Hmm, why don't you contact the Qatar Civil Aviation Authorities. You can reference the regulation, in English, on this site:

http://www.caa.gov.qa/english/Law-a-new.html


It would seem that the arrangement was not in accordance with the following regulation:


AC OPS 1.280 (IEM) - Passenger Seating
See QCAR-OPS 1.280
See AC OPS 1.280
1. The following categories of passengers are among those who should not be
allocated to, or directed to seats which permit direct access to emergency exits:
a. Passengers suffering from obvious physical, or mental, handicap to the
extent that they would have difficulty in moving quickly if asked to do so;
b. Passengers who are either substantially blind or substantially deaf to the
extent that they might not readily assimilate printed or verbal instructions
given;
c. Passengers who because of age or sickness are so frail that they have
difficulty in moving quickly;
d. Passengers who are so obese that they would have difficulty in moving
quickly or reaching and passing through the adjacent emergency exit;
e. Children (whether accompanied or not) and infants;
f. Deportees or prisoners in custody; and,
g. Passengers with animals.
Note: “Direct access” means a seat from which a passenger can proceed directly
to the exit without entering an aisle or passing around an obstruction.