The Arab Spring is spreading, but not to Qatar, a tiny, oil-rich country wedged between Saudi Arabia and Iran. What keeps the peace in Qatar? Bob Simon reports.
Yeah usually the news in Arab world is all in sync and they don't detract from their own agendas or get involved too much in regional politics. Al Jazeera is very different because it does focus intensely on geopolitical politics, and it's probably the first unbiased international Arab news network, even though its backed by the State of Qatar. The other one is PressTV run by the Iranians but that has a degree of political bias, such that it's been banned from broadcasting in the UK.
***** ironmantis25 Look at it this way: the people of Qatar have the highest standard of living in the world, the country is booming and they lack absolutely nothing, free healthcare, education, water and electricity. Why would you want to change that? But other countries like Libya, Tunisia and Egypt aren't as lucky when it comes to standards of living and a big reason for that is their governments. Their leaders steal billions and put it in their back pockets, that's why change was needed.
For Qatar's i swear they live in Paradise, but for the immigrants and Foreigners who live this tiny country they are a million miles away from this luxury life.
Vaibhav Shah have you visited their homes in Bangladesh and Nepal ?? we didn't build them dirty homes !!! I don't agree on the 4 in tiny rooms but there is strict rules on spaces and there is inspections all the time to check the work force housing.. but I only don't like people who see one side and don't even think about what they hear.. as a Qatari I'll tell you.. there is nobody agrees on the way the workers lives but I know the government tried and still trying but you can't have 1000 people to work and 1000 people to clean their mess there is no even enough space !!"
Nasser A well said. It's all relative. they get a better deal in Qatar than in their own countries - this is the irony, yet all the nay-sayers will still complain and winge and criticise
@@ms9771 well we need to learn about price of life by a Islamic country which killed gay and Muslims who leave Islam. Btw I m a middle class Indian and I rather eat dirt of India then go to ur QATAR. Cuz a country with no future is no better then waste.
+Moaath MAS what i understand that Qatar has announced a resettlement program as Germany ? but non of the Syrian refugees took it ?maybe refugees enjoy their long safari to Europe than Qatar . ان شاء الله تحاسب على كلامك في الدنيا و الاخره
I been to Qatar 2 weeks ago! The country is astonishing. The Doha airport is world-class, it makes Western airports look decades behind and like third-world countries. They have free rest areas and free sleep rooms with comfy leather lounger chairs, massive LCD screens and lighting that makes the airport look like daylight 24.7, rows and rows of TV's showing every station for each country. Even the toilets are spotless with large spacious cubicles.
As a Mexican I feel very proud of Qatar and every nation that does not need of drug dealing and violence to survive, just putting the right people in the right place.
To be Honest Respect this Leader of Qatar, made his tiny country great place to live in peace, by becoming a Friend with the powerfull nations around the world including the Jews...
123mambo321 HAHA dictatorship? You probably see a women wearing a burqa and think oh must be dictatorship! The only shit thing about qatar is it's treatment of some labour workers which i am sure they are trying to solve.
Mobiganic can't you liberals stop just one second without mentioning those stupid dumbass workers who are making 10 times more than they make in their home country. I don't see you complaining about how all the roads and infrastructure in America was build by slaves and completed by cheap illegals.
Sam Koubaisy 1. ummm didn't know I was a liberal. thanks for the bs. 2. Most infrastructure in the USA was built long after the emancipation proclamation. if you seriously think slavery in the Middle East is an American partisan issue, not only are you self-absorbed (like most Americans), but you're royally out of your mind.
Carlos Padilla hahaha you're welcome to come brother, there's no taxes so hey you could possibly start a succesful company ! I wish you the best of luck
I was in Doha in 2003 when the war broke out in Iraq I was working for an NBC station.. I'm from Massachusetts.. and I can not believe the skyline now! There must be 1000 new highrise buildings! Wild
If american understand how they are treated when are richest country, and die by only toothack also their children sleep hungry but country like qater children have free education, healthcare and housing they all wish to be in Qatar, but where all amrican money wasted by zionist jews for war and parofit of weapons industry, like 19 years war in Afghanistan when only zionsit make money, also,state of Isareli when their people have US taxpayer money also live like Qatary, by system of socialism free healthcare, free education and free housing in settlement when american are homeless,
***** haha man why are you aggresive about our oil running out. even if it ran out were still gonna be rich. we have invested in many countries man soo dont worry. our source of income is not only from the oil and gas. ps haters like you will do anything to live in a tax free country with free education , free electricity and free water. i cant think of any other country beside my country qatar
Sam Koubaisy why don't you send a bunch of 'moderate terrorists' to his country to keep things under check. Then blame the terrorism on Iran. wouldn't be the first.
