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Deputy Emir appoints 

new envoy to Brazil 

THE Deputy Emir and Heir 

Apparent His Highness Sheikh 

Tamim bin Hamad al Thani on 

Tuesday issued Emiri decision No 

45 of 2012, appointing 

Mohammed Ahmad Mohammad 

al Hayki as Qatar’s ambassador 

extraordinary and plenipotentiary 

to Brazil. (QNA) 

Deputy Emir issues 

ratification instruments 

THE Deputy Emir and Heir 

Apparent His Highness Sheikh 

Tamim bin Hamad al Thani issued 

two ratification instruments 

approving an agreement on legal 

co-operation and an agreement for 

trade, economic and technical cooperation 

signed between Qatar 

and the Central African Republic 

in Doha on November 21, 2011. 

HH the Deputy Emir and Heir 

Apparent also issued two instruments 

of ratification approving a 

cooperation agreement in the field 

of social affairs and a cooperation 

agreement on education, training 

and scientific research signed 

between Qatar and Mauritania in 

Doha on February 27, 2011. HH 

the Deputy Emir and Heir 

Apparent issued another instrument 

of ratification approving the 

co-operation protocol signed 

between the Ministry of Foreign 

Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign 

Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic in 

Doha in March this year. (QNA) 

Minister stresses value 

of international forums 

Minister of State for Foreign 

Affairs HE Dr Khalid bin 

Mohammad al Attiyah has underlined 

the importance of holding 

international forums in Qatar. He 

stated this in a message on the 

occasion of releasing the second 

issue of the magazine The 

Diplomat published by the Qatar 

Diplomatic Institute. The minister 

of state indicated that the Doha 

Forum among other events was 

considered a primary tool in 

efforts towards reaching common 

visions and crystallising thoughts 

which aid decision-making. (QNA) 

QNA director-general 

meets Chinese envoy 

Director-General of Qatar News 

Agency (QNA) Ahmad Saad al 

Buainain on Tuesday met 

Ambassador of China HE Zhang 

Zhiliang. They discussed media 

relations between Qatar and China 

and ways of enhancing them. (QNA) 

(From right) Majed al Ansari, researcher at SESRI, Dr Darwish al Emadi, director of SESRI, and Dr Abdoulaye Diop, head 

of research at SESRI, at a press conference, in Doha, on Tuesday. (HANSON K JOSEPH) 

Qataris prefer nationals 

as neighbours: QU study 

JOSEPH VARGHESE 

DOHA 

MOST Qataris (about 97 percent) 

prefer Qatari families and Arabs as 

neighbours as they trust Arabs 

more than other expatriate groups 

in the country. 

This is a major finding of a survey 

titled, ‘From Fareej to Metropolis: A 

Social Capital Survey of Qatar’, conducted 

by Qatar University’s Social 

and Economic Survey Research 

Institute (SESRI), 

The survey also found out that 

most Qataris live among family 

members while half of them attend 

Majlis regularly. 

The survey focused on social life in 

Qatar and on issues such as: neighbourhood 

life, trust between different 

groups, and participation in 

social activities. The findings of the 

survey were announced during a 

press conference at the SESRI office 

in Qatar University on Tuesday. 

Dr Darwish al Emadi, SESRI 

director, Dr Abdoulaye Diop head 

of research, and Majed al Ansari, a 

researcher at SESRI, were present 

at the press conference. 

The social capital survey was the 

first of its kind to have been conducted 

in the GCC and Arab countries. 

It revealed that Qataris have least 

preference for single migrant workers 

as neighbours with less than one 

percent of the respondents indicating 

a preference for members of this 

group. 

Of the white collar expatriates, 

nearly three-quarters (73 percent) 

prefer having Qatari families in 

their neighbourhood, while also 

showing preference for Arab expatriate 

families (71 percent). Majority 

of the blue-collar respondents prefer 

neighbours from the same background. 

According to the survey, 47 percent 

of the Qatari respondents indicated 

that proximity to family members 

was the most important reason 

for living where they were living. 

Twenty-eight percent of Qataris 

said that they reside in their current 

neighbourhoods because their residence 

or land was provided by the 

government. 

Nearly 10 percent identified the 

quality of housing as the most 

important reason, followed by 

approximately five percent giving 

financial reasons. The remaining 

Qatari respondents said they had 

other unspecified reasons for living 

in their neighbourhood. Majority of 

the respondents believed that their 

neighbours were willing to provide 

help when needed. 

