Sheik Newnham

Salaam Alaykum

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July 17th 2006
Salaam Alaykum!!! A big hearty hello from Doha, Qatar! Having been in this dirty old town for a month now, it’s about time we gave you a few little insights into life on the Arabian Peninsula… Doha is very hot. But we’ve adjusted well irrespective of the 50 degree temperature change from our little old lives in F.N.J.! Average temperatures for the past month have been around 45degrees C ... read more

Middle East » Qatar » Doha

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Ruled by the Al Thani family since the mid-1800s, Qatar transformed itself from a poor British protectorate noted mainly for pearling into an independent state with significant oil and natural gas revenues. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, the ... ... read more