Questions About Qatar Thread

[Halawala]

This thread is dedicated to anyone who has any question they would like to know about Qatar. You are free to ask whatever you want, and we will try to answer it. Moderators, can this thread become a sticky?

[Qatar4Ever]

What's the capital of Qatar ?

Just to get things rolling.

[Halawala]

What's the capital of Qatar ?

Just to get things rolling.

Al-Wakra (wakrawibas, you owe me one ;))

[wakrah-wi-bas]

lol! that's so true. al-wakrah used to be the capital of qatar, or @ least the busiest town in the country, while al-bida3 (the capital before doha) was only a small fishing port.

[dave550]

Really!!!I never knew that El Wakra used to be a major city

[Halawala]

I have a question: Does anyone know what they are building near Fudruckers restaurant in Doha, next opposite of the Khalifa Tennis Club? It is circular and spherical and looks like epcot center? Is anyone is Doha, can u check it out?

[zx]

I have a question: Does anyone know what they are building near Fudruckers restaurant in Doha, next opposite of the Khalifa Tennis Club? It is circular and spherical and looks like epcot center? Is anyone is Doha, can u check it out?

New tennis court, I think, I sow a huge court covered from all sides like AL-Sadd stadium in an article, but it looks much better than AL-Sadd stadium, I don't know if they will finish it before the asian games though.

[dave550]

^^^Wow really. Is it gonna be part of the Khalifa Tennis Club?

[Halawala]

The current (tiny) Doha Airport is expanding so it becomes a little bigger by year's end. Does anyone have any pics. It will still not have airbridges but at least it will have more seats!

[Halawala]

This just in: the roads that are currently under construction (airport, suhaim bin hamad, ahmed bin ali) are all temporary roads. Once the ASIAD is over, they will destroy it all, and rebuild them with bridges and tunnels as well. Does anyone know anything about this? This is the stupidest idea so far!

[Kuwait4Ever]

How many gas reserves does qatar have and how many does kuwait have after the discoveries?How many oil reserves does qatar have?

[Pish-REZ-pash]

hows the nighlife in Qatar??? lol

anyways why can' they expand on the current Doha airport coz from what i've seen in pictures there is ample amount of space

[wakrah-wi-bas]

This just in: the roads that are currently under construction (airport, suhaim bin hamad, ahmed bin ali) are all temporary roads. Once the ASIAD is over, they will destroy it all, and rebuild them with bridges and tunnels as well. Does anyone know anything about this? This is the stupidest idea so far!

ya allah sba7 5air. do u have to spoil my day with this news?

[wakrah-wi-bas]

How many gas reserves does qatar have and how many does kuwait have after the discoveries?How many oil reserves does qatar have?
can't give you the exact quantity of gas reserve in qatar, but from what i've heard, it can light all the houses in america for 200 years.

[salman515]

Natural gas - proved reserves 25.77 trillion cu m (2005 thats what the CIA world book says but something wrong with that b/c what i heard b4 it should be like 900 trillion cu m

about the gas in kuwait 35 trillion cu m from this site http://www.middle-east-online.com/kuwait/?id=36573

[Qatar4Ever]

unoffical since there is just so much of it... 900 tcm.. more like 500.. regardless.. to put things in perspective.. shit load of energy.. shit load

[Kuwait4Ever]

yeah sure.Heres another question how many % of qataris are hathar and how many are bedu?Or are you all bedu?

[Qatar4Ever]

What kinds fuck@d up question is that ??

but if you wanna know probably 40% bado 60% hather.

[Kuwait4Ever]

LOL!! calm down man i only wanted to know

[Pish-REZ-pash]

LOL!! calm down man i only wanted to know

tsk tsk tsk not a good question to ask

that's like saying what percentage of Kuwait's population is Holly and Baluchi

BTW how come no one answered my question yet???? :bash: :bash: :bash:

[B-Patriot]

Where are ya from Mr. Pish ??

And whats the percentage of bedu and hathar in Kuwait then...? lol

When we say hathar, and badu, we mean like their origin, right? like not soo much bedu today, right...!?

[dave550]

hows the nighlife in Qatar??? lol

anyways why can' they expand on the current Doha airport coz from what i've seen in pictures there is ample amount of space
Cause the current one sucks and it is very old too

[dave550]

tsk tsk tsk not a good question to ask

that's like saying what percentage of Kuwait's population is Holly and Baluchi

BTW how come no one answered my question yet???? :bash: :bash: :bash:
What do you mean by Holly???
Ohh Hwellah, is it?

