The Qatar Sports Film Festival (QSFF), the first of its kind in the region, concluded yesterday Saturday 25 May 2013 at ALRIWAQ DOHA exhibition space. Organised by The Youth Company, a social enterprise for youth development, and the Qatar Olympic & Sports Museum, under the patronage of FICTS (Fédération Internationale Cinéma Télévision Sportifs), the two-day […]
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Marhaba’s Guide to the Week 26 May – 29 May 2013
Doha Fashion Festival New Line Media will be launching the first mega fashion show in Qatar, the Doha Fashion Festival. Abed Mahfouz, Walid Attallah, Rami Kadi and many other fashion designers will introduce their new spring/summer collection to the guests and attendees throughout the show duration. In addition, Lebanese super star Merriam Fares will be […]
Aspire Buildings Go Green
Following the recycling of 40,000 kg of paper, Aspire Zone Foundation (AZF) announced that green building guidelines will be applied across all AZF structures. In addition, AZF has banned the use of harmful chemicals in all its facilities and venues, using only environmentally friendly alternatives for cleaning and maintenance. Abdulaziz Al Mahmoud, Director General of […]
Summer Multi Activity Week at Sherborne Qatar
Sherborne Qatar will hold a Summer Multi Activity Week from 30 June to 4 July 2013. The fun packed week covers exciting activities including sports, art & craft, cookery, and iPad movie making. Date: 30 June to 4 July 2013 Time: 8 am to 2 pm Location: Sherborne Qatar Booking in advance is essential, QR1250 […]
Summer programme at Fun First Nursery
Fun First Nursery has some exciting events lined up for this summer! The nursery has announced a five-day Summer School Programme to be held in four batches in July 2013. Activities include: Let’s Bake Sundays Art Attack Mondays Water Fun @ The Ritz Tuesdays Wacky Wednesdays Messy Thursdays The programme is open for 1 – […]
Texas A&M at Qatar Receives Top National Research Awards
Texas A&M at Qatar was recognised with 17 research awards at the Qatar National Research Fund’s (QNRF) 5th annual forum. The awards represent $17.8 million in research funding under QNRF’s 6th cycle of the National Priorities Research Programme (NPRP). The programme also recognised the engineering university’s faculty and staff with two accolades, ‘Best Researcher of […]
Georgetown Students Return from Ethiopia Mission
Thirteen SFS-Q students spent nine days in Ethiopia studying the impact of land policy and agriculture in the economic development of the country. In addition, they also focused on the important role that women play in the nations’ development. The trip was organized under the University’s Community Engagement Programme (CEP). The CEP is an SFS-Q […]
Georgetown Student Wins HBKU Student Leader of the Year Award
Indeewaree Thotawattage, a Georgetown student, is this year’s recipient of the Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) Student Leader of the Year award. HBKU is the emerging research university that partners with eight international universities at Education City, one of which is Georgetown University. Indee, a rising senior at Georgetown, said: It felt great to be […]
QFBA Unveils ‘Kawader’ Programme
Qatar Finance and Business Academy (QFBA), the country’s top financial services training provider, unveiled its new programme ‘Kawader’ in a press conference held on 16 May 2013 at QFBA’s headquarters in West Bay. QFBA’s unique initiative targets Qatari students attending universities or colleges in their third year as well as fresh graduates in order to […]
INJAZ Qatar to Host ‘Mubadara 2013’
INJAZ Qatar, a non-profit organisation and member of Junior Achievement (JA) Worldwide, will be hosting Mubadara 2013, the organisation’s Sixth Annual Young Enterprise of the Year competition on 22 May and 23 May 2013 at Katara. Mubadara, which means ‘initiative’ in Arabic, is the name for INJAZ Qatar’s annual Young Enterprise of the Year competition. […]
Hepatitis C Virus a Major Challenge, Says WCMC-Q Expert
An expert at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMC-Q), Dr Laith Abu Raddad, said that about 150 million people are chronically infected and at risk of developing liver cirrhosis and/or liver cancer, and more than 350,000 people die from Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) related liver diseases every year. Addressing the monthly Medicine & U […]
ROTA Hosts Reflection Event for RAEL Programme
Reach Out To Asia (ROTA), Qatar’s leading educational not-for-profit organisation, hosted a reflection event on 14 May 2013 at the Education City to recognise the outstanding achievements of Education City’s low-skilled workers and volunteer student tutors who participated in ROTA’s Adult English Literacy (RAEL) Programme. The RAEL Reflection Event at the Education City Student Centre […]
Marhaba’s Guide to the Week 19 May – 22 May 2013
Italian Treat at Medi Pamper your taste-buds with the flavours of Italy at Medi, The Village. The speciality restaurant Medi features Chef Salvatore Salis who has been specially flown in from Italy. On this occasion, guests can enjoy a set menu lunch for QR95 and the El Mercado style dinner buffet for QR155. Date: 9 May – 25 May […]
Marhaba’s Guide to the Weekend 16 May – 18 May 2013
What’s on this weekend? Well, a lot as usual. The highlights of this weekend are the International Wedding Exhibition and Fashion Show Doha (IWED 2013), the first Perfume Exhibition Qatar and Egyptian pop star Tamer Hosny performing live in Al Gassar Resort. There’s a lot more to please any taste – art exhibitions, sports activities, […]
QNRF Awards US $121mn to National Priority Projects
Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) has announced new research grants worth a total of US $121 million, under its flagship funding programme, the National Priorities Research Program (NPRP). The announcement came in the eagerly-anticipated finale of QNRF’s fifth Annual Forum, held on the morning of Tuesday 14 May 2013 at Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC), […]
QMA Celebrates International Museum Day 2013
To mark International Museum Day, Qatar Museums Authority (QMA) will hold on Thursday 16 May 2013 at the auditorium of the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) a public conference highlighting the theme of the celebration for this year: ‘Museums (memory + creativity) = social change’. On this occasion, QMA is organising a competition for the […]
ROTA Volunteers Reflect on Cambodia Experience
Reach Out To Asia (ROTA) celebrated the success of its recent volunteer trip to Cambodia by hosting a Reflection Event on Monday 13 May 2013 for volunteers, parents and school officials involved in the visit. Student volunteers, parents, teachers and school officials took part in an inspirational event at the Museum of Islamic Art as […]
Over 65% of Students Have The Power to Reduce Cheating
Over 65% of students have the power to reduce cheating, according to a survey that a group of educators and students from Hamad bin Khalifa University (HBKU), a member of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, and its partners have been working on to promote academic integrity. The group included Dr Kai-Henrik Barth […]
Ooredoo and CMU-Q Announce Research Partnership
Sheikh Saud bin Nasser Al Thani, CEO of Ooredoo, and Ilker Baybars, Dean and CEO of Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), announced the new partnership between Ooredoo and CMU-Q at a signing ceremony in Ooredoo Tower on Sunday 12 May 2013. Through this partnership, Ooredoo and CMU-Q will collaborate on scientific research, and offer […]
WCMC-Q Foundation Program Students Honoured
The goal of becoming a qualified physician moved a little closer for 16 students at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMC-Q) on 6 May 2013 as they celebrated completing the university’s Foundation Program. The students were presented with certificates of completion in front of an audience of their parents and faculty members, including college […]
