An update on Qatar’s old ‘mobile phone souq’
By Victoria Scott Rendering of the forthcoming Souq Najada complex. Credit: UCC It’s been almost five years since Doha’s Souq Najada, known as the “mobile phone souq,” was closed down and…
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Qatar’s Souq Haraj to open on new site near Hamad airport by mid-2017
The new market will be on a 35,000 square meter site described in the statement as being in Umm Bashar, near the airport. When completed, it will include shops, cafes and restaurants.
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Qatar’s Souq Ahmed demolished to make way for new hotel
Several other souqs in Qatar are also facing imminent closures and will be soon replaced with shopping centers and other buildings, as part of a massive redevelopment effort around Doha.
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PHOTOS: Candlelit sales mark Souq Ahmed’s final days in Qatar
Power was cut to Souq Ahmed Bin Ali – located across the street from Souq Waqif, in the shadow of the Fanar Cultural Center – last week in what’s believed to be an effort to accelerate the eviction process.
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