What happens when lightning strikes the Qatar desert ? Just as rain on the sea ... Brings oysters to receive the raindrops that will grow in...

Salukis : Son of the Desert, Wind Drinker, Daughter of the Tent and Desert Eye - just some of the names the Saluki has been called by its ...

I was in line at the basement of the City Centre, waiting to pay my wife's parking fine. (If you need to pay a fine, by the way, and a...

In the final of a series of articles for QatarVisitor.com on freedom of speech and the press in Qatar, Yousra Samir talks to Tim Sebastian i...

Do you keep your alcohol receipts? To be honest, I am the sort of person who loses receipts within several hours of receiving them. But afte...

In our second article on falconry Fran Gillespie, author of Discovering Qatar, writes about falconry in Qatar. She takes us through from the...

Rumours are spreading round Facebook that Thai Snack is set to shut. The event may seem unimportant on a country level, but this is a small...

Whilst researching an article for QatarVisitor.com in Spain John finds outrageous lies in an attempt by Spanish Catholics to defend their de...

Branson rode into Doha on a jetski yesterday, shooting out a plume of red and white smoke (from the jet-ski, not Branson!), heralding yet an...

Cecilia Francisco, the Qatar based Canadian artist, is holding an exhibition of her work at the Yama Yoga Studios, which is located at Garv...

So, Qatar bought Harrods. At a cool one point five billion it wasn't cheap - until you consider the potential of the brand in the Middle...

In our latest article on the website, Yousra Samir finds out how the Qatari people managed to keep clean, beautiful and fragrant in a time b...