How to spend your Qatar National Day weekend
It’s a lovely day outside, and what better way to spend it than to soak up some Qatari culture? Forget the malls and head out to some of these events…
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Coming soon to Qatar: Switch your cell phone provider, keep your number
Coming soon to Qatar: Switch your cell phone provider, keep your number Qatar residents will soon be able to switch mobile phone providers without losing their numbers, ictQatar has announced.…
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Arab Games events now free, open to public on first-come, first-serve basis
Arab Games events now free, open to public on first-come, first-serve basis The Arab Games Organizing Committee has announced that it has bought up all remaining tickets to its sporting…
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In puzzling move, govt makes it harder for expats to bring families to Qatar
Expats in Qatar will have to make a minimum of QR10,000 a month if they want to bring their families here, the Ministry of Interior has decided. Previously, the minimum…
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QSA: Expats comprise more than 99 percent of private sector
Non-Qataris constitute 99.7 percent of the country’s private sector workforce, data made available by the Qatar Statistics Authority shows. This is despite a 1997 Emiri decree that nationals account for 20…
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Reminder – lunar eclipse today!
Astronomers are predicting a total lunar eclipse today that will be visible in Qatar for almost an hour. The eclipse, which will be visible to all of Asia and Australia,…
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Total lunar eclipse expected to be visible in Qatar on Saturday
Astronomers are predicting a total lunar eclipse on Saturday that will be visible in Qatar for almost an hour. The eclipse, which will be visible to all of Asia and…
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National Leasing Company is Qatar’s next taxi operator
National Leasing Company is Qatar’s next taxi operator National Leasing Company (NLC) has won the bid from state-owned transport company Mowasalat to operate a fleet of street taxis in Qatar,…
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Qatar’s identity crisis, revisited
Qatar is conflicted. Qatar is unoriginal. Qatar is rich, but soulless. These are the conclusions drawn by the latest renowned journalist to touch down in Doha for a temporary time…
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