Saturday, June 30, 2012

Revenge of the Secret Ministry

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It looks like the Ministry is monitoring this blog, I tried to drive out this morning only to find construction had blocked all the roads...
Friday, June 29, 2012

The Secret Ministry Strikes Again

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They came in the night, without warning, while the city slept. I awoke to a different world, of red and white barriers and upturned pavem...
Thursday, June 28, 2012

Gold Souq

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As of today at five o'clock City Centre was still closed. I just got back from Souq Waqif and the new Gold Souq is open. I took a qu...
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Sunday, June 24, 2012

City Centre Update and Summer Is Here

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Summer is fully upon us and the temperatures are reaching well into the 40s. I can handle that as the evenings are hot, but manageable IF ...
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Friday, June 22, 2012

Is It a Sport or a Game?

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Occasionally there is a debate about whether a certain thing is a game or a sport. This tends to come up around Olympic time when people c...
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Saturday, June 16, 2012

Oman

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Okay, here are the promised pictures. First, my friend Serdar, his family, and I drove up to the mountains. And wandered around an a...
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Car Inspection 2012

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I had to get my car inspected this morning as part of renewing the registration. The process was pretty much the same as last year only t...
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Friday, June 15, 2012

Villaggio Tragedy and City Centre Update

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Apparently the first report is out and it points to an electrical fire at the Nike store as the source. No evidence of arson or other wron...
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Monday, June 11, 2012

Away on Business

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I was out of the country last week for work. It coincided with a weekend trip I had already planned with a friend of mine so it was a bit ...
Friday, June 01, 2012

City Centre Update

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Happened to be in City Centre Mall on Friday afternoon. By about 4:30 in the afternoon it definitely seemed to be busier than usual and by...
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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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