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Housing ‘village’ for thousands of Qatar workers planned in Wukair
DarunaDaruna neighborhood A Qatar-based company has said it plans to start construction on a 6,000-bed labor camp outside Doha this year. The announcement comes as more contractors here are finding...
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PHOTOS: A look inside Education City’s glittering new mosque
All photos by Chantelle D’mello Three years after breaking ground, the Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies has officially opened Education City’s first mosque. Inaugural Friday prayer services were held...
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PHOTOS: Qatar Foundation’s Class of 2015 steps into the future
All photos by Faizan Shakir Hundreds of university students in Qatar celebrated the end of term paper deadlines, all-nighters and other school stresses last night during the Qatar Foundation...
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Fire at Qatar Foundation continues to smolder 12 hours later
Peter KovessyFire at Qatar Foundation With reporting from Lesley Walker and Marium Saeed An overnight fire has ripped through a construction office property on the western edge of Education City,...
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Qatar Foundation staff arrested on bribery charges after police sting
arwcheek / FlickrFor illustrative purposes only. Two high-ranking Qatar Foundation (QF) employees accused of soliciting a bribe in exchange for renewing an insurance company’s contract began court...
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Three Qatar projects shortlisted for World Building of the Year award
Chantelle D'melloQatar Faculty of Islamic Studies mosque The striking new Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies (QFIS) complex in Education City, along with two other architectural projects in the country,...
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Court convicts two Qatar Foundation employees of soliciting bribe
arwcheek / FlickrFor illustrative purposes only. A judge has sentenced two senior Qatar Foundation (QF) employees to five years in jail and ordered them to jointly pay a QR3 million (US$823,916) fine...
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Sheikha Moza: World should be patient with Qatar
WISHSheikha Moza Qatar may not be changing as fast the world would like, but the slow and steady pace is being managed so that “our young people understand and know how to deal with it,” Qatar’s former...
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First people mover trams making their way to Qatar, Siemens says
SiemensThe trams prepare to leave Germany The first batch of trams for Qatar Foundation’s upcoming people mover system has been shipped out of Germany and is heading to the Doha Port, engineering...
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UCL Qatar backtracks after some female staff paid less than men
UCL Qatar / FacebookPhoto for illustrative purposes only. University College London (UCL) Qatar, the local branch of one of the UK’s most prestigious universities, has admitted to an “anomaly” in its...
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American Muslim clockmaking teen accepts invite from QF to visit Doha
FacebookAhmed Mohamed Updated at 7:30pm with statement from Qatar Foundation A 14-year-old boy arrested in Texas for building a clock that was thought to be a hoax bomb will be heading to Doha next...
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QF Radio to come out of hiatus with second relaunch in a year
OCV Photo / FlickrPhoto for illustrative purposes only. After spending a few months retooling its offerings, QF Radio has announced it will return to the airwaves on Sunday, Oct. 25 with three times...
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Clockmaking American teen Ahmed Mohamed, family moving to Qatar
QFAhmed Mohamed and family during QF tour. The 14-year-old Texas student who was recently arrested on suspicion of making a hoax bomb has accepted a scholarship from Qatar Foundation and will move here...
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Qatar Foundation plans massive golf course in Education City
Qatar FoundationQatar International Golf ClubAn 18-hole championship golf course, five-star hotel and public park are part of a massive new luxury development that’s being planned in “the heart of...
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Michelle Obama to make inaugural visit to Qatar next week
DFID/FlickrMichelle Obama The First Lady of the United States will take her first official trip to Qatar next week as part of a short Middle East tour to promote her global education initiative for...
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Report: Qatar Foundation plans to build new school for gifted kids
QFQatar Foundation Young Innovators Program On the heels of adding Texas teen Ahmed Mohamed to its young innovators program, Qatar Foundation is now working on opening a new school for talented...
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Two Qatar projects win awards at World Architecture Festival
Chantelle D'melloQatar Faculty of Islamic Studies mosque The striking Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies (QFIS) complex in Education City and a proposed new center for children with complex medical needs...
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Qatari graffiti artists make their mark with new cultural installation
Chantelle d'MelloArt installation at Qatar Academy A giant, permanent graffiti installation that paints a picture of Qatari life using contemporary imagery is nearing completion on the wall of a school...
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Early plans for Qatar’s Education City rejected, Sheikha Moza says
Sam Agnew/FlickrEducation City The collection of foreign universities that comprise Qatar’s Education City today was originally intended to be far less diverse, according to the country’s former first...
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Bloomsbury, Qatar Foundation end publishing agreement
Karoly Czifra/FlickrPhoto for illustrative purposes only. Seven years after first announcing their partnership, British publishing house Bloomsbury and Qatar Foundation have decided to part ways,...
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