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    Asia,  Qatar

    More Notes From Doha: Oil, Riches And Fun On The Desert Sands

    “I will say, you two don’t look English, you look German”. Well, Mohammed, I’m not sure whether we should be complimented by that or not, so we’ll give a little laugh and move on. Mohammed laughs too, points the Landcruiser out of the city and drives out towards the desert. Every highway is pristine, flyovers wind around each other like giant bowls of spaghetti, the carriageway is wide and lined for miles and miles with colourful flowering shrubs. Qatar simply shouts of riches, of money, of investment.  Our route to the desert passes evidence not just of how the riches are spent, but also from where those riches emanate. Giant…