UCL Qatar Archives

3 min

Culture

Archaeologists unearth more of Qatar’s past with new Fuwairit dig

Using a QR3 million QNRF grant, archaeologists from the University College London Qatar (UCL Qatar) have started excavating a site at Fuwairit in the north-east of the country to try to find out more about what life was like before most of the population moved to Doha.

4 min

Culture

Changing face of Doha captured in region’s first interactive online map

Users can travel back in time and compare life in the capital city over the last eight decades to the present day with a new online tool put together by a team from the University College of London Qatar.

5 min

UCL Qatar backtracks after some female staff paid less than men

In an internal email sent last year, Thilo Rehren, director of UCL Qatar, called the policy of giving married female members of staff a lower housing allowance than their male colleagues "morally and legally not acceptable."

4 min

Culture

Exhibition examines cultural heritage value of Doha’s roundabouts

A new exhibition at the HBKU student center examines whether the demolition of roundabouts here is also destroying part of Qatar's cultural heritage.

3 min

Culture
Life

Researchers ask for residents’ help in charting Doha’s past

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.

3 min

Culture
Life

Project underway to unlock secrets of Doha’s past

"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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