Qatar is the only GCC country that cares about its citizens and admits that their are faults in their country, unlike UAE which denies the ill treatment of labour workers. Big ups to the big Q!
+Afghan Lion My Brothers at Al Jazeera,I hopw we fear Allah in ourselves and not to emphasize those kind of matters publicly,If we know its existence then we try to fix it up.But bringing it up to the world,this is an inappropriate act.Muslims should not have these kind of senstivity and conflicts amongst each others.My brothers there are certain ways,if you are seeking the truth and clearing up such matters as well as there are certain waysfor those who like to publicise and attacking others.The seeker of knowledge does not make himself busy by attacking so and so from the people but he is busy recitifying and calling people to the good.
+max3zizo +Afghan Lion You people are the reason why I wouldnt set up in abu dhabi. Genuinely would rather live in the artic than have to talk to people like you on a daily basis
Yes , god love Qatar and hate the Jews zionsit, maybe they should not steal some one ales home and land, Golda Meir par minster Israeli quoted Let me tell you something that we Israelis have against Moses. He took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no oil! Golda Meir
M S lol god doesn't love a country "specially an islamic one" that is destroying It's islamic sibling nations. Qatar is good for It's land but it is bad for all the other islamic nations
Qatar has the most beautiful beaches in the Gulf region. It made a beautiful Venice within the country, the Pearl Qatar. The fastest developing country in the middle east. Gives high values for education, health care and culture among citizens and expatriates equally. For sure, it will come up like rising sun in near future.........proud of living long in this piece of this land from it's start of development stages. Wish all success to Qatar to hold the 2022 events and even bigger events in future.
Wassel Mohammed both Allah and Qatar can go fuck themselves. Kuwait is way better than Qatar. Qatar is filthy rich (good for them, seriously, no problem with that at all) so why do they have to enslave migrant workers?
@@carloschaves2437 the different , they share their wealth with starving nation, , hope kuwait learn also and stop act as servent of Saudi Arabia, dictatorship, who behead their people also choppe,the reporter to pieces and hid from their nation also have thousand people kept in under ground jail
Qatar is a beautiful country and it is like living in heaven compared to the UK and Europe, who've been taken over by greedy banksters and insane mis-government in the UK. It is a haven of peace and quality of life and deserves all the prosperity it has. the people are honest and there is huge potential for any ethical person wishing to do business here. It is the nicest country I've ever lived in. UK, on the other hand, has been ruined by the EU and its bossiness and stasi-state control and political "correctness" with all the wrong focus, cramping the style of the innocent, whilst the White Collar Professionals" asset strip innocent people with alacrity to prop up the BANKRUPT UK Government who are stealing from their own people - covertly! Long live Qatar!
Thank you Elizabeth for these kind words, Qatar will become #1 by its people, and when i say people I don't mean only nationals like us, but those who came from far away like u to help us, I wish u and everyone else to have a nice stay in Qatar
nir31isback with the greatest of respect, that is just a warped and cynical view that you hold, with no substance or proof whatsoever, and is a projection of your view of life / the world. Honesty is a spiritual quality of God - something that Western leaders do not seem to understand or 'see'. You've only got to examine the mess the western banks have created to appreciate the evils of usury - which the Koran renounces. A peaceable approach is the only way through all of this.
Elizabeth Watson world honesty and love financed by qatar, a country behind al jihadist tv that 40% of its air time is to spew hatred against israel and all its economic miracle was the result of the 1973 opec oil embargo. Who said that its not about a spiritual world of love and harmony that they promote? A world that has no place for israel and jewish presence and its "free" media and education system copy paste nazi like antisemitic slurs at world record
nir31isback that's all the effects of usury - wars about money. focus instead on the qualities of the country - a far better standard of living than third world countries like the UK has become! I'd rather live in Qatar ANY day. THere are more Nazis in the UK than anywhere. Qatar is an emerging economy and is teachable and booming and a great place to live. Uk is a mess controlled by secret societies and Freemasons with police that won't police, a government that won't govern, a justice system that is so corrupted that all its fruits are about spreading injustice and misery - and all of these are bankrupting the people of England. Qatar supports its own people. UK ROBS its own people. think on these things!
