It never ceases to amaze me how jealous people here are of the Western expats--to the point of insulting even those who are new to QL. Again, it's not the Western expats' fault they had the good sense to negotiate a better salary package; nor is it there fault Qatar's businesses and universities prefer to hire them. It's a free market. If Asians were suddenly more highly valued, something tells me that the jealous posters on this thread would be the first to accept and justify the higher salary.