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Ras Laffan Industrial City is Qatar's main site for production of liquefied natural gas and gas-to-liquid. It hosts among others ORYX GTL and Pearl GTL plants, QatarEnergy LNG plants, and the Dolphin gas processing plant, the Laffan Refinery, and Ras Laffan A, B, and C integrated water and power plants. With an enclosed water area of ...
Qatar was awarded rights to organise the games beating Lebanon in the bidding process. [2] [3] [4] Arab Federation for Sports secretary-general Othman Al-Saad said that Qatar's hosting of the Pan-Arab Games would give the event "more momentum and significance in light of the huge capabilities and world-class sports facilities which Qatar owns."
Many were two-story houses with cooling rooms on the top floor for summer months. In 1965, the city was integrated into Qatar's electrical grid. [14] In the early 1960s, pan-Arabism had established itself in the peninsula, and in 1963, the Qatar National Unity Front was created. The movement, which opposed royal privilege and advocated for ...
The New Arab or Al-Araby Al-Jadeed (Arabic: العربي الجديد) is a London-based pan-Arab news outlet owned by Qatari company Fadaat Media. It launched an Arabic-language website in March 2014 [1] and an Arabic language daily newspaper in September 2014.
The Qatar national basketball team represents Qatar in international basketball competitions. It is administered by the Qatar Basketball Federation . ( Arabic : الاتحاد القطري لكرة السلة ) [ 3 ] The team won two bronze medals at the Asian Basketball Championship and belongs to the major contenders among Arab nations.
It was used mostly for football matches and it was the home to Al-Rayyan Sports Club. The stadium was named after Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar from 1960 to 1972. [3] The stadium, built in 2003, had a seating capacity of 21,282 and was demolished in 2015. [4] The stadium was located 20 km west of Doha (capital of the country).
The Qatar National Unity Front (Arabic: أمام الوحدة قطر الوطني) was a nationalist labor group formed in Qatar in April 1963. [1] It was established as a response to the murder of a protester by a member of the ruling family during a Pan-Arabism demonstration. [2]
Khalifa International Stadium (/ k ə ˈ l iː f ə /, Arabic: استاد خليفة الدولي, ALA-LC: Istād Khalīfah al-Duwalī) is a multi-purpose stadium located in Al Rayyan, Qatar, around 9 kilometres (6 miles) west from the centre of Doha.