Culture of Muslim Community
Living in the Middle East one does become accustomed to various traditions and customs surrounding Muslim life. Strict dress codes and religious practices become acceptable after a few years and you begin to stop noticing and marveling at the lives of your Arabian counterparts. However, there are still aspects of the culture that don’t rest…
“Non-Muslim Section” the sign read. Being non-Muslim and human, I just had to take a look behind the beaded streamers at the rear of the local supermarket. Coming from the fairly stringent Muslim society of Doha, the slightly more liberal laws of Abu Dhabi were welcome. Since arrival in Abu Dhabi four weeks ago, it…
Born into a society that sells alcohol in every local convenience shop and supermarket, every day of the week and that also has designated alcohol stores, like, party shops, wine retailers and of course the run of the mill off-license, it can feel a little like strange living in Doha and not having the same…
Allah u Akbar! It’s four thirty in the morning and these words start the five minute chant that resonates around the locality as the first Muslim call to prayer of the day. In Qatar the call to prayer can be heard five times a day from every Mosque in Doha. It is Muslim law that…
You just need to walk through Villagio, Landmark or City Centre shopping malls and take stock of the people and their girth to realise that there is an obesity problem in Qatar. Rated six in the top ten countries of “growing obesity” in the world, Qatar is sure to have resulting health issues in the…
Aqua park Doha was the chosen location for this week’s family day out. The long awaited outdoor water park opened in Qatar last September and has been the focus of much discussion, in our house and among the expat community in general. With family activity being limited in Qatar, the water park was welcomed with…
None. That would be an accurate description of the road user’s etiquette Qatar. With an accident happening every 30 minutes in Doha, it’s a minefield and every time you make it home from the supermarket in one piece you should drop to the floor and give thanks to the Almighty or perhaps, Allah, as he…
Affordable service is one of the most attractive attributes of living in Doha. Qatar offers every conceivable service at the affordable prices and many straight to your door. A hand at the supermarket checkout to fill the bags, help out to the car with the trolley and they’ll even throw it in the boot for…
Sunshine, sand and sea, you’d think that combination should pretty much deliver the same outcome every time, however at the day at the beach in Qatar couldn’t be further from a day in Garrettstown or Spanish Point. Qatar is a peninsula off Saudi Arabia and being one of the hottest locations on earth you would…
Living in the Middle East for the past year as an expatriate delivers an appreciation of friends, so you can imagine my delight when a friend from home Skyped me to say she was in Dubai and was going to pop over to Doha for a night or two. How cosmopolitan. She informed me that…
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