Speaking on the occasion, Dr 

Emadi said that the survey aimed to 

identify the level of solidarity or 

attachment among members of the 

society. 

“The survey plans to establish a 

benchmark for measuring social 

capital in the future. Social capital 

refers to social networks that connect 

members of the community 

and the social dynamics of individuals 

with respect to different groups,” 

he said. 

He also spoke about the lack of 

such indicators of social phenomena 

in Qatar and underlined the significance 

of the survey. 

Diop said that social capital indicators 

are used in many countries in 

preparing emergency plans, developing 

rural regions and forming 

national development policies. 

As for the survey, he said, “The 

survey was conducted between 

February and March 2011 by interviewing 

a random sample that 

includes 800 Qataris, 637 whitecollar 

expatriates and 831 migrant 

labourers. It covered the whole of 

Qatar according to the municipali 

divisions of the country.” 

Shedding light on the results, 

Ansari explained that the results in 

general reflected positively on the 

Qatari society’s solidarity and linkup. 

He also emphasised that there 

was noticeably high social activity in 

reference to Majlis attendance and 

neighbourhood relations as well as 

a higher level of contact between 

Qataris and Arab expats than 

between Qataris and non-Arab 

expats. The survey also revealed 

that white-collar respondents use 

social media more than Qataris and 

blue-collar respondents. 

Similarly, white-collar expatriates 

were most likely to participate in 

social activities followed by Qataris 

and migrant labourers. 

The survey was conducted 

through a grant provided by the 

Qatar National Research Fund 

(QNRF). It was supervised by Dr 

Emadi, Dr Diop and Ansari from 

Qatar University along with Dr 

Mark Tessler from University of 

Michigan in the US. 

QRC allocates 

$500,000 mn for 

relief work in Mali 

QNA 

DOHA 

THE Qatar Red Crescent 

(QRC) has announced the 

allocation of $500,000 for 

providing emergency relief 

to Malian refugees displaced 

following recent 

developments in the country. 

Mali has been witnessing 

violence and armed conflict 

since January 2012 forcing 

some 318,000 people to 

migrate and seek proximate 

shelter in Burkina 

Faso, Mauritania, or Niger, 

the QRC said in a release. 

The majority of refugees 

are women and children as 

many men have stayed 

back to protect their properties 

and livestock. The 

conflict has had adverse 

impact on civilians in the 

midst of a severe drought 

worsening food security, 

the release added. 

In the light of these circumstances, 

a delegation 

led by Head of 

International Programmes 

Department at QRC Khaled 

Diab undertook a field visit 

to Niger to assess the 

refugees’ immediate needs 

and interact with concerned 

parties and institutions. 

In that context, the delegation 

met with Nigerien 

Prime Minister Brigi Rafini 

and discussed the possibility 

of a QRC intervention 

with relief programmes for 

Malian refugees in Nigerien 

territory, whose numbers 

have according to UN 

reports exceeded 40,000. 

QRC will focus on remote 

areas which are further 

away from the capital as 

they are more difficult to 

reach, underlining its 

expertise in the Tawa area. 

The delegation presented 

to the Nigerien prime minister 

food and water security 

programmes it had previously 

implemented 

through its on-location 

bureau since 2005 operating 

with a budget of more 

than $11 million. 

Also visiting Gao in 

northern Mali, the QRC 

team distributed a variety 

of relief material to around 

1,000 families as a primary 

phase, moving afterwards 

to Burkina Faso. 

Qatar pledges $3 million 

support for OHCHR 

QNA 

GENEVA 

ASSISTANT Foreign Minister 

for International Cooperation 

HE Sheikh Ahmed bin 

Mohammed bin Jabor al 

Thani met United Nations 

High Commissioner for 

Human Rights (UNHCHR) 

Navi Pillay on the sidelines of 

an event on the role of the UN 

Human Rights Training and 

Documentation Centre for 

South-West Asia and the 

Arab Region in Geneva. 

The meeting was attended 

by Qatar’s Permanent 

Representative to the United 

Nations headquarters in 

Geneva HE Sheikha Alya bint 

Ahmed bin Seif al Thani and 

Director of Human Rights 

Office at the Foreign Affairs 

Ministry Sheikh Khalid bin 

bin Jassim al Thani. 

