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India's Luxury Hotel Boom

Jim Calio | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Doha, LEED Hotel, Qatar Airways, Capt. C.P. Nair, India's Luxury Hotels, Delhi, Leela Palace Udaipur, Leela Palace Kempinski, New Delhi Tourism, Lake Pichola, Delhi Diplomatic Enclave, Red Fort, Udaipur City Palace, International Destinations, Destinations, Hotels, Travel Blogs, Travel News

Today, Leela Hotels, Palaces & Resorts is one of the fastest-growing luxury hotel chains in India.

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Sex, the Migrant Laborer and the City

Imran Garda | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Labor Camps, Migrant Workers, India, Racism, Doha, Nepal, Qatar, Arabs, Dehumanization, Dubai, World News

The Keralite Cat's tales, in all its frivolity, made a profound point about the drivers, construction workers, the maids and cleaners: Can you believe that these people make love? Can you believe they even cheat on each other? Can you believe that they buy each other birthday presents too?

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PHOTOS: Qatar Expands With A Bang

Renee Blodgett | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Dubai, Doha, Middle East Cities, Middle East, Education City, Doha Qatar, Travel, Growing Economies, Dune Bashing, Qatar, Slidepollajax, Travel News

"Where are all the Qataris?"

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PHOTOS: Artifice Meets Authenticity In Doha's Souq Waqif

Renee Blodgett | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Traveling to the Middle East, Doha, Beduoins, Souq Waqif, Traveling to Qatar, Middle East, Qatar, Doha Qatar, Great Markets, Bedu, Slideexpand, Slidepollajax, Travel News

You can find all sorts of things, from decadent gold and silver tea kettles, incense holders, ornate painted wooden boxes, henna paint for your hands, embroidered bukhnoq and spices.

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Will Arabs and Muslims Visit Jerusalem?

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Doha, Jerusalem, Foreign Affairs, Abbas, Islamic, Terrorism, Israel, Sports, Palestinians, World News

The plight of the people and the importance of the city should not be felt only by the Palestinians. Muslims, Christians and people of all faiths should heed the call and support the embattled city and its Palestinian population.

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"Doha Is a Colosseum"

Todd Reisz | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Architecture, Slidepollajax, Persian Gulf, Doha, Qatar, Olympics, Al Manakh, Cities, Slidefreestyle, World News

There is no city that has generated such a complex and multifaceted public campaign for itself. Real-time Doha, however, cannot compete with the city's media frenzy. That's a reality one confronts as soon as the sliding doors open at the airport (the gigantic new one is not yet open).

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Qatar Looks to a Healthy, Sporty Future

Richard Attias | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Doha, Sports, Martina Navratilova, Arianna Huffington, Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad Bin Hamad Al-Thani, Doha Pre-Forum GOALS, World News

It's a well known fact that exercise is vital to our mental and physical health. This is why the meeting of the Doha Pre-forum Gathering of All Leaders in Sport is putting sports at the heart of its agenda.

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Want A Drink? Don't Go To Doha

Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Qatar Alcohol Ban, 2022 World Cup, Qatar World Cup, Qatar Alcohol, The Pearl-Doha, Qatar Olympics, Doha, Qatar Tourism, Qatar, Alcohol Ban Qatar, World News

Qatar's recent suspension of alcohol sales in The Pearl-Qatar, a man-made island off the country's capital of Doha, brings into focus the conflict bet...

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When Fashion Meets Art, It Is A Beautiful Thing

Myrdith Leon Mccormack | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Hbo, Doha, Haiti Relief, Marc Baptiste, M2M Damorejon, Doha Tribeca Film Festival, Van Cleef & Arpels, Venus Williams, Art Basel Miami, Empowerment, Art, Empire Boardwalk, Manicurist, Hair-Beauty-Beauty, Black Voices News

My life is so surreal. As I write this week's record of events, I realize it started way before this weekend at Art Basel. I just took a day trip to p...

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Clashing Civilizations Or Hope For Harmony?

Katherine Marshall | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Doha, Huntington, UN Alliance of Civilizations, Switzerland, Clash of Civilizations, Zapatero, Qatar, Religious Tolerance, Religion News

The challenge set for the Doha Forum, to link intercultural dialogue to international development and the UN's very tangible Millennium Development Goals, proved far more touchy than the authors probably imagined.

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Forging Alliances Across Civilizations

Melody Moezzi | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: UNAOC Forum, Unaoc, Youth, Human Rights, Activism, United Nations, Doha, UN Alliance of Civilizations, Youth Activism, Impact News

I went to the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations Forum because I believe we can't achieve alliances among civilizations without first achieving them among individuals.

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WATCH: Qatar, Home To World's Largest Daytime Fireworks Diplay

Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: Saraab, Pyrotechnics, Grucci Family, Pyrotechnic Art, Doha, Qatar Museum Authority, Qatar, Cai Guo-Qiang, Fireworks, New York City, July 4th Fireworks, Video, Arts News

As the fastest growing economy in the world with a GDP per capita of around $101,000, Qatar has a lot of money lying around. So much money in fact tha...

