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56 * changes . Nevertheless, the regime allowed the population to vent their anger . Al Sharq, a Qatar - owned news outlet, 85 The conservative approach was evident also in the reading material . According to book publishers, writers used a great deal of self - censorship, knowing the sensitivities concerning the issue of alcohol . 86 Some Qataris felt that trends such as the softening of alcohol rules, alongside the growing dominance of English in public space, were signs that traditional culture was being eroded and replaced by a more globalized, westernized one . 87 The concern over cultural invasion has prompted several citizen campaigns, 88 concerning social issues such as dress code, availability of alcohol, and appropriate public behavior . While such campaigns in other Gulf states were sponsored by Muslim Brotherhood affiliates, in Qatar they have developed more informally . 89 n 2011, the national airline company, Qatar Airways, faced a series of complaints from customers . The customers, who identified themselves as Qataris, complained about the company's services both in the air and on the ground : “Qatar Airways means you have to pay a high price for your ticket so that the foreigner next to you can drink the finest wines,” one user tweeted . 90 This wasn't the end of the protest . In January 2012, citizens launched an online campaign to boycott the national airline, in part due to the sales of alcohol and pork products via a subsidiary . 91 Another controversy in that aspect appeared when rumors had been swirling that Qatar Distribution Company ( QDC ) , the only place where foreign workers can purchase alcohol for personal consumption, would begin selling the previously forbidden pork meat at its Doha location . There was also chatter about QDC opening on the Pearl in early 2012, which would sell both alcohol and pork . Customers said all that was needed was an alcohol permit to enter QDC, which only non - Muslim expats are presumably "H . E . Sheikh Dr . Khalid Thani A . T . Al - Thani", Qatari Businessmen Association 85 https : / / qataribusinessmen . org / eng / member . aspx ? Name = 103 . See also : "Qatar profile - Media", BBC News , 25 February 2019 https : / / www . bbc . com / news / world - middle - east - 14702519 ( Accessed on 14 April 2021 ) . Roger Tagholm, "In Qatar, Booksellers Face Book - By - Book Censorship Bottleneck", Publishing 86 Perspectives , 9 December 2013 https : / / publishingperspectives . com / 2013 / 12 / in - qatar - booksellers - face - book - by - book - censorship - bottleneck / ( Accessed on 5 September 2021 ) . Gray, Qatar, p . 228 . 87 Justin Gengler, "The Political Costs of Qatar's Western Orientation", Middle East Policy , Vol . 19, No . 88 Winter 2012 ) , pp . 70 - 72 . ( 4 Courtney Freer, Rentier Islamism : The Influence of the Muslim Brotherhoodin Gulf Monarchies 89 Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018 ) , pp . 152 - 153 . ( Ed Attwood, "Nationals Slam Qatar Airways Over Poor Service", Arabian Business , 20 July 2011 90 https : / / www . arabianbusiness . com / nationals - slam - qatar - airways - over - poor - service - 411509 . html Accessed on 30 August 2021 ) . ( Gengler, "The Political Costs of Qatar's Western Orientation", pp . 70 - 72 . 91
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