DN Special Reports Archives

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‘It’s all a mess’: Residents stuck outside Qatar but still paying rent

Although exceptional entry permits have been introduced to help residents return to Qatar, many are still stranded outside the country and paying rent for the empty homes they’ve left…

5 min

Activists are rallying behind the #FreeAhmadManasra hashtag, who is he and what is it about?

Ahmad Manasra was arrested when he was 13 years old back in 2015, and was subject to solitary confinement several times and barred from family visits for a while. You’ve…

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Memories in ruins: Syrians remember the Arab Spring 11 years on

In this Doha News special, we speak to people in Qatar who are from countries that took part in the Arab Spring 11 years ago. “If the people want to…

4 min

Ukraine’s Ambassador to Qatar: This was a brutal and unprovoked act of aggression

In an exclusive interview with Doha News, Ukraine’s Ambassador to the state of Qatar Mr Andrii Kuzmenko speaks about the “illegal war in Ukraine” and the anguish of families who…

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Libya’s fight for freedom from the eyes of its diaspora

Hopeful calls for change turned harsh memories in a struggle for liberation: more than a decade later, Libyans recall their fight for freedom. What started as peaceful demonstrations in Libya against…

5 min

Memory and the bitter-sweetness of revolution still lives within Bahrainis

A call for a national unity turned into sectarian clashes and backed by regional players has left Bahraini nationals feeling discredited, and stripped from their agency. On 14 February 2011,…

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Workers demanding action after salaries and passports withheld

A Doha-based firm continues to breach Qatar’s extensive labour reforms as workers are refused salaries for four months. Al Jazira, a construction, real estate, and auto service firm in Qatar…

5 min

11 years on, the revolution continues to reside in the hearts of Egyptians

Over a decade since the toppling of Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak, hundreds of Egyptians living in Qatar carry memories of the Arab Spring in their hearts. Here, some of them…

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Social media eclipses the mainstream in the struggle for Middle East news

In a digital era, the emergence of new forms of media and extensive sources of information have raised concerns over the credibility and reliability of some media platforms. The increasing…

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