[Pish-REZ-pash]

When we say hathar, and badu, we mean like their origin, right? like not soo much bedu today, right...!?

yes that I know but I was using it as a metaphor (i.e not the type of question you would ask in a national census) :)

[Rae]

This just in: the roads that are currently under construction (airport, suhaim bin hamad, ahmed bin ali) are all temporary roads. Once the ASIAD is over, they will destroy it all, and rebuild them with bridges and tunnels as well. Does anyone know anything about this? This is the stupidest idea so far!

Yep, there are a crap-load of roads under works at the moment. I don't know any details, but the road redevelopment plan is separate to the Asian Games - just happens to be going on at the same time - the Qatari government/ Doha council/ whatever have a ten year roadworks plan, and it is just going ahead regardless of the Games...

So, I guess it is possible that - for roads which will be key traffic routes for the Games - if there are still works to be done, they might put in rudimentary and temporary sealed roads just for the Games...? Dunno....

They are also replacing or installing a lot of underground infrastructure beneath the roads (water mains, for example) so a lot of the roads will be pretty much the same (number of lanes etc) as they were before, but just "newer" afterwards...

... is what I have been told. :)

Cheers

[TampaMike]

Why is your country's government dumb enough to give an terrorist group +&30 million?

[smussuw]

because, unlike u, they dont want their nation to starve...

anyway, at least Qatar is brave enough to do that unlike my country :bash:

[shayan]

jup because this nation has human moral and doesnt want people to die. Because they human values.

[Halawala]

Why is your country's government dumb enough to give an terrorist group +&30 million?

Guys, am I missing something? When did Qatar give Israel $30 million? ;)

[wakrah-wi-bas]

he's refering to the $50 million qatar donated to the hamas-led palestinian governement

[smussuw]

he was being sarcastic

[Qatar4Ever]

Because, believe it or not u shit stick, palistinians are humans who need the basic necesities of life. Bravo Qatar. I just hope a close eye will be kept to make sure the money goes to those who need it most not in the pockets of corrupt govt officials.

[meena]

Because, believe it or not u shit stick

Sorry, but that just made me laugh. Your too funni, Q4E! :P

[wakrah-wi-bas]

dream on, qatar4ever, the money w'd goes directly into the pockets of the governemnet officials. haven't you heard lately about the corrupt palestinian officials who embezzled $700 millions of aid money?
well, maybe hamas officials be more honest & trusworthy over aid money, yet, i can't forget their disgraceful stand during 1990 iraqi invasion of kuwait.

some people never learn (and here i'm not talking about hamas) :no:

[Kuwait4Ever]

Yeah during the invasion palestinians under arafat supported saddam and it is said that while iraq was destroying us from the outside the palestinians were destroying us from the inside.

[Halawala]

Yeah during the invasion palestinians under arafat supported saddam and it is said that while iraq was destroying us from the outside the palestinians were destroying us from the inside.

What do you mean by that?

But, that was a long time ago. I THINK that relations have turned better since Kuwait funded many projects in occupied Palestine. But, nevertheless we should help the Palestineans since they are dying and US and Europe have cut fundings. Now I dont know much about Palestinean politics but I think Arafat's gov't stole a lot of money and got rich.

[Kuwait4Ever]

Yes I agree with u completely but my older friends that were in Kuwait during the invasion keep on telling me horrible stories.For example when the invasion was under way palestinians in Kuwait used wreck cars and houses of Kuwaitis.Another friend told me that the palestinians and iraqis used to hang his uncle on a marwaha or banka,switch it on and leave him there.U get my point?And most of the Kuwaitis wont forget that forever.

[dave550]

^^^Not just Kuwaitis, but all khalijis. It was a war that meant to destroy all of us, but thank god that bad days are over now. I am really surprised how kuwaitis were very fast to recover from the war "construction wise"

[Halawala]

^^ Il7amdillah Saddamo is gone forever. Our farm in Qatar was bombed by his rocket. hehe. they put it in the newspaper 16 years ago. Anyway, a lot of war atrocities occured in Kuwait such as rape, torture, and murders. But inshalla it will never happen again.

[margog]

inshallah

[wakrah-wi-bas]

^^ Il7amdillah Saddamo is gone forever. Our farm in Qatar was bombed by his rocket. hehe. they put it in the newspaper 16 years ago. Anyway, a lot of war atrocities occured in Kuwait such as rape, torture, and murders. But inshalla it will never happen again.

