Thursday, May 31, 2012

City Centre Mall

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I work in West Bay close to the City Centre Mall and since I didn't have anything pressing to do this evening I decided to go over the...
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Tragedy in Doha -- What Next?

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As I stood at the vigil thinking about the tragedy I couldn't help but recall what I said about the mall last weekend: Friday there ...
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Vigil for the victims of the Villaggio Fire

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I was at the vigil today at Aspire Park. For updates about the fire and the aftermath I recommend following http://dohanews.co/ if you...
Monday, May 28, 2012

Tragedy at Villaggio

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Man, is it ever tragic. One day I'm blogging about the crazy crowds at Villaggio Mall and the next there was a huge fire at the mall ....
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Saturday, May 26, 2012

A Weekend in Doha

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This weekend I got up to a bunch of little things here and there. I decided to check out the Cityscape-Doha exhibition to see what was up ...
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Friday, May 25, 2012

Qatari Etiquette – random encounters

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As you know Arab culture tends to segregate men and women, especially in the Arabian Peninsula. I have a few Qatari friends who are married...
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Sunday, May 20, 2012

A Brief History of Qur'an Calligraphy

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On Wednesday I attended a lecture at the Museum of Islamic Art on calligraphy in early Qur’ans. It turned out to be very good lecture and...
Saturday, May 19, 2012

A Strange Ad

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I was flipping through the local paper this morning and spotted this ad in the classifieds: A Businessman is in need of a Russian or Ukr...
Thursday, May 17, 2012

Immigration Policy and Economic Migration

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As most of you know Qatar has a strict immigration policy. Only citizens from a few countries, such as the GCC, can enter Qatar without a ...
Saturday, May 12, 2012

Marriage tips from FANAR

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So I received this text that FANAR was having a lecture Thursday night on “How to Be Happily Married”. I figured it would be interesting en...
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Monday, May 07, 2012

Qatar Schools – Ministry Report Cards

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I was nosing around the website of the Supreme Education Council of Qatar looking at what updates they had and I noticed something. Appar...
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Saturday, May 05, 2012

AutoCorrect

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AutoCorrect can be one of the worst (and funniest) features on a phone. If you’re not careful when you're texting sometimes the featur...
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Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Bishts

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I happened to see a picture the other day in the newspaper and it served as a great example of a piece of Arab clothing called a bisht. A ...
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Sunday, April 22, 2012

Qatar and Obesity

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Well a study has come out recently that notes Qatar as one of the most overweight nations in the world , with its citizens having very high...
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Friday, April 20, 2012

Bahrain

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I was in Bahrain for a couple of days on business. It had been a couple of years since my last visit so I was curious to see if all the tro...
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Saturday, April 14, 2012

Qatari Marriage Statistics

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The newspaper reported some interesting statistics the other day from a new study, " Marriages & Divorces, State of Qatar, 2010 (R...
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Friday, April 13, 2012

Titanic Rumours

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Since all the papers have been covering the 100th anniversary of the Titanic, I figured I would take a moment to point out that the story ...
Saturday, April 07, 2012

A Day at the Museum of Islamic Art

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Today they were having a bazaar at the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) park and I figured that was a good enough reason to spend the afternoon ...
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Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Walking places

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It appears my last post created a small flutter of activity as my comments regarding Doha becoming a city was noted on dohanews . One of th...
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Friday, March 30, 2012

The Park at the Museum of Islamic Art

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It’s Friday morning, when almost everything is closed, so I decided to go for a long walk to get some exercise. It was cloudy today, unusu...
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