Museum of Islamic Art in Doha was awarded “Overall Project of the Year” at the 2nd Annual Middle East Architect Awards.

Divorce in Gulf societies is one of the issues being discussed at the Doha Colloquium on “strengthening marriage and family,” which begins in Malta today.

Qatar has chalked out a master plan for the development of tourism in the country, which is expected to become a major destination in three to five years, Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) chairman Ahmed Abdullah M al-Nuaimi said.

The weather in Qatar will be relatively hot and humid with slight haze.

After six years of searching, the Friends of the Environment Center Qatar has discovered 16 kinds of insects previously unknown to the world. Confirmed by a group of French scientists, two of the newly-identified insects have been named after Qatar and Mesaieed, names they will be referred to with wherever they are sighted in the world.

Doha Enterprise Company, in association with the US Commercial Service at the US embassy here, will be organising the first “Made in the USA Qatar 2009” exhibition from October 21 to 23.

Environmental group SustainableQatar will hold today their monthly meeting at the Friends of Environment Centre (FEC) with interesting topics on significant global environmental issues up for discussion during a forum.

Qatar Telecom (Qtel) announced it has added four new major sports channels, in partnership with Aljazeera Network.

The Grand Hyatt Doha Hotel yesterday officially opened its Rocca Mediterranean restaurant to add to its portfolio of restaurants. Located next to the hotel’s outdoor pool, Rocca offers a diverse cuisine of the Mediterranean coastline. Specialties from France, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Spain and Turkey constitute the restaurant’s menu.