The minister praised 

UNHCHR’s role in the protection 

of human rights and 

reaffirmed Qatar’s commitment 

to promotion of human 

rights. 

He also reiterated Qatar’s 

support to the UN Human 

Rights Training and 

Documentation Centre for 

South-West Asia and the 

Arab Region in fully implementing 

the mandate 

entrusted to it, pledging a 

donation of $3 million to the 

Office of the UN High 

Commissioner for Human 

Rights (OHCHR). 

On her part, Pillay thanked 

Qatar for hosting and supporting 

the UN Human Rights 

Training and Documentation 

Center for South West Asia 

and the Arab Region. 

Brookings debate offers perspectives on Egyptian politics 

RAMY SALAMA 

DOHA 

SPEAKERS at a discussion 

forum organised by the 

Brookings Doha Center on 

Tuesday presented their perspectives 

on the recent developments 

in Egyptian politics. 

The policy discussion entitled 

‘End of Transition or End 

of Revolution: Where now for 

Egypt?’ analysed the outcome 

of the recent Egyptian presidential 

election. 

Speakers at the event were 

Omar Ashour, Shadi Hamid 

and Khaled Elguindy. 

Ashour, who just returned 

(From left) Shadi Hamid, Ibrahim Sharqieh and Omar Ashour at the Brookings Doha Center discussion 

forum, in Doha, on Tuesday. 

from Tahrir Square in Cairo, 

the venue of protests in the 

past one year and a half, contrasted 

the mood of tension 

before the announcement of 

the election results with the 

“unbelievable ambiance” 

after it became clear 

Mohamed Morsi had won. 

Having done extensive 

research on the Muslim 

Brotherhood (MB) and interviews 

with several members 

of the group, including the 

newly-declared President 

Mohamed Mursi, Hamid 

noted that for the MB and its 

political arm, the Freedom 

and Justice Party, “the symbolic 

importance of the office 

of President was very high”. 

This is especially true 

given that the MB, in his 

opinion, became overconfident 

due to the extent of its 

success in the parliamentary 

elections in contrast to its 

traditionally conservative 

strategies. 

As a result, he said, the 

group lost a significant 

degree of support both in the 

now-dissolved parliament 

and on the street. 

Hamid noted that the 

group seemed to “shift back 

to its conciliatory, consensus-building 

approach over 

the past two weeks”, an 

approach which may well 

have contributed to Morsi’s 

electoral success. 

Khaled Elgindy argued that 

rather than the end of a period 

of transition, the election 

of the president signified the 

beginning of the real power 

shift in Egypt. In his view, the 

past year and a half has been 

a period of fruitless power 

struggle resulting from the 

fact that, in seeking to define 

their powers and roles, “all 

political actors have overreached 

themselves.” 

He found it interesting that 

“so far, the US administration 

has done a good job of 

not over-reacting” to the fact 

that an Islamist is the new 

president of the country, but 

wondered how far this attitude 

would be maintained, 

given that already, certain 

members of the US Congress 

were proposing cutting the 

aid that Egypt receives annually, 

and perhaps more stringent 

sanctions.


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medical camp 

at Al Khor on 

June 29 

SANTHOSH CHANDRAN 

DOHA 

INDIAN Community 

Benevolent Forum 

(ICBF), a charitable 

organisation working 

under the aegis of Indian 

embassy in Qatar, will 

organise a medical camp 

in association with Indian 

Medical Association 

(IMA) at Al Khor on 

Friday. 

The camp will 

provide free consultation 

on 

orthopaedics, 

hypertension and 

diabetes. 

Patients will also 

be offered medicine 

prescribed 

free of cost. 

The camp will be jointly 

inaugurated by Chief 

Executive Officer of 

Hamad Medical 

Corporation (HMC) at Al 

Khor Mohammed Ali al 

Jusaiman and Chairman 

of Seashore Group of 

Companies Syed Salim 

Mubarak al Mohannadi. 

The camp, which is 

being organised for lowincome 

expatriates in 

Qatar, will be held at Aster 

Medical Centre at Al Khor 

from 8 am to 12 noon. 

Around 500 expatriates 

from India, Sri Lanka, 

Nepal, Pakistan and 

Bangladesh are expected 

at the camp. 

