“You knew where you were going,” my friends said. “You knew that Qatar is a Muslim country,” they told me, before reminding me of the ways I couldn’t replicate my old life here.”So why are you complaining then?”Yes, I knew. And yet I complained. Because complaining, disillusionment, culture clashes, frustration, happiness, excitement, loneliness, anxiety, and new experiences—all of these are part of the learning process, especially when you’re overseas. When you’re miles away from home, just exploring this world alone. And now I was in a part of the world with a different religion and way of life to mine.…