Mowasalat opens call for taxi operators
Relief may be on the way for some daily commuters after public transportation operator Mowasalat announced a tender for new taxi operators. The Gulf Times reports that bidding is only open…
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MET: Expect rain, dust, wind this weekend
Doha residents should expect scattered rains and windier weather conditions tomorrow, the Qatar Meteorology Department has said. Most of Saturday will be overcast and dusty with a chance of rain at night, MET…
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67,000 sheep bound for Qatar stranded on docked ship for a week
67,000 sheep bound for Qatar stranded on docked ship for a week A ship bound for Qatar carrying thousands of live sheep has been stranded for a week at Australia’s…
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Michelin chefs to open restaurants at MIA, Pearl-Qatar this year
World-renowned French chefs Alain Ducasse and Guy Savoy have announced plans to open restaurants at the Museum of Islamic Art and the Pearl-Qatar, respectively, this year. This will be their first…
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Domestic labor to be sourced from new countries
Government officials have approved new rules to allow domestic workers (i.e. maids, nannies, cooks, house boys, drivers, gardeners) from previously untapped countries, according to local media reports. Those countries include Kenya,…
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Report: Divorce rate on the rise in Qatar due to impotency, ‘disobedient’ women
Report: Divorce rate on the rise in Qatar due to impotency, ‘disobedient’ women Local media reports say divorce is on the rise amongst nationals in Qatar due to a wide…
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Thousands of Qatar residents gather to protest Syrian regime
Expats and Qataris congregated en masse last night to call for the ouster of embattled Syrian leader Bashar Al Assad. The demonstration, which local media reported swelled to some 4,000…
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Fire at home in Doha – a cautionary tale
A fire extinguisher recently saved my home (and possibly my family’s lives, too). I was having breakfast with my family earlier this week when flames started coming out of one…
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Singing Sand Dunes to host world’s ‘hottest art exhibit’
Singing Sand Dunes to host world’s ‘hottest art exhibit’ It’s being billed as the “hottest art exhibit in the world”, with the coldest, highest and lowest art shows soon to…
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