Amrika, Pakistan, Islam and everything in between
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
Have a lot if pictures but never get around to posting any. These are from my phone
Katara
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.
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
I have moved to qatar and taken a job here. Family is here also and a new adventure starts. Inshallah
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