There's been no let up in the frenetic building that has now characterised Doha for several years - if anything, it has picked up in recent times. Buildings going up in West Bay seem to out-number those already up by a ratio of three to one - even though the majority of those are spanking new. While new buildings are going up, old ones are going down - Qatar is systematically destroying anything old, ugly or shabby.
To many Doha residents, the sound pollution that this creates - often in the early hours of the morning - has become one of the two sounds of Qatar that is always with them. The other being, of course, that of traffic, beeping hours and ambulance sirens.
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