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Doha: With an annual production exceeding 26,000 tonnes of fresh dates (ruttab) from more than 892 productive farms, Qatar ...
The second Pakistani Mango Exhibition drew over 101,200 visitors from different nations and exceeded last year’s 225,929 kg ...
Doha:Qatar is set to launch the 10th Local Dates Festival in Souq Waqif, celebrating significant achievements in food ...
The 10th Local Dates Festival will start on July 24 at Souq Waqif where the exhibition will see the participation of several ...
The sales at the second edition of Pakistani Mango Festival (Al Hamba Exhibition) have crossed 123 tonnes on the first six ...
Souq Waqif, a labyrinthine market near the city’s waterfront, looks deceptively old. The site, whose name means “standing market”, dates back nearly a century, to a time when locals and ...
DOHA, Qatar — The Souq Waqif, Doha’s ancient marketplace, unspools from the nearby bay like a roll of precious fabric.A medieval maze of narrow alleyways linked to a wide main plaza, the Souq ...
Souq Waqif is a popular name in the Gulf and there are souqs in Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia with the same name. "The renovation of Souq Waqif started in January 2004 at a 160,000 sq m area. When ...
Souk Waqif, built in the early 20th century as a Bedouin trading post when Doha was little more than a village, was renovated in 2008, but in a way that retained much of its charm, ...
But it’s likely to be less of a problem in Doha, on account of the fact that the old souq, Souq Waqif, is not only a shopping hub, but also a place where you can hold a falcon, stroke a camel ...