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Qatari Exceptionalism: Small Kingdom Makes Big Impact on World Stage

Michael Hughes | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Darfur, Syria, Libya, Iran, Islam, Lebanon, Arab Spring, Aljazeera, World, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Doha, Israel, Qatar, World News, Middle East Protests, World News

Outside of Qatar being the home of Aljazeera and winning the 2022 World Cup bid, many in the West are unfamiliar with the country's profile.

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Doha Tribeca Film Fest 2011: Nadine Labaki's Latest, Antonio Banderas, and the Wonder of Black Gold

E. Nina Rothe | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Nadine Labaki, Antonio Banderas, Doha, Freida Pinto, Doha Tribeca Film Festival, Black Gold, Doha Film Institute, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Jean Jacques Annaud, Where Do We Go Now?, Amanda Palmer, Qatar, Mira Nair, Culture News

The Doha Tribeca Film Festival is the kind of event that can make all other film festivals seem unexciting.

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Always Ladies' Night: Qatar's Women-Only Cinema Will Cater To Traditional Values

AP | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Women, Women's Rights, Gender Segregation, Theater, Doha, Movie Theater, Qatar, Movies, Cinema, Qatar Women Only Cinema, World News

DOHA, Qatar -- A Qatar sports center says it plans a women-only cinema that would be the latest no-men-allowed venture in the Gulf. The Aspire Zone F...

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Osama Bin Laden: He Had It Coming

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Osama Bin Laden Dead, Yemen, Tunisia, Sharjah, Saudi, Obl, Abu Dhabi, Democracy, Osama Bin Laden Killed, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Dubai, Gulf, Arab Spring, Middle East, Egypt, Arab, Doha, Al Jazeera, Kuwait, September 11th, World News

For ten years millions of Arabs were held hostage due to the acts of a minority. During this time tens of thousands of lives were lost in senseless violence that only a megalomaniac would be able to justify.

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Sheikha Mozah, "First Lady of the World": Great Style, Greater Substance (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Malcolm Harris | Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: Slideshow, Michelle Obama, First Lady Fashion, Doha Tribeca Film Festival, Doha, Qatar, Carla Bruni, Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Sheikha Moza, Style News

As a fashion designer I was struck by her ethereal beauty and carriage, but I was equally surprised by her vast global knowledge, devotion to her people and commitment to promoting education.

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The Economics of Fishing Subsidies -- Destroying a Vital Global Enterprise

Hilary Kramer | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: World Trade Organization, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Fish, Fishing, Doha, Overfishing, Slidepollajax, Green News

An international agreement that limits global fishing subsidies would not only be a huge success for ocean health, but would also set a new framework for effective cooperation on trade and the environment.

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The New Arab World Requires New Public Diplomacy

Philip Seib | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Doha, Al Jazeera Forum, Usaid, U.S. State Department, Public Diplomacy. Arab World, World News

The new dynamics of the Arab world require a meaningful shift in public diplomacy strategy, with less emphasis on advertising and more on service.

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Looking at the Future of the Arab Revolutions

Philip Seib | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Social Media, Doha, Tunisia, Al Jazeera, Libya, Al Jazeera Forum, Arab Revolutions, World News

At this year's Al Jazeera Forum, I saw a man sitting by himself, a Libyan flag draped around his shoulders as the latest grim news filtered in from his homeland. Hope abounds, but the revolution is not yet won.

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Qatar: Why Protests Won't Happen Here

Shabina S. Khatri | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gulf, Al Jazeera English, Protests, Twitter, Persian Gulf, Doha, Qatar, Al Jazeera, Emir, World Cup, World News

As people across the Middle East rally against their regimes, Qatar appears to be the only country in the Arabian Gulf to escape unscathed by the politics. There are a dozen reasons why.

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Revolution or Bust: False Choices of Bystanders to the Middle East

Marc Gopin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jordan, Twitter, Egypt Revolution, Egypt, Riyadh, Tahrir Square, Middle East, Tahrir, Doha, Facebook, China, Tiananmen Square, Syria, World News

I have spent the last two weeks, like millions of other people, completely immersed in supporting the brave Egyptian citizens of Tahrir Square. I have...

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WATCH: Qatar's New Desert Palaces

Kisa Lala | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Doha, Mathaf, Kisa Lala, National Museum of Qatar, Jean Nouvel, Middle East, I.M. Pei, Arab Museum of Modern Art, Desert, Art, Architecture, Environment, Qatar, UK Football, Video, Arts News

By Kiša Lala The proposed Al-Shamal Stadium for 2022 WorldCup. Expected capacity: 45,120 Photograph: Qatar 2022 Bid Committee Qatar, once a pearl...

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Qatar's Well-Funded Public Diplomacy

Philip Seib | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Al Jazeera English, Abu Dhabi, Doha, World Cup 2022, Al Jazeera, Public Diplomacy, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, World News

Qatar has plenty of money and is putting it to use by expanding public diplomacy. Are they becoming a new kind of superpower?

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Qatar's First Museum of Modern Arab Art (SLIDESHOW)

Damaris Colhoun | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Arab Art, Arab Museum of Modern Art, Mathaf, Contemporary Art, Middle East, Doha, Qatar, Modern Art, World Cup 2022, Arts News

Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art opens today, December 30, 2010. Located in Doha, Qatar, it is the first museum in the region dedicated to modern artists from Arab countries.

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