What is the attitude towards mixed race families in Qatar?
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on 28 Oct 2014
We are white, and adopted our brown daughter at birth. She is already 7 and in grd 2 in South Africa. Moving to Qatar for work during next few months. Will we experience any "ugliness" because we are a mixed race family? Will the local culture frown upon it?
Qatar is actually quite liberal in comparison to other Middle Eastern countries. The expat community in Qatar is pretty large and the locals are used to seeing people from a whole range of backgrounds, so you shouldn't really experience too much trouble really. Furthermore, the fact is more expats in Qatar tend to mix mostly with the expat community and send their children to international schools. Most expats are open-minded and shouldn't really have much issue with a mixed race family.
Qatar is actually quite liberal in comparison to other Middle Eastern countries. The expat community in Qatar is pretty large and the locals are used to seeing people from a whole range of backgrounds, so you shouldn't really experience too much trouble really. Furthermore, the fact is more expats in Qatar tend to mix mostly with the expat community and send their children to international schools. Most expats are open-minded and shouldn't really have much issue with a mixed race family.
Take a look at the Culture Shock in Qatar page for more information.
Cheers
Shantalie