7amdullah 3la slamatkom, 56akom al shar.
hope you kept a piece of the Scud missle as souvenir :)

[Halawala]

^^ lool il shar mayeek :) No, actually I dont know what happened with the missile.. :)

[Halawala]

so anybody hear about the changes to the school year calendar. (Its old news)? But is anybody's plans for the summer affected?

[salman515]

moving to new house in the summer inshalla so staying in Doha its gonna be boooooring this summer but good thing that we have the asian games this year

[Halawala]

moving to new house in the summer inshalla so staying in Doha its gonna be boooooring this summer but good thing that we have the asian games this year


mabrook mokadaman, oh, i'll stay in Sharjah until July 20, (until summer school is over) and then get the next avaiaable flight back to Qatar!!! :)

[3ribi]

Because, believe it or not u shit stick, palistinians are humans who need the basic necesities of life. Bravo Qatar. I just hope a close eye will be kept to make sure the money goes to those who need it most not in the pockets of corrupt govt officials.



Dont know if you've ever got to really know any palestinians or "zalamat" for that matter but those sons of bi***es are far away from anything human. (alla may6ig ib 3asa) which is why god put just the right people for them...the kind that "literally" step on the necks...

f**king stone throwers

[Skyline-BRN]

^^^^

looks like u registered just to reply to that. :lol:

[Qatarifreak]

Just wanted to introduce myself, I'm a Qatari who is studying in the States and am so proud of what we are accomplishing. I'm really a sucker for cars, architecture, and technology. Did someone call me materialistic? Who said that? Anyway I'll be done with my graduate school in Dec and will be back in the Big Q (Qatar) then.

[smussuw]

Dont know if you've ever got to really know any palestinians or "zalamat" for that matter but those sons of bi***es are far away from anything human. (alla may6ig ib 3asa) which is why god put just the right people for them...the kind that "literally" step on the necks...

f**king stone throwers
racist generlization shit :shocked:

very sick :ohno:

[Halawala]

Dont know if you've ever got to really know any palestinians or "zalamat" for that matter but those sons of bi***es are far away from anything human. (alla may6ig ib 3asa) which is why god put just the right people for them...the kind that "literally" step on the necks...

f**king stone throwers

Like smuscuw said, you are probably a normal SSC user, but regestered just to say that. hehe (very lame and time wasting by the way)

[Halawala]

Just wanted to introduce myself, I'm a Qatari who is studying in the States and am so proud of what we are accomplishing. I'm really a sucker for cars, architecture, and technology. Did someone call me materialistic? Who said that? Anyway I'll be done with my graduate school in Dec and will be back in the Big Q (Qatar) then.


Welcome to our forum!

[Qatar4Ever]

Ignore 3irbi, pathetic loser.

[3ribi]

stone throwing...
zaytoon munching...
rent out thier sisters for money
mo fo's...








dam right Skyline-BRN! cause it really bugs me how people here in the gulf are like oh poor palestinians, and how the "western media is always pro isreali" and all that crap...cause untill you REALLY get to know them whether here in the gulf or in thier zalamat countries, that you find out how much of 3yal ga7ba they are...Kafo bas 3ala 3yal 3amna illi kasreen rooshom hnak...

[omarmakki]

I believe 3irbi should get a nice ban...

And btw, welcome Qatarifreak. Sounds like we share the same interests! ;)

[smussuw]

I know many palestanians and non of what u say is true beside generlization is never accurate.

now get :banned:

[3ribi]

stone throwers

:baeh3:

[dave550]

Welcome Qatarifreak, and good look with your studies.

[dave550]

3ribi. I know that some Palis are bad, but I assure you that a lot of them are really nice people. In fact they only wanna live in peace.
I went to a junior high in which the student body consisted mainly of bedouins and Palis. Believe it or not when I tell you that all my friends were Palestinians and they were very good friends too. By the way, even though I have not seen some of them in years cause I've been far from home for a long time, but they still call me here. A true friend NEVER forgets you

[Halawala]

^^ Righton Dave!

[smussuw]

stone throwers

:baeh3:
I would take it as a compliment.

[wakrah-wi-bas]

welcome qatarfreak.

[Qatarifreak]

Thanks guys for the warm welcome.

[Qatar4Ever]

Welcome freak boy !!