The camp will provide 

free consultation on 

orthopaedics, hypertension 

and diabetes. 

Patients will also be 

offered medicines prescribed 

free of cost. 

Speaking to Qatar 

Tribune, ICBF President 

Karim Abdulla said, “The 

medical camp being 

organised at Al Khor near 

Ras Laffan Industrial area 

will be of great help to a 

large number low-income 

expatriates residing in the 

area. A good number of 

people have already registered 

for the camp at ICBF 

help desk at Al Khor” 

People who want to register 

their names can contact 

ICBF help desk at Al 

Khor or at Doha till 

Friday. People can also 

register their names by 

telephone (55357880 and 

55468196) to attend the 

camp. 

A team of 10 doctors 

and 20 paramedical staff 

from IMA and ASTER will 

attend to people at the 

camp 

This is the 11th time 

ICBF is organising such a 

camp to support and provide 

medical assistance to 

the low-income people. 

Patients who need further 

treatment will be referred 

to HMC in Doha. 

Chairman of Pakistan’s Senate Defence Committee Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed addresses community members at a function, in 

Doha, in Monday. 

Qatar a ray of hope for Muslim 

world: Pakistani senator 

L N MALLICK 

DOHA 

CHAIRMAN of Pakistan’s 

Senate Defence Committee 

Senator Mushahid Hussain 

Sayed said that the Muslim 

world looks to Qatari leadership 

for the resolution of 

global issues and conflicts. 

“Qatari leadership has a 

vision and Qatar is a ray of 

hope for the Muslim countries,” 

Sayed said while 

speaking to community 

members at Pakistan 

embassy in Qatar on 

Monday. 

He said Qatar has been 

playing a pivotal role in the 

on-going peace process in 

Afghanistan. 

“We see a big Qatari role in 

the final talks regarding withdrawal 

of US and NATO 

forces from Afghanistan,” he 

said while asserting that the 

forces will withdraw from 

Afghanistan soon. 

He opined that the force 

has not provided solution to 

any issue. 

He said besides Qatar, 

Turkey and Malaysia are the 

other two Muslim countries 

that always come forward to 

resolve issues. 

Sayed noted that independent 

judiciary, vibrant 

media and civil society are 

playing an important role in 

transforming Pakistan into a 

modern progressive country. 

Commenting on the forthcoming 

general elections in 

Pakistan, he said that he did 

not see victory of any single 

party. “I foresee that a coalition 

government will once 

again run the country after 

the elections,” he said. 

He said over 50 independent 

television channels and 

100 FM radio stations in 

Pakistan have created awareness 

among masses and have 

given voice to the country’s 

middle class. 

Earlier, Pakistan’s ambassador 

welcomed the gathering. 

Sayed, who was elected to 

the Pakistani Senate in 2003 

and re-elected in 2012, 

thanked Pakistan’s 

Ambassador to Qatar HE 

Muhammad Sarfraz A 

Khanzada for providing an 

opportunity to him to meet 

and listen to the views of the 

community members in 

Qatar on a wide-ranging 

issues. 

Sayed, who is also 

Secretary-General of the 

Pakistan Muslim League (Q), 

is one of the leading politicians 

in Pakistan and is 

known in the larger Muslim 

world. 

He has been a government 

official, journalist, academic 

and political analyst. He has 

extensive diplomatic experience 

having led Pakistan’s 

delegation to the United 

Nations Human Rights 

Commission at Geneva in 

1993. He also led Pakistan’s 

delegation to the funeral of 

Mother Theresa in India and 

headed Pakistan’s team to 

China on the occasion of the 

Golden Jubilee of the founding 

of the People’s Republic 

of China. 

PTI conducts 

lecture on 

human rights 

QNA 

DOHA 

THE Ministry of Interior’s 

(MoI) Police Training Institute 

(PTI) on Tuesday organised a 

lecture on human rights. 

The lecture was delivered by 

MoI’s Human Rights 

Department Director Col 

Abdullah Saqr al Mohannadi 

before 17 associates of the 31st 

session of the leaders of the 

senior officers of some departments 

in the ministry. 

Mohannadi explained several 

aspects of human rights and 

the UN’s international conventions 

in this regard. 

He also discussed the 

Universal Declaration of 

Human Rights that spells 

out basic rights for everyone, 

pointing to the legal frameworks 

that govern the declaration. 