Ben Tj It was reported in a hadeeth that the Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) said, “This Ummah of mine is an Ummah that has been granted mercy; it will not have any reckoning or punishment in the Hereafter. Its punishment is in killings, earthquakes and Fitan (afflictions, trials, tribulations).” [Abu Daawood and Al-Haakim] Al-Haakim said, “The chain of narrators of this hadeeth is authentic; Al-Thahabi and Al-Albaani are of the same view. The wording of Abu Daawood in his Sunan is as follows, “This Ummah of mine is an Ummah that has been granted mercy; it will have no punishment in the Hereafter. Its punishment is in this world, in Fitan (afflictions, trials, tribulations), earthquakes and killings.” The scholars stated that what is meant by Ummah here is most of the Muslim nation as it is determined with absolute evidence that some of them will enter Hellfire to be purged.
@@benmoro God love syria, when snake of zionist jews hated by rest of Europe move , by terrorrism to steal land of palestinine they could not steal syrian land, and now are unhappy,have no water, no oill and no land as hated to have peace, for the same reason assanated their own hero, Yitzhak Rabian when he signed peace treaty with arafat palestinine leader,
@Ayan D A Arab cultuer,use to blessing ,just that day, they become fool and litson to forigne snak like Brithish to fight ottuman empier to be free, forgot, those Brithish are looking to keep the leash, over arab world as colony,
The difference between the Arab culture and the west could be seen here. The king sits humbly while the western interviewer sits with his legs over his another leg. I like the Amir and his policies.
1. He's not the king but Amir of Qatar 2. Crossed legs is not a sign of humble or nothing. It's about a small country with limited population and world may learn how they made a beautiful, safe and wealthy country. God may bless them.
I am Kurdish I live in Kurdistan but I never thought that you guys have such beautiful country and a such good president I wish we had the same president and beautiful country with peace.
what a good news to here from you. but we be Came so hopeless my friend coz it’s been going on for ages and there is a saying from ma man 2pac something well never change there are some political shit I really wanted to shear but because of the dictator reajim I can’t allowed myself to even type first we need to achieve that freedom we are all mixed in boll shit politic omigo Fuckm all
Dashty Fryad Fuck Turkey, those Mongols stole lands from your Kurds just like how Serbia stole Kosovo (Albanian land) from Albania. I hate Erdogan because he's now brainwashing my Albanian brothers from Kosovo in his evil Turkish idea.
Crimson Arrow they dont get zlot of oil. The wealth is 90% fom gas. Tey have biggest reserve in worlf. The known reserve can last for 3000 or 4000 years
This was how The United States was 70 years ago or so, post WWII with programs like social security, the GI Bill etc., when we became the most powerful nation on earth. But what happened? A lot of things. We couldn't sustain a high population. Banks got greedy, politicians have agendas. Qatar doesn't have a million people. So of course it can afford to help everyone out, as long as you're a Qatari.
I believe that Qatar is an astonishing nation, with a surprsing economy, infrastructure, healthcare, education,etc. I know that there are still issues to be handled, but they have done so many things that the other arab states still haven't
@@solomonpilot2510 muslim country or not , there are christians working there as pilots too. Respect other peoples religion just as they respect yours. Globalization , this is the 21st century . Keep in mind , you will b ferrying muslims , christians and even atheist passengers . You believe in allah , i believe in God , as long we both achieve our aviation dreams .
Not too hard to create a paradise when you have the population of Northa Dakota and sit on 1/3 of the world’s wealth. That’s not to say the royal family isn’t perhaps the only autocracy coming to mind that has had enough sense to keep their influence via means of love rather than fear. I too, wouldn’t mind “kissing the ring” if the hand delivered me into a 10 bedroom mansion with a sports car in each 6 door garage. I don’t know the history or cultural standards of Quatar, but I have a feeling CBS wouldn’t have lobbed “soft ball” questions at the prince if he wasn’t part of NATO and especially if he didn’t have his face pictured next to the definition of golden goose in the White House dictionary of diplomacy
How do you know whether or not they are pulling the strings of the major militias of the world to impose their will right under your nose. Guess again.
Fool the people by fales hope, all American think become like Trump billionair, as Died people do not need freedom, when living can not sleep in peace, as live with hunger, and diseas,
For those who are worried of that dirty comments saying bad thing about Qatar, those people are just jealous because we have money and we don't have no problems at all
Cambodia is a small country and tried to be friend with everyone, unfortunately it happen during the cold war and we get bombed to the stone age. When super power fights, the small country can only be side shows. And Cambodia one of the most modern country in the region at the time lost 2 mil of its most educated citizen and shut of to the world by communist forces for 3 years as the world stood still. Being a small country, it needs to find way to survive in this cruel world, unfortunately Cambodia did not have huge natural resources to bounce back.
