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    The future. With one of the worlds highest GDP's, buildings soar into the sky with alarming speed and regularity despite extreme heat and humidty from April to October Views[235] A modern city perched on the edge of sand and ocean towers into the sky where only decades before, pearls were traded for food and clothes Views[238] With only around 200,000 Qataris, the majority of the country is built, run and maintaned by migrant workers from all over the world. Two indian workers who have come to earn money to support their families at home take an afternoon stroll along the Corniche despite the extreme heat and humidity Views[221] From pearling to towering skyscrapers in less than two decades, contrasts of new and old are everywhere Views[224] A sandy, rocky peninsula, Doha used to be just a quiet pearling village on the shores of the Arabian Gulf. With the discovery of vast reserves of oil and gas, change would soon happen Views[219]
     

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