call "camel humpers"!

    Time to beg for cheaper oil...

  • Hope they wil support open democracy...

  • They forget to mention that Qatar can not defend itself, so they brought US troops to protect them. Civilizations are not based on money but ideology.

  • My favorite GCC countries is Qatar because of it appears to me they always to try resolve any issues.

    I came from a poorest countries in Arab world, I am not jealousy for their wealth but I will encourage them to share and subsidize for their brother and sister who don't have an oil. As you aware all European rich governments have shared their wealth with poor ones.

  • Thank you for you kind words. May I ask where are you from?

  • I am Yamani, Somali,Sudan, Algeria,DJabuti ..etc

    The Arab League is 22 countries, majority Arab population is poor. the former masters(colony) has divided arab world small tiny state for their own interest, America is equivalent for 55 countries. America charges billion of dollar for GCC's security issues.

  • And your point is?

  • also islam says 'seek knowledge' and i think its good they are providing free education and oil will run out hence their real estate endeavours..thats why DXB has been encouraging tourism even tho the ppl of those countries dont like foreigners they need these ppl to maintain their fancy lifestyles

  • god always gave money to idiots. Sure these qataris are just 'happy' but they are stupid and they dont know much and the men keep their women at home (even tho it contradicts islam)..why dont they give money to palestine or iraq? i mean shouldnt they be promoting and advertising that aswell..education is important but so it moral standards. I am not anti their developments but i think they are not doing their islamic duty to promote the cause of the palestinian and iraqi struggle..

  • Good news for Qatar and Gulf the best thing they should kick out Palestinian Egyptian out of there countries and stop investing in arab non-Gulf counties and focus on there countries and Asia

  • Middle East will always be a shithole .. no matter how much money they have..

    India and China .. much better and cultured people who has a long history of wealth, education and trade .. before america decided to build itself by burning its own oil and now the mideast oil .. Once the oil runs out Mideast will be toast. They dont even have the common sense of using green power from all the sun they get ..

  • You do realise it was the Arabs that took Europe out of the dark ages.

  • Surprise surprise this stupid comment comes from an American!

  • You do realize that you just countered a bigoted comment with your own bigoted comment...

  • Boo Hoo! The gloves come off when talking about your shitty country, its absolutely unforgivable the tragedy of government that YOU pay and vote for.

  • Then you're a hypocrite if you make "gloves come off" exceptions like that to justify bigotry. And you were attacking a people, not a government.

  • well i can tell by ur name u are probs a muslim..but u cant generalise the WHOLE of the middle east because the arab world is diverse from morocco to iraq and also iran, pakistan, afghanistan and turkey (according to wikepedia) r middle eastern countries and they are very different to each other..the problem is ppl generalise for eg in iran 95% of the population is LITERATE compare that to western or EU countries ..

  • You obviously aren't aware about how Arab civilization was at the height of technology and development in the years after the Prophet Mohammed. Arab civilization preserved the ancient Greek philosophical works. They invented algebra. They also made scientific breakthroughs in optics.

  • Arabs need to live in today's world, not in yesterday's. so what have they contributed to civilization in the last 500 years ?? Arabs are passionate people, they need to redirect their passion away from religion, and into becoming an active contributing members of humanity. They have huge potential, but need to separate religion from politics, or saying  it differently, religion needs to become just a tradition for the Arabs...

  • I prefer what Hugo is doing with Venezuela's oil profits.

  • Gulf Arabs are fucking retards.

    All this money and not a penny on R&D or education.

    They like to build modern cities and have laws similar to those of 4th century Arab pagans.

    No sensibility whatsoever. The most backwards people on earth.

  • I'm mainly referring to oil money black-hole Saudi Arabia, by the way.

  • 'not a pennny on ... education'. what an idiot, and what about the new multi billion dollar education city that is mentioned in the video??

  • I was talking about Saudi you fucking fag...

  • What does bother you? I mean why are so hateful? Why don't look at Egypt and see how many poor people living there! At least, in my country, education, health care, electricity and water are all free for citizens and plus we don't pay taxes!

  • Really? Are you that stupid? In video clip it mentioned they opened three new universities, free education and free health care. R&D takes time, you have to have the human asset(engineers, scientists, etc) before you can actually start R&D. With new universities opening and free education offered, they will eventually have the human asset and start with their R&D :)

  • I think you are aboslotely right. They are a bunch of retards sitting on Oil Money. They have no education, no culture .. backward minded .. they can easily use this money to improve the region around them. Historically they have always been poor and uneducated and it still true to this day. The way they abuse the foreign low paid workers and the racism towrd their own regional people is amazing ..

  • wb678 what a low life scum you are watch the video again but this time take your head from your ass and stop your envies them they are doing good for there people building there country Free this and that do you have it i do not thinks. Now put your high school drop out head back in your ass

  • Amazing fortunes..! These were all desert towns that no one wanted to ever visit decades ago... now only richest can afford to live there.

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  • not true, dubai only relies on oil for less that 3% of its revenue qatar is similar while saudi relies on it for 20%. while they are dependent on oil, they are movig away from it

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  • Actually, we have an City full of universities. It's called "Education City" in Qatar.

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  • Well, most of them are Americans, but there a few Qataris and that's just a futuristic vision to turn Qatar into oasis of knowledge.

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  • They are importing knowledge and learning. What's wrong with that? Is it because they are rich and you are not, you have a problem with it?you must give Qataris credit. Look at Nigeria. They have NOTHING to show for their oil. Just because you have some vegetables on hand, it doesn't mean, you can cook and open a restaurant. You need intellect to make it into a business, and Qataris sure know how to utilize their wealth for development.

