Old Gulf Coast Days: Qatar

by Christine B Osborne

The small Arab state of Qatar on the western shore of the Persian Gulf was a slow starter in development when compared with neighbours Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia. Although the country had enjoyed good revenue from oil since the mid-seventies, its ruler was reluctant to embrace change. As recently as 1975 capital Doha, had only a single first-class hotel and one bank and people still lived in goat-hair tents in the desert hinterland. When a huge...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0992324041
• ISBN13: 9780992324049
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Christine Osborne Pictures
• Length: 52 Pages
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.5" x 6.5"