The lecture was 

part of a series of 

sessions, which 

will take place 

until July 5. 

Mohannadi said that the 

Qatar’s National Human 

Rights Committee (QNCHR), 

founded in 2002, has received 

A rating, which proves the 

committee’s merit and outstanding 

performance. 

He said with his keenness on 

having direct communication 

with people, Minister of 

Interior HE Sheikh Abdullah 

bin Khalid al Thani ordered the 

foundation of a human rights 

committee within the ministry, 

functioning according to a 

clear three-year strategy. 

Mohannadi also highlighted 

the department’s effort to 

spread awareness of human 

rights among MoI’s personnel. 

The lecture was part of a 

series of sessions, which will 

take place until July 5, in collaboration 

with International 

College Britain (ICB). 

Sony launches VAIO T-Series 

Ultrabook in Middle East 

CATHERINE W GICHUKI 

DOHA 

SONY, a consumer electronics 

brand, unveiled its thin, light 

and portable VAIO T-Series 

Ultrabook, for the first time in 

the Middle East on Tuesday. 

Smartly styled in tough 

magnesium and aluminum 

and loaded with the latest 

technologies from Sony and 

Intel, the Ultrabook offers best 

durability and performance. 

Also launched on the occasion 

were the new VAIO S- 

Series and Z-Series notebooks. 

The launch of the ultrabook 

and Sony’s latest line-up of 

VAIO notebooks was part of 

the VAIO Summer 2012 activities 

as well as the 15th 

anniversary celebration of 

VAIO. 

Speaking to Qatar Tribune, 

Sony’s Marketing Manager at 

VAIO Marketing Department 

Aadil Shaikh said the launch 

of the new products also coincided 

with the VAIO’s 15th 

anniversary celebrations. 

“We have a spring and summer 

line-ups and four other 

Sony’s Marketing Manager at VAIO Marketing Department Aadil Shaikh (second left) with officials of Sony 

and Darwish Technology during the launch of VAIO series, in Doha, on Tuesday. (JALAL PATHIYOOR) 

line-ups that we do every year. 

We believe that the 15th year 

anniversary was a good time 

to introduce the new series to 

the Middle East market.” 

Commenting on the 

Ultrabook, he said, “We 

believe that it is very important 

that modern products are 

thin and sleek but at the same 

time we have focused on the 

connectivity which offers the 

best convenience to all the 

users.” 

He said that the Ultrabook 

and the notebooks would be 

launched in other countries in 

the Middle East and Africa 

soon. 

The VAIO T-Series ultrabook 

is available in 11.6-inch 

and 13.3-inch screen sizes and 

boasts productivity using the 

latest generation of ultra low 

voltage Intel Core processors 

and ultra fast SSD flash 

drives. 

According to Shaikh, with 

the new rapid wake technology 

that will be available in the 

summer line-up, the users will 

not need to shut down their 

units, adding that one can 

resume the VAIO T Series 

Ultrabook from sleep mode 

even after 30 days thanks to 

long battery life. 

He said, “It has a fast 

resumption from sleep mode 

due to a long-life battery. The 

T-Series can easily be connected 

to desk monitors, projectors 

and Ethernet. You 

don’t need additional dongles. 

It is also light. It weighs 1.6kg, 

including additional battery.” 

VAIO S Series provides the 

latest technology needed for 

full mobile computing. It is 

available in either 13.3-inch 

LCD or a full size 15.5-inch 

LCD equipped with numeric 

keypad. 

The new Z Series weighs 

barely a little more than a kilo 

and is thinner and lighter than 

a standard ultrabook. 

Shaikh added that the price 

of the products will be available 

via the Darwish 

Technology, a retailer, distributor 

and systems integrator of 

electronics and IT brands. 

The new VAIO Notebooks 

will soon be available at all 

Fifty One East outlets in 

Almaha centre, City Center, 

Lagoona Mall and Virgin 

Megastore in Landmark 

mall. 

Qtel names new chief 

wholesale officer 

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK 

DOHA 

QTEL on Tuesday named 

Yousuf al Kubaisi as the new 

chief wholesale and international 

officer for Qtel Qatar. 

In his new role, Kubaisi will 

be responsibile for the 

growth of Qtel’s global network 

of partnerships with 

other operators and international 

communications companies. 

