Qatar Wedding & House Hunting

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Attended a wedding, from the brother of a colleague: to my surprise only with men (the other female half of the wedding was
going on somewhere else) - and traditional drums and boys chasing each other with swords. An interesting experience indeed.
by Ole Chavannes, 25 september 2011

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Earlier Doha Centre for Media Freedom colleague Astrid had a farewell lunch - got this picture as a present and found two
police men on horses to pose with. Bye Astrid, thank you so much for the perfect preparations!

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The soukh is the market area with lots of carpets, cafes and souvenirs.

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We go 'house hunting': looking for a place to stay when we'll all move here next month. This is the zigzag building.
Funky, but in the elevator I saw a note that warned inhabitants for windows that had fallen out with a bit of wind...

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This view is from the Pearl, a brand new island with beautiful, but pretty tacky apartments - and too expensive for our budget.

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This beach is also artificial - but pretty busy, while it is at least 40C in the sun. The skyline is the business district of Doha,
where I'll start part II of the house hunt soon.

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