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At Least 13 Children Killed In Qatar Mall Fire

AP | Posted 05.29.2012

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DOHA, Qatar — Qatar's Interior Ministry said 13 children were among 19 people killed in a fire that broke out in one of the country's fanciest s...

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Political Islamists Arouse Suspicion in the UAE

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Syria, Egypt, Dubai, Uae, Muslim Brotherhood, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Qatar, Bahrain Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, World News
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

The movement that has swept most states in the region was initially built on social ideals that the political Islamists don't necessarily subscribe to, but joined under the understanding that "the end justifies the means."

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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
Imran Garda

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
Renee Blodgett

"Where are all the Qataris?"

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"Arab Media Outlook 2011-2015" Reports on Current, Future Regional Trends

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Egypt, Dubai, Newspapers, Maryam Bin Fahad, Tunisia, Online Censorship, Dubai Press Club, Iraq, Lebanon, Arab Media Forum 2012, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Digital Media, Arab, Deloitte, Saudi Arabia, Arab Media Outlook, Tv, Iphone, Qatar, Ipad, Magazines, Syria, Libya, World News
Magda Abu-Fadil

It's become an annual must read to take the pulse of where they are, but this year's edition of "Arab Media Outlook 2011-2015" (AMO) goes further to s...

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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
Renee Blodgett

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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Six Degrees Of Separation

Myrdith Leon Mccormack | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Justiin-Davis, Noami Campbell, Victor Demarchelier, Jordin Sparks, Manicurists, Qatar, Liv Tyler, Fashion Week, Bv-Fashion-and-Beauty, Iman, Wayne Maser, Beverly Johnson, Christy Turlington, Fashion & Beauty, Patrick Demarchelier, Fashion, Tyra Banks, South Beach, Annie Leibovitz, Black Voices News
Myrdith Leon Mccormack

It's been said that there are six degrees of separation between every two individuals on the planet. This statement no longer holds true. With today's technology, the entire world is at our fingertips. And thank goodness for me as a manicurist, that's a lot of hands to be done.

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DFI Presents Groundbreaking: The Virgin, the Copts and Me at Tribeca

E. Nina Rothe | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Doha Tribeca Film Festival, Doha Film Institute, The Virgin the Copts and Me, Tribeca Film Festival 2012, Namir Abdel Messeeh, Qatar, Andrew Lund, MENA Region, Chadi Zeneddine, The Virgin the Copts and Me Tribeca, Tribeca Film Festival, Culture News
E. Nina Rothe

Ultimately, The Virgin, the Copts and Me is about what it portrays but also what it conveys. Each audience member at that screening came away with a very personal feeling. Mine was a resolve to continue to believe in the magical power of cinema.

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Top 5 Sports Stories

Len Berman | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Stan Musial, Taiwan, Jeremy Lin, Qatar Olympics, Qatar, Albert Pujols, Los Angeles Angels, President Ma Ying-Jeou, New York News
Len Berman

They've got a bunch of billboards in Southern California. The Angels are trumpeting the arrival of Albert Pujols with "El Hombre" (The Man). One person doesn't care for it. Albert Pujols.

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'The Scream' And Other Shockingly Expensive Works Of Art

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Nude Green Leaves and Bust, The Card Players, Expressionism, The Scream, Art, Norway, Pablo Picasso, Art Market, Edvard Munch, Christie's, Paul Cezanne, Qatar, Sotheby's, Business News

With an estimated price tag of more than $80 million, some may gawk right back at Edvard Munch's "The Scream," the iconic painting to be auctioned in ...

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Did Hamas Cave-in for Practical or Financial Reasons or Both?

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Jordan, Iran, Terrorism, Foreign Affairs, Fatah, Abbas, Israel, Hamas, Qatar, Fayyad, Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas Gaza, Hamas Movement, Syria, World News
Daoud Kuttab

While the agreement in Doha was not the first public display of reconciliation between leaders of the largest Palestinian factions, many felt that this time, the agreement was for real. Why?

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How the UN Isolated Russia, China, on Syria's Uprising

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Egypt, Syria Crackdown, UK Mark Lyall Grant, Saudi Arabia, Prof. Uzi Rabi, UN General Assembly, Russia, Israel, Obama Administration, Arab League, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe, Navi Pillay, Qatar, Syria, World News
Evelyn Leopold

The U.N. General Assembly told the Syrian government to stop shooting unarmed protestors and isolated its key supporter, Russia, in adopting a resolution that had at least 137 "yes" votes and only 12 against.

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PHOTOS: Racing Horses Toward Modernity In Qatar

Diana Untermeyer | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Qatar Travel, International Destinations, Middle East Travel, Middle East, Slidefreestyle, Travel Blogs, Qatar, Destinations, Travel News
Diana Untermeyer

Within a week of arriving in Doha in the steamy August heat, I was rubbing noses with horses at the Emir's famous Al Shaqab Stud.

