[Doha News] Qatar strives to expand honey production, but heat a challenge

Amid plans to move away from its dependency on food imports, Qatar has been experimenting with commercial beekeeping and honey production. Over the past year, the country’s Ministry of Environment has set up about 30 farms in the north, located strategically near indigenous Sidra trees. From their blossoms, bees gather nectar to produce sidr honey, […]

[Doha News] Crowds throng MIA park for Flugtag

Thousands of people turned up to the Museum of Islamic Art Park on Friday to watch some three dozen manmade “flying” machines launch off the pier and into the water, along with their “pilots.” None of the machines went very far, but people seemed thrilled nonetheless to be a part of Qatar’s first RedBull Flugtag event. Throughout […]

Profile: Dive Free

Khaled Mahmoud is a diving instructor at Poseidon Diving Center in Doha, Qatar. He loves diving because it gives him freedom.

Damien Hirst Installations

New Damien Hirst installation outside Sidra Hospital guaranteed to be another “talking point” in Qatar. More photos from the unveiling ceremony here.

[Doha News] PHOTOS: Riding the Doha Bus

Spotted a colorful double decker bus around town? You’ve driven past a Doha Bus, one of the newest additions to Doha’s tourist scene.

Starting from this month, you can tour around the city’s most famous spots riding an open-top bus. Trundling from the airport end of the Corniche all the way to the Pearl, the route takes tourists on a tour of Doha’s past, present and future.

[Doha News] PHOTOS: Roti buns hit Qatar

by Penny Yi Wang Step aside, cupcakes – a veritable family of sugary Asian buns has moved into Doha over the past year, tantalizing many a sweet tooth across the country. PappaRoti, RotiMum, Roti Boy and Roti King are international franchise cafes that specialize in making a type of rich, buttery sweet bun from Malaysia […]

[Doha News] PHOTOS: Umayr’s Little Library

20130509_little_library, a set on Flickr. By Penny Yi Wang The first thing four-year-old Umayr Ansari does when he gets home after school is check his library. He gets so excited when he finds out someone has taken a book, his mother, Yasmin Fathaulla, told Doha News.

[Doha News] Entrepreneurs in Qatar say they aren’t succeeding

Those aspiring to start their own businesses here say many obstacles stand in their path, even though a 2012 Gallup/Silatech report identifies Qatar as one of the Gulf’s largest youth entrepreneurship hubs. The country is home to a plethora of organizations that aim to help entrepreneurs refine their business plans and give them some community recognition, including government-affiliated Enterprise […]

Winners struggle to start up after Al Fikra competition

PROMO TWEET- Young entrepreneurs face challenges to start up after business plan competitions Hundreds of young entrepreneurs have entered the Al Fikra Business Plan Competition since it was established two years ago. However, among the 12 winning plans, only one has officially established as an operating business in Qatar. Al Fikra, run by Enterprise Qatar, […]

Latest draft commercial law doesn’t address concerns

Abraham Kamarck, an American entrepreneur, came to Qatar with excitement in 2010. After reading about Qatar’s vision for the future in the news, he thought his specialty in technology-‐based business might help him. His business aimed to raise funds and invest in startup and high-‐tech projects in the region. Soon he realized that neither private […]

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