Author: Andrew Madigan

The population of Qatar is comprised of people from over 100 countries who speak at least that many languages and dialects. Maybe you come from Germany and your husband is Venezuelan. You’ve lived in South Korea, Turkey and Singapore. Now you live in Qatar. Your kids go to an international school. The language of instruction is English, but they also study Arabic and French. Your nanny, from Sri Lanka, sings Tamil lullabies to your children. This isn’t so unusual. Not here; not today. Your kids are exposed to a swarm of languages, and you’re happy about this. You know the…

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