World's Super-hero, Qatar

Whenever I talk about Qatar, people always say "Where is that!?"

On a map, it may only be the size of your little finger nail, but this country is now one of the richest in the world. Capital, Doha

Not many people realise how much of Britain Qatar actually own. Harrods, Shard and even the Olympic village are all owned by the power masters. Even Sainsburys is heavily invested by the country. 


Qatar owns 20% of our stock market and 20% of Camden market. They supply us with 95% of our liquid natural gas imports. 


One always assumes that because Qatar borders Saudi Arabia it should be a desert. Mental images of dust clouds, sand storms and tumbleweeds are soon destroyed by images of powerful skylines, extravagant shopping malls and flash cars. They are one of the only countries in the world that can do business with almost any country, and their friends list includes, U.S.A, Iran, Taliban and thankfully U.K.

Only 300,000 people within the country are actually Qatari, the rest is made up of fortune seekers, and can you really blame them?


All eyes will be upon this tiny country in 2022 when they play host to the World Cup.
Still not sure it would be on my "to do" list of countries...