Weekly reflective questions (Week 2)

Week 2

2. Describe the country where you do your internship. What does it look like, how is it to live and work there, how would you describe the inhabitants. What are the differences with the Netherlands?

Qatar is a small country in the middle-east. It is not that well-known country in the world, but in 2022 It will be one of the most popular countries and you will hear a lot about it on  TV.
Because in 2022 the worldcup will be in Qatar.

The weather is wonderful here; the temperature is between 30 and 33 degree.

It is a multi-cultural country. You find a lot of people here from different backgrounds, which are working/studying or living here. It is a wonderful country to work at. A person who has a European passport earns more than Qatari people or other nationality. It is an expensive country, especially rent is very high.

In public business Arabic women have to wear abaya and Sheila, but in private company they can wear what ever they want to. But you won’t see people here wearing tops or short skirts.

The inhabitants are very kind, especially when they know you are a tourist here. They help you a lot. They are very open and helpful.

There is a huge difference with the Netherlands. The weekends here are on Friday and Saturday. If you are working in a private company then you might work in the weekends as well.  In the Netherlands every employee should have a contract. But here it is not necessarily to have contracts. The important difference is here they don’t pay TAX’s in the Netherlands we do.