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  • How do you know there are no local professors? did you live there? did you conduct a research or you are just saying that because they see YOU as inferior?

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  • There are less than 160,000 Qataris. It's impossible to be self- sufficient in human resources. They just don't have enough people to do everything. Vast majory of the population is young and under 30. So they are still learning. That's why they call it a developing country.You think the medicine books your father studied were written in Iraq? they were all from the west, but Iraq was an older country and had much larger population and so did egypt.I don't think you have ever been to Qatar

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  • They DID use their money to develop their countries.Their population is very small and it's impossible to have ALL expertise in EVERY field available locally.They didn't have mass immigration of skilled workers like some countries did and they didn't give citizenship to foreigners.A lot of doctors, professors,engineers,and scientists in the west are naturalized Arab immigrants that immigrated due to economic hardships. So the west ALSO benefited from Arab minds.

  • That's not true. Not all Arabs have oil and those that have it managed to educate their people, build their infrastructor, and enjoy high standards of living. Nigeria is oil rich too, yet, most people there are poor and they have a long way to catch up with Qatar or Dubai.

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  • Nigeria isn't poor. They have more oil than Qatar. What did they do with their oil wealth?You can't compare Qatar with the west because it's MUCH younger. So they import expertise and they LEARN too. I'm not aware of any research at schools there, but here in the US, at school, most professors and researchers were Asians, Indians and some arabs. Most people at motorola research labs aren't americans.

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  • Memento, Israel is a special situation, because Israelis came to Israel from around the world, like the U.S, Europe and the former USSR.

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  • Yes, they can, just like the old good days. :)

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  • It's not the same. Israel didn't start from Zero like Qatar. There was mass immigration to Israel. Those people were already adults and skilled when they immigrated. They had doctors, engineers, scientists..etc from many countries and spoke different languages then they became Israelis. Any Jew can beome Israeli. Nobody can become Qatari. Otherwise, Qatar can take credit for foreign research after they give the researchers qatari nationality.

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  • Excuses for what? you just are ignorant and I'm trying to educate you. You should read more. So if Qatar naturalizes all these foreigners overnight and they become Qataris,will you still say they rely on foreign minds? go find a solution for your country. Qatar is doing just fine. Actually, better than most Arab countries and it's a fact.

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  • Well, Vancouver is full of chinese. Ontario is full of indians. There are lots and lots of immigrants in canada. Those were or are foreigners unless they become citizens, so what did you achieve? you got people from other countries and gave them citizenship. big deal.

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  • From your posts, it seems like YOU are the jealous one. May I add ignorant too? You can't compare Israel to Qatar because it's a completely different situation. Qatar is a rich, developing country. At least, they ARE trying to be developed. Didn't they build schools, and bring 6 american universities there so that people can study? Or maybe they should give citizenship to all foreign professors so that they are considered "developed?"You sound bitter and so do poor arabs all around the world.

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  • Me whining you idoit? you are the one complaining. So your father is good for nothing too? You hate arabs now, but I bet if you get a job offer in Qatar, you will take it in a heartbeat. Gulf haters are just angry because they didn't profit from the economic boom.You can say whatever you want. The fact is, Qataris are living the good life and you are not.Too bad for you and for the rest of Qatar haters.

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  • first of all this clip is about QATAR. You made a remark about Qatar and Dubai. Now you say it was about all arabs. Why are you commenting about ALL arabs if this clip is about Qatar? out of curiosity, what's your highest level of education?

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  • The more you talk,the stupider you sound.You are referring to GULF arabs.They have schools,and universities.Most people there are literate.Dubai doesn't have oil and they managed just fine.Qatar's gas will last for more than 200 years yet they invested heavily into infrastructure so that in a few years,they will not be depending on oil for income.I suggest you do some research before you make ignorant comments.They don't have deficits and their children are getting the best education available.

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  • READ and do some research. What has canada achieved lately? If you consider yourelf better and want Arabs to improve, why don't you go back to Iraq and help build it? After all, that's where you came from.

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  • So you hold a grudge against rich gulf arabs. That explains all your non sense.

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  • Syria and Jordan don't have oil by the way. You kept saying what if they run out of oil, but oil is mainly in the gulf and this clip is about QATAR not the gulf

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  • I'm not angry; however, I don't see your point! Is Canada 100% self-sufficient? Can they produce EVERYTHING locally? The answer is No. Canada relies on other countries too. Most of its population is immigrants as well. That's why there is inernational trade. Everybody gets what they need from wherever they make it and in the process, they LEARN the technology. Saudi Arabia has 100% control of their oil operations. They drill their own wells by the way.

  • There is nothing wrong in importing knowledge for the purpose of acquiring it and applying it. In time, they will catch up. Remember, they started from 0, and had no mass immigration like the new world.

  • if u are a iraq what u need don;t worry about qatar its will know fact some state from arab world don't care about the iraq ppl or any muslim ppl who are suffering from the west war but what some arab state care are makeing money where the rest muslim world died from war,hungry disase.

  • It was a mess even before the war

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  • I meant recent achievments. If you are talking history, then Arabs invented the zero and the digits. Imagine calculators with roman numerals! Coffee,Sugar,the compass, and the numbers everybody uses are pure arabian inventions. They contributed to science in the dark ages if you are talking history. Recent history is different. The smart arabs immigrated to the west because of the bad economy in their countries. that doesn't apply to rich gulf arabs. They stay and help develop their countries