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The Museum of Islamic Art ( MIA) is a museum on one end of the seven-kilometer-long (4.3 mi) Corniche in Doha, Qatar. As per the architect I. M. Pei's specifications, the museum is built on an island off an artificial projecting peninsula near the traditional dhow harbor. A purpose-built park surrounds the edifice on the eastern and southern ...
Doha ( Arabic: الدوحة, romanized : ad-Dawḥa [adˈduħa] or ad-Dūḥa) is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor, it is home to most of the country's population. [1]
The Doha Corniche ( Arabic: كورنيش الدوحة) is a waterfront promenade extending for seven kilometres (4.3 mi) along the crescent-shaped Doha Bay in Qatar's capital city, Doha. [1] Annual celebrations of national holidays such as Qatar National Day and National Sports Day are centered on the Doha Corniche. [2] [3] It is a popular ...
Kawhi Anthony Leonard (/ k ə ˈ w aɪ / kə-WHY; born June 29, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A two-time NBA champion , he is a six-time All-Star and a five-time member of the All-NBA Team (including three First Team selections).
The Pearl Island, when completed. The Pearl Island ( Arabic: جزيرة اللؤلؤة, romanized : jazirat alluwlua) in Doha, Qatar, is an artificial island with an area of nearly four square kilometers. It is the first land in Qatar to be available for freehold ownership by foreign nationals. [4] As of 2018, there were 27,000 residents.
The Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan, commonly known as the United States–Taliban deal or the Doha Accord, [1] was a peace agreement signed by the United States and the Taliban on 29 February 2020 in Doha, Qatar, to bring an end to the 2001–2021 war in Afghanistan. [2] [3] Negotiated for the US by Zalmay Khalilzad for the Trump ...
Al Sadd (Qatar) / 25.28611°N 51.50472°E / 25.28611; 51.50472. Al Sadd ( Arabic: اَلسَّدّ, romanized : As Sadd) is a neighborhood of Doha, the capital city of Qatar. As one of the country's oldest surviving mixed-use districts, the neighborhood is home to hundreds of families and residences, and several malls are also found in ...
Ad-Dawhah (municipality) / 25.28667°N 51.53333°E / 25.28667; 51.53333. Ad-Dawhah ( Arabic: الدوحة, ad-Dawḥa or ad-Dōḥa, [addawħa]) is one of the eight municipalities of Qatar. It is the most populous municipality with a population of 1,186,023 in 2020, [2] [3] and is the municipality of Qatar's capital city, Doha .