Since joining Qtel in June 

1987, Kubaisi has taken up a 

number of key roles within 

the company. He is currently 

senior director, regulatory 

management. He has worked 

in various managerial roles 

including as manager, international 

infrastructure; 

assistant general manager – 

business services; divisional 

manager, regulatory; and 

acting executive director, 

group strategy & general 

services. 

Sheikh Saud bin Nasser al 

Thani, CEO of Qtel Qatar, 

said: “We continue to 

strengthen and develop the 

management team for Qtel 

Qatar, as we look to deliver 

an enhanced customer experience 

and expand into new 

business areas. Yousuf al 

Kubaisi has been a stalwart of 

Yousuf al Kubaisi. 

the Qtel family for more than 

25 years, and he brings 

immense authority and 

knowledge to this position.” 

Kubaisi takes on the role 

following the promotion of 

the former CWIO Ahmed al 

Derbesti as group chief operating 

officer of Qtel Group, 

who is responsible for Qtel’s 

regional operations. 

A noted expert in the field 

of network development, 

Qatari national Kubaisi holds 

a bachelors degree in electrical 

engineering from 

Western Michigan 

University.

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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

METRO MUSINGS 

ATTORNEY-GENERAL WITH SUDANESE CHIEF JUSTICE 

Attorney-General HE Dr Ali bin Fetais al Merri met Sudan’s Chief Justice Jalaluddin Mohammed Osman, in Doha, on Tuesday. During the meeting, the two sides 

exchanged views on a number of issues of mutual concern. They also reviewed prospects of sharing expertise and training. 


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Deputy PM, Chadian 

president review 

Darfur peace process 

QNA 

N’DJAMENA 

DEPUTY Prime Minister 

and Minister of State for 

Cabinet Affairs HE Ahmed 

bin Abdullah al Mahmoud 

and Chadian President 

Idriss Deby reviewed Darfur 

peace process during a 

meeting in N’Djamena, 

Chad, on Tuesday. 

The deputy prime minister 

conveyed greetings of 

the Emir His Highness 

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa 

al Thani and the Heir 

Apparent His Highness 

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad 

al Thani to the Chadian 

president. 

On his part, the Chadian 

president entrusted the 

Deputy Prime Minister with 

his greetings to HH the 

Emir and HH the Heir 

Apparent, wishing the 

Qatari people prosperity. 

Talks during the meeting 

dealt with bilateral ties 

between the two countries 

besides a number of issues 

of mutual concern. 

The two sides also discussed 

the implementation 

of the peace pact in Darfur 

and the ongoing efforts 

towards the implementation 

of the Doha Darfur Peace 

Document . 

President Deby coffered 

the deputy 

premier with the 

‘Knight of Peace’ in 

recognition of his 

continuous efforts 

to achieve peace 

in Darfur. 

The meeting was attended 

by members of the official 

delegation accompanying 

the deputy prime minister 

along with a number of 

Chadian ministers and government 

officials. 

President Deby conferred 

the deputy premier with the 

title of ‘Knight of Peace’ in 

recognition of his continuous 

efforts to bring peace to 

Darfur. While leaving Chad, 

the deputy prime minister 

was seen off at the 

N’Djamena International 

Airport by Chadian Minister 

of Foreign Relations 

Moussa Faki Mohamed. 

French firms’ 

team coming to 

explore business 

opportunities 


DOHA 

A DELEGATION of 11 

French companies will 

visit Qatar to seek new 

business opportunities 

and explore Qatar’s growing 

markets from June 28. 

Organised by the 

Chamber of Commerce 

and Industry (CCI) of 

Seine-et- Marne in collaboration 

with UBIFRANCE 

agency Qatar, the visit 

aims to provide a business 

gathering for French companies 

seeking to develop 

partnerships and to have a 

better idea of the Qatari 

The 11 participating 

companies 

specialise in different 

sectors 

and seek to 

expand their 

business and 

share their knowhow 

with the aim 

of developing 

partnerships with 

their counterparts 

in the UAE 

and Qatar. 

market and identify 

potential partners to 

develop their business. 

Fatma Yasar, head of 

the delegation from the 

Chamber of Commerce 

said: “The French business 

collaboration with 

the Middle East is increasing. 

Therefore the CCI of 

Seine-et- Marne has 

defined this business trip 

as priority”. 

