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September 10th, 2008

Sympathy and Support for Qatari student killed in the UK

Mohamed Nanabhay · 22:06 · Middle East & North Africa

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A 16-year-old Qatari student visiting Britain died as a result of head injuries sustained when he was attacked by local youth. Mohamed Al-Majed was in Hastings, East Sussex, attending an English language course. The circumstances of the death are still under investigation but the police “are treating his death as a murder inquiry, and are investigating it as racially motivated at this time.” Reactions out of Qatar have been strong. 1 comment · read »

June 24th, 2008

“Qatar's greatest football moment…”

Mohamed Nanabhay · 15:25 · Middle East & North Africa

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Football fans in Qatar were ecstatic over the Qatari national teams 1-0 win over Iraq in a World Cup qualifier. Greeker described it as "Qatar's greatest football moment..." writing: 75th minute, Said Bachir heads in a goal. A moment frozen in time. QATAR lives its greatest moment in international football. This crucial victory comes ... 0 comments · read »

April 30th, 2008

Qatar: Online Community Comes to the Aid of Workers

Mohamed Nanabhay · 16:32 · Middle East & North Africa

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Qatar Living members are rallying to help an offline community of 600 workers who have lost all their belongings after a devastating fire broke out in their labour camp, writes Mohamed Nanabhay, from Doha, Qatar. 1 comment · read »

February 18th, 2008

Editorial Transparency in Qatar

Mohamed Nanabhay · 22:21 · Middle East & North Africa

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A misunderstanding around the safety of bottle water in Qatar (it's fine!) has led to an interesting conversation about the quality of the English language press in Qatar. Comments were passed back and forth between between a commenter on Qatar Living (tallg) and the Managing Editor of a local English newspaper in Qatar, writes Mohamed Nanabhay. 0 comments · read »

October 25th, 2007

Middle East & North Africa

PeacefulMuslimah, who lives in Qatar, was just divorced via an SMS text message from her husband. She has: “lots of questions rattling around in my head but not a lot of answers…”

October 8th, 2007

Middle East & North Africa

Gypsy was shocked to find someone sunbathing in a bikini in the parking lot of a popular shopping centre in Doha. She writes that “laying out in your bikini in a busy parking lot with labourers and women in hijab and abaya walking by you DURING RAMADAN is the most disrespectful thing I have ever witnessed in Qatar.“