Adrian P...FREE EDUCATION, FREE HEALTHCARE, FREE FUNERAL FOR ALL QATAR CITIZENS AND NO CORPORATE GREEDY MONOPOLY... AMERICA SHOULD TAKE A NOTE FROM QATAR..!!!
ali moulay ypu saw a proof in the video thats its a well educated show a proof about what are you saying its the internet i can say anything i want to say without a proof no one will believe you
Yes I mean it after all progress in teaching and having different teach resources and variety of international and national schools I can say that with loud voice well educated people qatar gathered many cultural and different nations this what I meant by my words and if you don't agree my idea I don't care if you have small mind .I think you have noticed that qatar filled with many important and common institutions for teaching different sciences
yes,you may be educated but???look at your leaders what they are doing???is it right for you???spending $ 5 M,on the mundial (corruption only),beside spending on nonsense,you are a zionist,you helped Lybians to get rid of Qadafi,you are involve in many destructions around the world.I think the small ind is yours,open your eyes and be objective.
how many soccer team you have in europe??how much you pay the players????how do you treat the migrants working in your country (slaves) How do you treat young girls from south east asia (as maid and sex slaves),you are proud of this of course. Shame on you all,you can go to hell,one day you will pay the price,no doubt,One Judge is watching you,dont worry.
you never went to qatar soo shut the fuck up and stop making things up. you dont have to cover your whole body and if your talking about the women, they have thier rights to cover or not cover. idiots like you are just jealous of our country. we are the safest country in the world, we pay no tax and i dont wanna surprise you by telling you how much an average person makes in this country. every one is happy in this country and 70 percent of westerns who came to work here have decided to retire here and make this place thier new home.
yay! c: if your american and have children the houses are big and there are people who take trash out, and you can make more than 16,000 atleast a month working in company's like qapcoo. and you have to pay like 9,000 or 10,000 a year.
*Qatar is a proxy state, a de facto Persian Gulf territory largely controlled by Washington.* It hosts a number of Western military and intelligence facilities. The Emir of Qatar does not finance terrorism without the consent of the CIA
Their news is not the official narrative of Washington, it is consistent with the majority of the world, and the people of the region, but their actions in Libya and Iraq are questionable. Perhaps they are just wise enough to align with Washington when necessary, but allow their completely independent news to show the true agenda of the world empires. They get to keep what they have, avoid being invaded, have some protection by being " friends with everybody" that would be a wise move. The news channel is a beacon of clarity amid the smoke and mirrors of MSM.
Christine is correct, and I’m somebody who has lived in Qatar for over 30 years, and have an intimate understanding of US foreign policy in this region. Aljazeera had a role to play, and that role mandated that it be ‘anti-American’ enough to gain street cred in the Arab world. With no Al-Jazeera there would not have been an Arab Spring, and even the most pedestrian observer has a rough idea now of the American role in that enterprise, be it NGOs, or straight up CIA operatives and militias the US wanted armed to exact geopolitical leverage.
This is so awesome! I had never heard of Qatar before but recently had a person from Qatar follow me on facebook and its so great to get a chance to see where she lives and what her life is like.
Mohaamd_7 Well at lease their not killing with bone saws and can keep their wife’s and daughters and are not running off to the Kufr it’s that bad MBS and the Jews in UAE who run Saudi will soon be gone by coup or collapse
All that money and they STILL haven't taken a single Syrian refugee in. America, England, Germany, Australia and many other countries have taken in tens of thousands. Disgraceful.
*This seems like one of the few Arab nations that actually have the capability of logical thinking. I just love the fact that they're very secular and non fundamentalist.*
I didn't get that vibe but I only watched for a couple hours when I was staying in France. I saw a documentary on land mines and a show that had a discussion on the "Internet Hindu" movement. Both seemed fairly informative and well produced.
The Arabs are one nation, same race, religion, language. The borders between Arab caliphates were drawn by Western imperialists after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire following WW1. The fact that these tiny Gulf kingdoms hog vast oil wealth while most of the Arab world lives in poverty - is a betrayal of the Arab nation and the Islamic faith..Baathists like Saddam, Assad and Gaddafi wanted an Arab union whereby all the oil wealth would be shared equally amonst all Arabs.
You are right that the national borders were drawn by imperialists to weaken Arabs as a whole, but you are wrong when you say all Arabs are the same religion. The Levant is the cradle of Christianity and many Arabs have been Christian for 2000 years.
Unions are necessary to stop the big whales eating up all the little fish. And every country retains the right to nationalize its resources. E.g. the US nationalized GM.
Why does Saudi Arabia have way more land than Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the UAE, and Oman combined, they should split up Saudi Arabia and redistribute the land to other Gulf Countries.
