“We have become urban,”says Dr Kaltham Al Ghanim,a professor at Qatar University.“Our social and economic life has changed—families have become separated;consumption culture has taken over.”

　　From desperate poverty less than a century ago,this,after all,has become the richest nation in the world.What’s less well understood is the influence of such rapid change on Qatari society itself.You can feel the pressure in Doha,the capital city of Qatar.The city is a building site,with whole districts either under construction or being destroyed for redevelopment.The local media report that 40% of Qatari marriages now end in divorce.More than two-thirds of Qataris,adults and children,are overweight.

　　Qataris benefit from free education,free healthcare,job guarantees,even free water and electricity,but abundance has created its own problems.“It’s confusing for graduates to be faced with 20 job offers,”one academic at an American university campus in Qatar says.“People feel huge pressure to make the right decision.”

　　In a society where Qataris are outnumbered roughly seven-to-one by foreigners,long-term residents(居民) speak of a growing frustration among graduates that the most satisfying jobs go to foreigners.

　　The sense is deepening that,in the rush for development,something important has been lost.Qatari family life is atomising.With children almost universally being raised by nannies(保姆) from the Philippines,Nepal or Indonesia,differences in culture and opinions are widening between the generations.

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