As part of its campaign to prevent road accidents, the Ministry of Interior is posting short cautionary videos on its Facebook page. 

The first one, which we ran on Sunday, was aimed at expats who cross roads while on their mobile phones.

But the video posted this morning includes a direct address to Qatari youth by Sheikh Yusuf al Qaradawi, who advises these men to “fear God” and likens speeding to committing suicide, a grave sin.

The video, which contains graphic photos of accident scenes, starts off in Arabic but Qaradawi’s admonishments contain English subtitles.

Thoughts?

We’ve been talking a lot about traffic and road safety in Qatar of late.

The Ministry of Interior evidently recognizes the numbers of pedestrian injuries and deaths are of significant concern, and has been circulating the above video.

It’s also posted the following messages on Facebook:

Don’t use your mobile phone while crossing the road and while driving. watch the video

Cross the road carefully from designated areas only. while crossing, look to the traffic direction then to the opposite direction then again to the traffic direction and cross the road carefully.

What do you think about the campaign - a good start, or still not enough?

I Ride Qatar, by William Hewitt. 

It’s a journey across Doha, taking in the city’s old and new heritage on two wheels.

Looks like great fun. What do you think?

Here’s a breathtaking time-lapse that captures some of Doha’s most recognizable places, by Simon Kearns, who explains:

Following “Project Doha” i wanted to make another timelapse video and this time have one of the nights of Qatar.

12,500 photos all shot on a Canon 7D, edited using Lightroom and LRtimelapse which is a really useful programme to reduce flicker and even out scenes.

The music is Outro, by M83Hope that you enjoy it.

For Eva

Amazing!

The TEDxSummit 2012 Opening Night.

Watch the live stream of the proceedings at Katara this eve.

If you didn’t get a ticket for tonight - or make it to Doha for that matter - you can also follow the conversation on Twitter and Tumblr with the hashtag #TEDxSummit.

Short notice on our part (sorry), but if you don’t have evening plans already, get yourself down to Education City this evening for the first-ever screening of the documentary “Sudan: Divided Identity, Divided Land.”

Filmed and edited by Northwestern University in Qatar students Shereena Qazi and Ola Diab, here’s how they describe it:

This documentary was shot two weeks after the separation of South Sudan focusing and exploring the unreported crucial issue of Afro-Arab identity crisis in Sudan. What this documentary does differently is tell you the story from the voices of the Sudanese people themselves.

WHEN: Today,5-7pm. Starting with a light dinner, the screening, and then (presumably) a Q&A with the creators.

WHERE: At Northwestern University in Qatar’s Forum, room 3035. (Note: NU-Q is located on the 3rd floor of the Carnegie Mellon University building in Education City.)

Want to know more about the film? Check out the Peninsula’s interview with the two student filmmakers.

Mohana Lakshmi Rajakumar performs at Stand Up Comedy Qatar last week on what it’s like to be Indian and American.

Hilarious!

Polish animation studio Platige Image takes you on a journey into Qatar’s future in this video.

The animation was commissioned as part of a four-part live action series called “Dream 2030,” meant to inspire young Qataris to work toward the government’s vision of the country.

After their wild ride into the future, the kids find their way back to the present day for the closing titles:

What do you think? Great to see Qatar investing in animation, or just another public relations exercise?

Hat tip to @Halawala for sending us the link

(Source: vimeo.com)

Doha \ As.You.See.It., a fun, short film by Omar Khalifa that takes something of an outsider’s view of the place, despite the creator having lived here for more than five years.

Khalifa describes it thusly:

A photojournalistic project around the city where I’m from, dum diddy dum. All captured in around 3 1/2hrs (bar a good few stills from the pleasant young man Omar Chatriwala) Hope you enjoy! Look out for the super slow-mo and the cinemagraph! 

Doesn’t hurt that he used some of my photos, either!

Artists Christto Sanz and Andrew Weir are on a mission and a journey of sorts, in Qatar.

Here’s a behind the scenes look at their new photography project “Unparalleled Objectives: Globalizing the local, localizing the global.”

Reblogged from christto:

http://www.facebook.com/CHTSNZ

Globalization has changed the way we think, the way we communicate, and our entire civilization. Everyday the place where you are born, the way you look, and the language you speak is becoming less and less important, as we move further into a globally harmonious society.

This video is an oldie but a goodie for anyone who has ever wondered about the man driving his decked out car around Doha (you know the one!), waving and blaring cheerful music.

Here, Northwestern University in Qatar students Zeena Kanaan, Fatma Al Nasr and Latifa Al Rumaihi interview the man about why he does what he does:

In the streets of Doha, we came across Ahmed Mohammad Al Jaber. Also known in Arabic by his alias, Al Muqanna’. As we grew up in Qatar, the sight of his cars and motorbikes always drew our attention outside of our portable video games, and we’d peek from our cars to take a look at this enigma.

We really have no idea what to make of this video. But it was amusing nonetheless!

shawarmamylove:

We are from the future. Tron? Phsssssssh. 

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