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Count Down to Qatar: Qatar?

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Qatar? Over the next several months, I intend to share my process in manifesting an international job change in what is now four and a half months.  I am calling this series "Countdown to Qatar." Information About Qatar Let me first start with some information about Qatar . National Goals According to one guide for expats, the King and his administration seek to make Qatar "the Middle Eastern flagship for social development and intellectualism."  "[I]t has worked hard to create a 'knowledge economy,' and to promote ventures like the Museum of Islamic Art and a massive Education City." Location The country extends into the Arabian Gulf off the Arabian Peninsula.  It shares a border with Saudi Arabia.  Economy Qatar is one of the smallest countries in the world ranking 164 out of 234 countries, by area.   But, it has the highest per capita income in the world at about $101,000 per person.    This wealth is largely gener