Exodus of professional workers reshaping Qatar
Layoffs may weigh on economy as businesses compete for custom of dwindling middle class
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FIVE years ago, Samer Habib left the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and moved to Qatar where he opened a restaurant that turned a profit serving Lebanese salads and sandwiches to expats.
In June, the business folded. The European lawyers and Indian clerks who for years frequented Mr Habib's restaurant have been leaving the country in recent months, he said, many laid off in sweeping cuts to public and private companies hastened by a fall in energy prices. "Customers keep coming to me and saying: 'Samer, this is my last sandwich'," he said. "They say it's been a tough year."
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