Doha debates. Quora - Protests & Revolution in the Middle East (Early 2011) Qatar Foundation. 11-13 Dec 2011 - Doha Forum on Intercultural dialogue. Doha & New-York, September 21 /PRNewswire/ — From December 11th to 13th, a powerful network of Heads of States, foreign ministers, young people, civil society organizations, business leaders and global media – more than 2000 in total - will convene in Doha to make United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) 4th international forum a turning point, taking into account the past and current achievements in Madrid, Istanbul and Rio De Janeiro.
A turning point because of its particular format, as for the very first time in UNAOC's existence, the Civil Society will actively contribute to the forum's debates and outcomes (Doha Pre-Forum for Civil Society organized in May 2011 brought together 190 participants from 80 countries). As Qatar is taking for one year the UN General Assembly Presidency, the country is more than ever investing energy and strategic vision to become one of the most vibrant, knowledge-based economies in the world. Doha to host UN forum. Defining a Culture in Doha’s Desert by Hugh Eakin. I recently had the chance to see an extraordinary new exhibition space devoted to the arts of Islam.
The collection included works in stone, metal, glass, ivory, and textile, as well as illuminated manuscripts, and spanned from Moorish Spain and Umayyad Syria to the Central Asian steppe and Safavid Iran; the pieces were mostly of a quality that might be worthy of any great world institution. Readers may at this point guess I am talking about the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s just-reopened Islamic galleries.
Actually, I was visiting a museum in the tiny Persian Gulf nation of Qatar.