Qatar Seems Confused

"Qatar seems like it’s caught halfway between what it was and what it is becoming. It’s a Muslim country, you still see men in the white man-dresses and women covered head to toe in black abayas, but you also see ultra-modern buildings being built and a lot of people dressed like you’d see in the US or western Europe. Our tour guide the other day was telling us that only 25% of the population are native Qataris, 50% are Asian immigrants and the other 25% are European and American. This picture from the Villagio mall shows what I’m talking about with Western and Muslim people walking around. In Afghanistan almost all the men wear the man-dresses but they’re not usually white, you see brown and khaki colors mostly. The women all wear the abayas but I think I’ve only seen a couple black ones. They wear alot of girlie colors like pink and light blue."
A Year in the Sandbox