Qatar has become a center for American education, offering American degrees in the center of the Middle East from universities such as Georgetown, Carnegie Mellon, and Northwestern. 29

Media play a large role in globalization and shifting culture away from traditional norms.

Researchers Al-Ammari and Romanowski in "The Impact of Globalization on Society and Culture in Qatar" argue rapid change in Qatar has shaped family structure and traditional values. The study consisted of 997 surveys from Qatari families, and the findings presented show that globalization in Qatar has attempted to make a global culture that is stripping Qatari family identity. The study presents globalization as “an engine of social conflict." 30 Northwestern University of Qatar found that 94% of Qatari nationals agree that more should be done to preserve cultural traditions in entertainment media, suggesting it is nearly a unanimous belief that media steer away from tradition, pushing Qatar into fast-paced modernization. 31