阿拉伯人大多爱鹰,包括卡塔尔在内的海湾阿拉伯国家尤其如此,许多国家的国徽就以鹰作为标志。在卡塔尔,上至国王、酋长,下至普通百姓,都对鹰有着特殊的感情,有些人甚至到了嗜鹰如命的程度。到那里沙漠中的人家做客,发现一些人随时都带着自己的鹰,甚至连招待客人时也不离身。卡塔尔的贝都因人是驯鹰、玩鹰和进行鹰猎活动的佼佼者。他们常常远涉他乡,不惜花大价钱买几只凶猛的鹰放在家中悉心驯养。 Most Arabs love eagles, especially in the Gulf Arab countries, including Qatar. The emblem of many countries is marked by the eagle. In Qatar, up to the king, the chiefs, down to ordinary people, have a special feeling of the eagles, and some even to the extent of eagle-eagle. There, guests from the desert were invited to visit and find that some people carry their eagles anytime, even when entertaining their guests. Bedouins in Qatar are tame eagles, eagles and leaders in falconry hunting. They often far from hometown, at a high price to buy a few fierce hawks at home carefully domesticated.