[Halawala]

freak boy? loool

[Halawala]

Margog, here is a little history about the Qatari flag
Below is a 1936 version of the Qatari flag:
http://fotw.vexillum.com/images/q/qa_old.gif

Qatari and Bahraini flags:
Despite the near-villification of this flag over its individualistic approach to proportions (11:28, a reflection of a "do your own thing" view of national policy?), there is a fascinating story here.

At first glance, the Qatar flag seems remarkably similar to the flag of Bahrain. Both have the distinctive serrated margin between the white band at the hoist and the "red" fly. The proportions set them apart (Bahrain 3:5) and the colors differ, with Bahrain being a standard "British" red (they, after all, had a strong and "involved" British adviser throughout the 1930s) and Qatar the distinctive "maroon." This similarity reflects an intertwined history.
To make a long and involved story very short, the histories of the two states have overlapped and occasionally collided since the 18th century. The distinctive Qatari flag emerged in the 1930s (official adoption of the maroon color came about 1949).
Bahrain's flag as we know it now was formally adopted in 1932 and the Qatari differences in size and color (said to be what becomes of red as it fades in the Gulf sun - a fanciful tale) seem to be largely an effort to make the Qatar flag DIFFERENT from the Bahrani banner.

[margog]

well that a good story about the flag thanx man;)
we kuwaitis know that in the past there was groupe of ppl named al3toob (( al sabah, al kalefah and al jlahma familys ))
the bahrain flag was there banner when they go to kuwait frome qatar... when al 5aleefah left kuwait they save that banner for a long yaers but kuwait chaenge there baner to the ottoman flag and that was the first officiall banner in kuwait :)

[Halawala]

Any time bro ;)
i heard that al 9aba7 and al 5aleefa are the same family (which you said al 3teeby)--but they split; one went to Bahrain and founded Bahrain (from Zubara, Qatar) and one left to Kuwait (also from Qatar)??

[wakrah-wi-bas]

we really need a new flag & national anthem.
our flag is similar to those of bahrain, dubai & ajman. people get mixed up. besides, i look at our flag & frankly i don't feel anything, it's only 2 colours, which i don't know, so far, what they represent.

wouldn't be great if we throw international competition to design a new flag which you feel a great sense of pride once you look at/and salut it?

as for our emiri anthem, we need a new one too. this one is long, boring & difficult to memorize. i bet thousands of qataris can't sing it till the end.

or at least, let them play the first paragraph of the anthem, it's only fair, i mean the national anthems of USA, kuwait & jordam are one of the longest one's in the world, but they play the first paragraph of it.

it makes me burst into laughter when i see the african players "almujanaseen" in our teams who move their lips only once the national anthem is being played. what a pathetic sight!

[margog]

بدون مجاملة علمكم جميل خصوصا فوق قصر وجبة حتى كان ودي اصور القصر مع العلم بس التاكسي قالي ممنوع تصوير القصر

[Halawala]

come one wakrawi, our flag is one of the best and unique in the world's flags. Be patriotic man! Show some spirit! Our national anthem is not hard to memorize! My ten year old brother knows it! Our anthem is not that long, and its not divided into paragraphs. :)

[margog]

Any time bro ;)
i heard that al 9aba7 and al 5aleefa are the same family (which you said al 3teeby)--but they split; one went to Bahrain and founded Bahrain (from Zubara, Qatar) and one left to Kuwait (also from Qatar)??

اسمحلي على التصحيح الصباح والخليفة مو من العتبان اهم عنوز العتوب حلف من 3 عوائل الصباح والخليفة والجلاهمة:)

[Halawala]

^^^ Oh, I meant to say el 3nezza, too. Guess we both messed up :)
El Jalahma in Kuwaiti are considered Sheiks, no??

[Kuwait4Ever]

Guys shasel the Al Thani family?Are they timimi?

[Halawala]

They are from Bani-Tammim Tribe

[Kuwait4Ever]

Are there lot of timimi in Qatar?

[Halawala]

Well yes sort-of, its a big family. But not THAT big

[Kuwait4Ever]

Then what are the BIG families?

[dave550]

Usually the bedouin tribes are really big in Qatar although after all they are outnumbered by el-7a'9ar. The biggest one is Al-Merri.

[margog]

^^^ Oh, I meant to say el 3nezza, too. Guess we both messed up :)
El Jalahma in Kuwaiti are considered Sheiks, no??

no but they r a big family in kuwait and al sabah best frend

[margog]

Usually the bedouin tribes are really big in Qatar although after all they are outnumbered by el-7a'9ar. The biggest one is Al-Merri.


also qabelat al hajree they r so big in qatar arnt they ??