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Takashi Murakami's Ego Is Larger Than Life

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Massara | Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: Murakami Art, Video, Otaku, Anime, Takashi Murakami, Al Riwaq Exhibition Hall, Ego, Japan, Qatar, Japanese Art, Arts News

Who would have thought otaku culture would make it to the Middle East? Takashi Murakami's latest exhibition, aptly titled "Ego," opens today in Do...

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The Invisible Arab: As Not Seen on TV

Eunice Roque | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Egypt, Turkey, President Obama, Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera Empire, Nation Books, Marwan Bishara, Arab Awakening, Ben Ali, The Invisible Arab, Dick Cheney, Iran, Arab Spring, Arabs, Condoleezza Rice, Middle East, Al Jazeera English, Mubarak, President George W. Bush, Qatar, Books News
Eunice Roque

They took everyone by surprise, including themselves," reads the introduction to The Invisible Arab: The Promise and Peril of the Arab Revolution, a new book by Marwan Bishara, Senior Political Analyst for Al Jazeera English.

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Quand Marine Le Pen invente le nouvel ennemi de la France

Stanislas Kraland | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Marine Le Pen, Docu-Fiction, Euro, Télévision, Qatar, M6 Capital, Video, France News
Stanislas Kraland

Dimanche soir, M6 nous refait un peu le coup de la RTBF avec la fin de la Belgique. M6 rentre en campagne avec un numéro spécial du magazine économique Capital. Au programme de cette soirée choc: un docu-fiction réaliste sur la fin de l'euro, suivi d'un débat avec Marine Le Pen. Pour la candidate du Front National, l'occasion de désigner un nouvel ennemi: le Qatar.

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Can You Guess The Price?

Posted 02.03.2012

Read More: Victor Wiener, The Card Players, Post-Impressionism, Cubism, Video, Cezanne, Impressionism, Vanity Fair, Royal Family of Qatar, Paul Cezanne, Qatar, Arts News

Hold onto your hats ladies and gentlemen, the art world has a new record holder for most expensive piece of artwork. The royal family of Qatar reporte...

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Syria: Russia-West Argue It Out; Damascus Waits It Out

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Jean-Marie-Guehenno, Morocco, Libya War, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Russia, Arab League, UN Security Council, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe, British Foreign Secretary William Hague, Syria Violence, Qatar, Syria, World News
Evelyn Leopold

Western nations in the U.N. Security Council have two choices on Syria: soften the wording on their resolution that asks the Syrian president to delegate his "full authority" to his deputy or face a Russian-Chinese veto.

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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
Todd Reisz

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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Alcohol Ban Raises Specter of Problems for Qatar's Hosting of 2022 World Cup

James Dorsey | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Qatar 2022, Qatar World Cup, Qatar World Cup 2022, Qatar, Qatar Alcohol Ban, World News
James Dorsey

A ban on alcohol on Qatar's man-made island highlights domestic opposition to some of the Gulf state's more forward looking policies, as well as freedoms for soccer fans it is expected to host during the 2022 World Cup.

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Is Peace With the Taliban Possible?

Jayshree Bajoria | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Afghan Peace Talks, Taliban, Qatar, Taliban Talks, Afghanistan, Afghan Taliban, Marc Grossman, Afghanistan War, Pakistan, 9/11, World News
Jayshree Bajoria

Taliban peace talks are riddled with challenges: the Taliban has sought the release of at least five senior Taliban leaders from the Guantanamo Bay prison and poor Afghan governance continues to undermine a lasting solution.

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U.S. Public Diplomacy and the Arab Islamists

Philip Seib | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Egypt, Islam, Freedom and Justice Party, Islamists, Public Diplomacy, Qatar, US Foreign Policy, Ennahda Party, Obama Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy, World News
Philip Seib

The Islamists who were once viewed as adversaries by American policymakers are now in the mainstream of Arab politics. In Egypt and other Arab states, their efforts are helping to stabilize emerging democracies. U.S. public diplomacy needs to catch up with this new reality.

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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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Report: Gay Kenyan Men Being Trafficked In Arab Gulf Sex Trade

Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Kenya Gay Community, LGBT Rights, Kenya Gay Sex Trafficking, Gay Sex Trafficking, Kenya Gay Rights, Sex Trafficking, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Gay Voices News

A Kenya-based gay publication is shedding new light on the nation's clandestine gay and bisexual male population, menbers of which are being lured int...

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Taliban To Open Office In Qatar

AP | RAHIM FAIEZ and PATRICK QUINN | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Islamic Militants, Video, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Middle East, Terrorism, Afghanistan War End, Islamic Extremists, Taliban Peace Talks, Taliban, Qatar, Afghan Taliban, Ap, World News, Afghanistan War, World News

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Afghan Taliban said Tuesday they have reached a preliminary deal with the Gulf state of Qatar to open a liaison office there...

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