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Reimagining pottery in the desert: tradition meets creativity in Doha

Indonesian ceramicist returns to Qatar for a residency that builds on the legacy of the 2023 Year of Culture to collaborate and reimagine clay’s place in society.

The wheel spins, hands join, and the clay changes shape. The form holds until it does not.

For Francisca Puspitasari “Kika”, pottery mirrors life. “You do your best,” she says, “and then you wait. When you open the kiln, you don’t know what you’ll find.”

It is how she approaches her craft: to guide but not control, to accept what em...

The rookie who brought Argentinian noise back to Lusail

Two years after Messi lifted the World Cup in Lusail, Argentinians put their faith in a rookie F1 driver to win — or at least try to.

Cheers and chants start as soon as a blue car zooms past the third turn. The phones go up to capture the moment, although it goes by quickly at the Lusail International Circuit. Then, the anticipation is spent chanting and some of them sound familiar to the ones that rang two years ago — until the Williams Racing car shows up again.

“Muchachos, ahora nos volvimo...

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Qatar in talks with IOC over hosting 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games

The country’s latest bid to host the games stands on track record as successful hosts and cross-border legacy promises.

Qatar is in talks with the International Olympic Committee to stage the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games in what will be the first for a Middle Eastern country, should the bid come to fruition.

The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) confirmed that it is participating in “ongoing discussions with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as part of the new Host City election proce...

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Leaders join Qatar’s Amir in slamming Israel’s attack, call for action at Arab-Islamic Summit — as it happened

Qatar hosted leaders from across the Arab and Islamic world on Monday for the emergency summit in the aftermath of Israel’s attack in Doha.

Dozens of leaders from the Arab and Islamic countries joined Qatar’s Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in condemning Israel’s attack targeting Hamas compound in Doha last week at the emergency Arab-Islamic Summit on Monday.

Describing Israeli actions as “blatant, shameless, and cowardly,” the Amir said his country was determined to preserve sovereignty...

Israeli strike kills five Hamas negotiators, one Lekhwiya officer in Doha — as it happened

Israel attacked residential complexes in Doha’s Legtaifiya, killing five Hamas members and an Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya) officer on Tuesday afternoon.

Plumes of smoke rose in the Qatari capital shortly after multiple explosions were heard as Israel targeted members of the Palestinian movement’s political bureau, an act described by Qatar’s Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs as a “treacherous” one.

Earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had assumed full responsib...

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