BUSTRASH: i can "see" you did the interview with EK too..
If YOU CAN..time permitting..shall i suggest you to wait a litlle in case you recieve good news from EK..i think in my humble opinion it's worth to wait....and to go to Ek instead of Q.A. Ek (and Dubai)for sure is far from being perfect(none of the company is) but it still much more better than Q.A.
(and Doha), excpecially for a long term career.
Both of those cities are becoming crowded and saturated but at least in Dubai more thinks to do, and others place to go : Abu Dhabi, Ras Al K......and more cosmopolitan.
Doha has the highest inflation rate in the gulf,so i guess if it continues like that, it will become soon or later the most expensive place in the gulf.
Last but not least EK is much more keen to put hands into the pocket when it comes to motivate his crew!
Cheers.Good luck.