Doha, Qatar
BBC - April 28, 2014
Oil and gas have made
Qatar the richest country in the world - rich enough to be ready,
apparently, to spend $200bn (£120bn) on stadiums and infrastructure for
the 2022 World Cup. But has virtually limitless wealth brought the
country happiness?
It's still cool enough to sit outside in Qatar's capital,
Doha. In another few weeks it will be too hot and most people - those
who don't have to work outside - will be retreating indoors to the
comfort of air-conditioning.For now, though, families relax in the afternoon sun on the waterfront promenade, the Corniche. The view has changed beyond recognition in the last few years. Glass and steel towers rise like an artificial forest from what was once a shoreline of flat sand.
"We have become urban," says Dr Kaltham Al Ghanim, a sociology professor at Qatar University. "Our social and economic life has changed - families have become separated, consumption culture has taken over."
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