Two steps forward....
So I was making a donation to the developer of the incredibly useful FoxyProxy extension, and was surprised to see this:



Now until quite recently, the only real game in town for internet access was QTel, and QTel (presumably at the mandate of some ministry) used SmartFilter to block web access to sites "Prohibited in the state of Qatar", a classification which is not specifically defined anywhere, but experimental evidence indicates applies to porn, political criticism, and ways to bypass the block.

Notably the internet connection on the campuses of Education City is said to be completely uncensored, and, never having run into a blocked site, I believe this is true. EC housing, which is owned by Qatar Foundation, also had an uncensored connection, though it's unclear whether this was by design or by virtue of network topology.

Anyways, apparently something has changed, and EC housing internet is now being censored, though they seem to be using a different system.

End result? I doubled my donation to the foxyproxy guy. If he's on their blocked list for being helpful in bypassing the block, he clearly deserves more money from me.