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Social Divisions in Qatar
In the modernizing nation of Qatar, the differences between the nationals and expatriates can only be contained for so long.
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Eid al Adha in Qatar’s Capital
November 13, 2011
As with Muslims all around the world, Qatar held its own celebrations for Eid al-Adha. Despite the small population of the country, the festivities marking the holiday were very impressive for such a small country. The most celebrations were held at Katara, as evidenced by the massive crowds it drew to its grounds for three […]
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Georgetown’s Tea Boy
October 14, 2011
While the tea boy profession has largely evaporated from the Western workplace, it is alive and well in Qatar, where tea boys like Yogesh are an essential member of any workplace.
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Doha’s Souq Waqif Through a Tailor’s Eyes
September 23, 2011
In the past decade of aggressive modernization in Doha, change happens overnight. A road will be a dirt path one day and then a four lane highway the next. But for one tailor in Doha, he continues to live in Doha the same way he has for the past 30 years.
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Mission Statement
September 13, 2011
With the start of yet another new journalism course, the new subject matter to learn always seems daunting. It becomes especially more so when it involves physically and emotionally labourious tasks like taking photographs and filming in public places. While photography is something that has been something I’ve had a natural ability with more or […]
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Japan: First time a tsunami has been seen from the air?
March 17, 2011
Over the past week, everybody across the world has been glued to some source of information, be it television, radio, internet or newspapers to get the latest in the unfolding catastrophe taking place in Japan. What was interesting was that the earthquake and possibility of a tsunami was reported with reasonably adequate time for residents […]
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A New Era?
February 17, 2011
The only thing that any news agency these days has been talking about has been the revolution that has taken place in Egypt. For people outside the region, the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak may not be something worth covering for so long. But for the Middle East and the Muslim world, the overthrow of Mubarak […]
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The Artistic Journalist
February 17, 2011
Zena Al Tahhan, a freshman majoring in journalism at Northwestern University in Qatar, has a hidden talent – she is a very proficient artist. While she has not been able to allow her artistic nature to flourish in the curriculum prepared for students of the Medill School of Journalism, she certainly has not abandoned it. […]
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Visit to Al Jazeera Thoughts
February 1, 2011
“You have joined the ranks of presidents and director-generals,” Sutnam Mathura, the Director of Communications and International Relations, told us students from Northwestern University in Qatar, addressing the inevitable complaints all of us had about the security procedures entering the Al Jazeera’s Doha news station. It certainly felt that way for me, minus the security […]
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December 13, 2011
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