I had never heard the word “expatriate” in my life, let alone discussed the subtopics of migrant workers, citizenship, and residency when it

I was an exchange student in Qatar, which meant for four months I had an overseas mailing address . . . more or less. See, I quickly learned

As boring as the locals assured me Qatar was, I thought the country was an absolute blast, especially Doha! Restaurants, malls, museums, bea

At first, I didn’t understand; how can a whole country be summed up to “slow”? Well, I gradually learned that “slow” meant a lot of differen

The discrimination I grew up with in the U.S. for two decades was different than the discrimination in Qatar because the two countries have

In the U.S., no matter how often we claim the whole “melting pot” shtick, residents of non-white backgrounds always wind up being otherized.

As is the case in many Arab countries, Qatar had a very prominent beauty & makeup scene. So, today we’re going to talk about just a few

Let’s discuss the black hair situation in Qatar. How did local black people wear their hair? How did I wear my hair? How did people react to

I know, grocery shopping and sad college budget meals isn’t the most exciting topic, but before I left the country I remember asking a lot o

This is going to be a very short, sweet, and simple post, my friends. Today I’m going to share a bit of knowledge about water in Qatar. Ever