qatar – Desi Thoughts

Souq Waqif

rubeel — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 22:34:16 +0000

There is always something going on at Souq Waqif, tonight was no exception. There were these woman going around singing songs. Fun times although my camera is starting to show its age in low light, I need to start using a flash

Qatar is beautiful

rubeel — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 18:42:16 +0000

Have a lot if pictures but never get around to posting any. These are from my phone

Katara

Islam on autopilot

rubeel — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 15:58:20 +0000

Living in qatar is a blessing. But if you are not careful you will fall in the trap of letting islam go on autopilot. Salat is a norm. Enough masjid around except if ur in the pearl. So u won’t miss Salat but other than that everything is an extra effort which one doesn’t realize cuz “I am in a Muslim country” mentality will lead you to do everything that you didnt do back home. So be careful, hangout with the right company. Spend time with family and try ur best to be on the right path. One thing that I realized is that everyone is a Muslim here and that leads you to trust people cuz of Islam. But there are enough back stabbers around. The guy you might pray with might be your downfall. It is not back home where people who came to the masjid actually made an effort to come and pray (unless you work for law enforcement and you came for something else :)) people here are all Muslims but all flavors of personalities also. Don’t have high expectations.

may Allah make us better Muslims.

Management styles in qatar

rubeel — Sun, 12 Apr 2015 11:46:00 +0000

GCC level of work ethics are beyond me. I still cannot understand the politics here. It is nationalistic or ethnic but not related to the betterment of the organizations. Vendors control supply chain and technology. New technologies are hard to come by. Everything requires a meeting. Then the meeting requires another meeting.

New ideas need to be pitched with certain carrots otherwise they will be shot down.
The philosophy is “don’t change it if it works, don’t replace it as the vendor is well settled here or don’t change it as non of ur coworkers know the new tech”

Old is Gold

moved to qatar

rubeel — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 08:47:38 +0000

I have moved to qatar and taken a job here. Family is here also and a new adventure starts. Inshallah