In just four days, the Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) team has sold close to 2,000 tickets for the event.

Preparations visible on the grounds of the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) featured a proclamation of the launch of the Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) is marching into town, bringing with it film-makers, celebrities, films, documentaries and fans from all over the world.

The International Furniture and Design Exhibition and Awards (INFDEX) 2009, Qatar’s biggest ever interior design and furniture exhibition, conference and awards, opened bringing along new and revolutionary contemporary furniture and interior designs.

The weather in Qatar will be relatively hot with slight haze and some clouds with a chance of rain to the north.

Sunny Max: 36°C Wind: SW 8-10 KT Humidity: 24% Pressure: 1013mB Visibility: Good 8-10KMs Sunrise: 05:35 Wed. Night: Clear Sky Min: 23°C Sunset: 17:01

The Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC), scheduled to open in the second quarter of 2011 as one of the Middle East’s largest, has won gold at the 2009 Meetings Industry Marketing Awards (MIMA) in London.

The increasing gap between the world’s poor and the rich, rising moral degradation and environmental disasters should be the motives to start constructive dialogue between the three religions - Islam, Christianity and Judaism, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs HE Ahmed bin Abdullah al-Mahmoud said yesterday.

DOHA: The world will witness the photographic skills of children from remote Indonesian, Nepalese and Cambodian villages when Reach Out To Asia (Rota) releases the compilation of their works.

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