“It’s very terrible, very terrible here. They treat us like slaves,” he says. Philip is a ‘helper’, a catch-all job, which means he can be put to work doing anything. “I only get 1,000 rials (£225) a month. Even if they make us do overtime, it’s still 1,000 rials.” Asked about Qatar’s recent labour reforms, he retorts, “No, no, no, no! That is all lies!”