Table of Contents
A note on particulars ix
Maps xi
1 'Excuse me, kind sir. I am very ill' 1
2 'Now, everybody they like falcon' 13
3 'I know I am the driver. I can't take my family here' 38
4 'In media yes, very very good but in the reality nothing. Zero' 54
5 'There are so many people looking for job in this country' 86
6 'I've got an S-Class Mercedes picking me up in the morning and taking me to work' 106
7 'It's like Leicester winning the Premier League with homegrown players' 131
8 'Here we are all expats. So we are all on a journey, on a pilgrimage' 156
9 'King of the bat' 173
10 'I'm not "your maid". I am Maggie!' 199
11 'It's just really sad if this is what news is' 220
12 'I was all alone. I had to do what I was told' 246
13 'The lungs of Doha' 261
14 'It's getting hotter and hotter every year' 281
15 'I've met lots of happier people than us in Qatar' 307
Epilogue 331
Notes 343
Acknowledgements 375
Index 377