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‘Ancient graffiti’ uncovered at Al Zubarah

  • Peter Kovessy
  • August 29, 2014
Recently recovered etchings of ships bolster arguments that Qatar was an international trade center in the 18th century.
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Researchers ask for residents’ help in charting Doha’s past

  • Lesley Walker
  • June 16, 2014
Researchers from UCL Qatar have begun to chart the changing face of Doha neighborhoods, and are asking residents to share their information and memories about the city.
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Archaeologists granted extension after unearthing relics of Doha’s past

  • Peter Kovessy
  • January 24, 2014
Keys, coins, jewelry, a dhow anchor and pottery dating back 150 years are among the items that have been discovered at a future metro station site across from Souq Waqif.
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PHOTOS: Qatar, in 2004 and 2013

  • Doha News Team
  • December 3, 2013
Doha has changed a lot in nine years, as these old and new photos of places around town show.
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PHOTO: Happy 42nd Independence Day Qatar

  • Doha News Team
  • September 3, 2013
On this day (Sept. 3) in 1971, Qatar gained its independence from Britain. It used to be celebrated as a national holiday, until the government decreed in 2007 that Dec. 18 would be marked annually instead.
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Photo: Happy Independence Day Qatar

  • Shabina S. Khatri
  • September 3, 2013
On this day (Sept. 3) in 1971, Qatar gained its independence from Britain. It used to be celebrated as a national holiday, until the government decreed in 2007 that Dec. 18 would be marked annually instead.
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Fire damages Qatari-owned historic mansion Hotel Lambert in Paris

  • Doha News Team
  • July 10, 2013
A fire that broke out early Wednesday morning in Paris has severely damaged a historic French mansion owned by a member of Qatar’s ruling family. The Hotel Lambert mansion, widely…
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Qatar’s Al Zubarah joins UNESCO’s World Heritage List

  • Doha News Team
  • June 22, 2013
UNESCO has today named the abandoned historical coastal town Al Zubarah Archeological Site to the World Heritage List, bringing it more explicitly under the protection of the Law of War under the Geneva Convention.
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Project underway to unlock secrets of Doha’s past

  • Victoria Scott
  • December 10, 2013
"The Origins of Doha" project aims to find out more about the people who lived in Qatar's capital over a century ago.
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