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Social Change
Monday 1st of March 2010Social Change is happening all around us. It can occur slowly and steadily, maintaining the stability of a social system. Or it can occur spontaneously and violently, damaging the original social system in the process. In recent years, the Women Leaders Program of the World Economic Forum has been focused on supporting the adv...
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The Modern Woman
Monday 8th of February 2010Since the time I grew up in India’s capital and metropolitan city of New Delhi, I have been watching women undergoing their eternal chase towards modernity. When I moved to the Gulf about five years back, things were no different; only faces were! And now this contest has given me an opportunity to delve into this subject and give i...
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Amna Asaad: A Planned Future
Tuesday 26th of January 2010Growing up in a country that has embraced ongoing cultural reformation inevitably altered my cultural perspective; my views diverged from those of my elders. I was raised knowing that I have control of my life, a cultural freedom that would have been nonexistent having not been born and raised in Qatar. Today, a woman’s education, c...
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VIPS OPEN DOHA TRADE FAIR 2010
Sunday 17th of January 2010685 exhibitors selling outrageous bargains to 160,000 visitors Trade Fair visitors add QR5 million to Qatar economy Bargains for everyone…including suits and ties for VIPs! Doha, Qatar, 17 January 2010: VIPs representing several embassy’s in Qatar attended the Opening Ceremony of Qatar’s largest shopping festival &n...
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Doha Trade Fair shopping bonanza on track for 17 January opening
Tuesday 12th of January 2010160,000 visitors and 685 traders selling direct to public at Doha Exhibition Center from 17 to 24 January 2010 Exciting events, offers and promotions at Qatar’s #1 shopping festival Bargain hungry shoppers are guaranteed a fantastic start to the 2010 as final preparations are being made for the Doha Trade Fair - Qatar’...
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Fulfilling Promises Delivering for the Future
Wednesday 16th of December 2009By all accounts, the region’s biggest real estate convention – Cityscape – held in Dubai a few weeks ago was a depressing reminder of the global recession. A shadow of its former self, the convention rented far less space and showcased far fewer eye-popping architectural wonders. The projects on display have ...
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Female Obesity in Qatar
Sunday 13th of December 2009Over the last 30 years, the state of Qatar has witnessed major socio-economic developments leading to significant changes in standards of living and life style. The change into a more affluent society has led to many unhealthy dietary habits. These have contributed to the magnitude of diseases among women in Qatar. Among these are obesity...
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Art thou An English Speaker?
Thursday 3rd of December 2009English is the second language spoken in the State of Qatar and has gained remarkable popularity amongst nationals across all generations and between both sexes. Similar to any other theme of discussion, and with such unfathomed popularity, English has both positive and negative impact. Using English words within Arabic conversations has ...
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Qatar: The Land of Opportunities
Monday 16th of November 2009Currently, I am studying at Weill Cornell Medical College-Qatar, one of the best medical colleges in the world. Ten years ago, my doing this would have been considered a mere dream. However, the dramatic changes in education in Qatar were pivotal to my life and will hopefully be to my future also. One day when I was in the 7th grade, the ...
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Overheard Conversations
Monday 16th of November 2009“Are you wearing that?” Bodies have new meanings here. The signifiers are different. Living in a crowded American city, I once experienced other people’s bodies as peripheral surfaces within a field of other surfaces: walls and windows, glass and concrete, skin, coats, metal, asphalt. Here, bodies are visible to me, esp...
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