[wakrah-wi-bas]

Guys shasel the Al Thani family?Are they timimi?

they're from al-m3atheed, which descends from beni tamim.

[wakrah-wi-bas]

بدون مجاملة علمكم جميل خصوصا فوق قصر وجبة حتى كان ودي اصور القصر مع العلم بس التاكسي قالي ممنوع تصوير القصر

ish wadak qaser al-wajbah? laykoon rai7 tgadim 6leb msa3adah :)

[dave550]

also qabelat al hajree they r so big in qatar arnt they ??
Yes they are

[Qatar4Ever]

Guys you got it all wrong, sort of.

The red in Bahrain flag is a symbol of the bloodshed and wars that occured in bahrain. Same with Qatar flag, a symbol of the bloodshed in tribal wars. One means the blood of the ppl of land who fought to defend it, the other is the blood of the enemy who were killed on the land.

Both happened for the same reason, after a war they'd raise the flags as they rode their horses off battle, on the flags were blood which they'd show off after victory.

The pointy things, bahrain has 5, the 5 arkan of islam. Qatar has 9 because it was the ninth trucial state, the UAEs and Bahrain being the first eight.

Our flag is beatiful, its the only flag that has maroon in it making it unique. Whereas Jordan, Kuwait, UAE, Yeman and Oman.. etc flag look very much the same and not all can tell the difference.

I love our national anthem its beatiful.

The ruling families of bahrain and kuwait are 3anooz 3tban.

Jalhmas are more common in Kuwait and Bahrain and are treated very well by the diwan in both countries for the years of wars they fought togther.

Biggest tribe in Qatar are the bani tammam, they include al thank, al mo3theed, al ali, al wahybi, al kuwari, and al tammimi themselves, this is just to name a few.

We also have a lot of mirrah and hawjeer from the bedioun tribes.

But if we take passports and look at last names, we'll probably find al marrah as the most common followed by al kuwari.

[dave550]

Sounds right to me

[Halawala]

Anyone notice, SSC wasn't working for 2 days??? Or is it just me?

[omarmakki]

^^ Yes, it wasn't working. Probably some problems with the server.

[dave550]

^^^Oh really!! I thought it was just this crappy computer. After all that explains why it happens to me sometimes

[margog]

me to guys the ssc.com dos'nt work last days !!?

[margog]

ish wadak qaser al-wajbah? laykoon rai7 tgadim 6leb msa3adah :)

walla kent raye7 el ma6ar men el intercon hotel ;)

[wakrah-wi-bas]

correction: the one you saw on your way to the airport was the emiri diwan. qasr alwajbah is outside doha, opposite a town called sha7aniyah. as far as i know, taking pics of emiri diwan is allowed.

i noticed too that ssc wsn't working the last couple of days. i thought it might be a work of an iranian hacker!

[lebaneseangel]

yeah it was out for me for a day and a half :(

[lebaneseangel]

i liked the history you provided on the qatari flag halawala....and it is a nice flag indeed :)

[Halawala]

^^ Thanks :)

[dave550]

Thanx, kollo men zaw2ak walla zaw2ek, walla mana 3aref

[margog]

: the one you saw on your way to the airport was the emiri diwan. qasr alwajbah is outside doha, opposite a town called sha7aniyah. as far as i know, taking pics of emiri diwan is allowed.

i noticed too that ssc wsn't working the last couple of days. i thought it might be a work of an iranian hacker!

thanx for the correction wakrah... so u meen that shakhe hamad ofice is in the amiri dewan and qaser al wajba is the amir house :)

[wakrah-wi-bas]

^^ Bingo!

[gole_hayahou]

does Qatar have an Iranian population?x

[Pish-REZ-pash]

does Qatar have an Iranian population?x
great question........................no really

[dave550]

does Qatar have an Iranian population?x
Yes, about 10% of the population. However, I would think it is more, considering that a lot of Qataris are Ajamis and those don't count in the census cause they are already nationals, although they still know Farsi.

[gole_hayahou]

oh kool.... :) thnx :D

[amrja]

ish wadak qaser al-wajbah? laykoon rai7 tgadim 6leb msa3adah :)

lool I think he saw the emiri diwan...

[dave550]

Yes he did

[margog]

ok guys am sorry I thot the palece in the cornesh is qasar elwajba :D

[dave550]

^^^You know what, I always thought that with a dome on top of the Amiri Diwan it could look like the Congress