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Calm returns to the Pearl-Qatar as police tackle late-night noise?

UPDATE | Sunday, May 5, 2013 Pearl residents report that, despite Thursday night’s calm, the engine revvers appear to have returned to the island. In a comment on Doha News, Luciana…

News

They Might Be Giants needs you, Qatar!

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poJgJM8Ews0?rel=0] American band, They Might Be Giants, is looking for photos from Qatar for their new, extended version of their Alphabet of Nations music video. Here’s what they’re looking…

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News

Guest post: Bahiya Mansour to carry Qatar’s flag at London Olympics

Qatar will join Brunei in sending female athletes to the Olympics for the first time this month, and has selected one of them to carry its flag in London. Meanwhile,…

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Guest post: How to write about tiny, wealthy, bloodless, meddlesome Qatar*

It seems international news organizations never cease to spin the same tale about tiny Qatar and its super-sized influence on the world stage. For those who’ve yet to get around to it,…

News

“There is no freedom of expression in Qatar and yet there is so much to be disclosed about its problems and injustices”

An anonymous Bahraini contemporary artist, as quoted by The New York Times in the article “Qatar’s Royal Patronage of the Arts: Glittering but Empty.” Agree, disagree? Link submitted by Owen Watson…

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Qataris renew boycott calls against Qatar Airways

A wave of discontent with Qatar Airways has gathered steam on Twitter and in Qatar over the past week, as what started out as anger at a Civil Aviation Authority decision to block…

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News

Qatar basketball coach Ali Fakhroo replaced

Qatar national basketball team coach Ali Fakhroo was sacked on Saturday. He had been under intense media scrutiny after his players’ unruly behavior at the recently-concluded FIBA Asia Championship in…

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Life
News

Qatar Basketball Federation President resigns

Sheikh Saud bin Ali Al Thani has resigned from his post as Qatar Basketball Federation (QBF) President after the national team’s shameful exit from the FIBA Asia Championship in Wuhan,…

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News

Barca president: Without QF, ‘the club would be smaller’

FC Barcelona has gotten a lot of flak for the new Qatar Foundation logos its players are sporting on their jerseys. So much, in fact, that club members will get…

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