Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Sports Day 2019

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In mid-February Qatar has a national holiday to promote sports and exercise, Sports Day. It's held mid-week (probably so that people don...
Saturday, February 02, 2019

Qatar Won the AFC Cup!

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Yesterday was an incredible day as Qatar beat Japan 3-1 in the finals to win the Asian Championships. Tons of firsts for Qatar: -- first ...
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Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Asian Football Championships

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The AFC tournament has been going on for the last month and the tournament has been closely watched by everyone here in Qatar. The tourname...
Saturday, January 19, 2019

Qatar Has New "Sin Taxes" so Alcohol is Now Really Expensive

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On January 1, Qatar announced new taxes. Taxes are pretty rare in this region but in the last while, mostly due to pressure from the oil pr...
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Sunday, January 06, 2019

2019 ExxonMobil Tennis Tournament

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It's tennis season again here in Qatar and this week was the men's tournament. A friend of mine got a bunch of us tickets to the fin...
Saturday, January 05, 2019

Reflections on 2018

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So ends another year in Qatar. I have no plans to move so with luck I'll be here for a while yet. Meantime, as is my usual custom, here...
Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Souq Waqif Update

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It's winter! That means the temperature is nice enough to go walking around in the evening. It had been a while since I've been to S...
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Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Dhow Festival at Katara

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Thursday was American Thanksgiving and I was invited by some friends to a restaurant that had a special Thanksgiving menu for that evening. ...
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Saturday, October 20, 2018

Rain!

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Today it rained. Hooboy, did it ever rain. I was woken up around 9am to the sounds of thunder.  It wasn't that far way either, as best...
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Wednesday, September 05, 2018

Contrasting Turkey with Qatar

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So during Eid I went on vacation to Turkey, a country I typically visit at least once a year. Spent some time in Bodrum before heading to Bu...
Thursday, August 16, 2018

That Saudi vs. Canada Thing

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Okay, it's been around two weeks since the Saudi Government became incensed about a tweet from Canada's Foreign Minister demanding t...
Saturday, July 28, 2018

Lunar Eclipse

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Last night there was a lunar eclipse visible from Australia and most of Asia, including Qatar. In Qatar the timing of it was great, it start...