Director 

of 

UBIFRANCE UAE-Qatar 

François Sporrer said: “An 

increasing number of 

French companies have 

been coming to Qatar and 

the UAE since late 2011. 

What is new and very 

interesting is that now the 

French Chamber of 

Commerce and Industry 

(CCI) itself ranks Qatar 

and the UAE among its 

top priorities. 

“Other chambers of 

commerce and industry 

have already planned visit 

of delegations by the end 

of the year.” 

The 11 participating 

companies specialise in 

different sectors and seek 

to expand their business 

and share their know-how 

with the aim of developing 

partnerships with their 

counterparts in the UAE 

and Qatar. 

A wide spectrum of 

products, including bioclimatic 

architectures, risk 

management and backoffice 

software, the latest 

technology of LED lightning, 

luxury shoes for 

women, products for luxury 

cinema deployment of 

mobile network base stations, 

radiation protection 

for medical uses, IT solutions 

for the rental and 

fleet management markets, 

will be showcased 

during the visit. 

This visit has been 

arranged to show French 

companies wishing to gain 

a foothold in this market 

the great potential of 

Qatar and Dubai. 

Established on 

December 15, 2004,the 

CCI Seine-et-Marne figures 

among the top 10 

official chambers of commerce 

in France.It is an 

institution providing individuals 

and companies 

with all the needed information 

to set up or develop 

commercial or industrial 

activities. 

As a result, it intervenes 

in numerous areas involving 

economic expansion 

and company life. 

Its primary role is to 

accompany firms at each 

stage of their development 

whether starting up, 

transferring, expanding 

company activity or winning 

new international 

markets such as the 

Middle East. 

With 42,000 national 

member companies and a 

GDP of 7 percent of the 

l’Île-de-France region, The 

CCI Seine-et-Marne has an 

operating budget of 37 million 

euros and a staff 

strength of 350personnel 

working in the 11 offices of 

the Seine-et-Marne region. 

Aster unveils heat stress 

awareness campaign 


DOHA 

ASTER Medical Centre on 

Sunday launched a monthlong 

Heat Stress Awareness 

campaign in Qatar. 

The campaign was formally 

inaugurated by India’s 

Ambassador to Qatar HE 

Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa on 

the Indian embassy premises. 

The campaign, titled ‘Beat 

the Heat’, includes a series of 

events to educate the public 

on health issues during the 

summer months. Awareness 

seminars based on heat stress 

and related issues will be 

organised in coordination 

with different corporate 

organisations and associations 

during the campaign. 

In addition, Aster will also 

organise seminars on the 

topic for the general public on 

July 3 and July 15. The two 

seminars will be held at the 

Aster Medical Center, Al 

Rayyan, and will be 

addressed by Dr Sakir 

Therempurath 

Commenting on the campaign, 

Managing Director of 

DM Healthcare Dr Sameer 

Moopan said, “The heat stress 

campaign is to ensure a 

reduced risk of heat stroke 

during the summer period. 

The campaign is aimed at giving 

a wakeup call to all residents, 

reminding them of the 

importance of taking the right 

steps to help prevent heat 

stress and dehydration.” 

He urged the public to 

drink lots of water, especially 

those exposed to scorching 

heat. 

The campaign is being 

organised as part of the Aster 

Community Good Health 

programme 

Specially designed educational 

flyers and posters are 

being distributed at various 

places in the country. The flyers 

focus on the topics, Heat 

Stroke, Urinary Stones and 

Drink Water. 

India’s Ambassador to Qatar HE Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa (right) at the launch of Aster heat stress awareness campaign, in Doha, on Sunday. 

Vodafone 

extends 

validity on 

prepaid 

recharge 

cards 


DOHA 

VODAFONE Qatar has 

announced that the validity 

of most of its prepaid 

recharge dominations has 

been extended with effect 

from June 27. Customers 

can now enjoy their 

Vodafone credit between 60 

to 365 days. They will be 

Customers can 

now enjoy their 

Vodafone credit 

between 60 to 365 

days. They will be 

able to travel for 

extended periods 

without having to 

worry about the 

expiry date of 

their credit. 

QNB provides 

facility to 

transfer money 

through 

Western Union 


DOHA 

QATAR National Bank 

(QNB), the largest financial 

institution in Qatar and the 

MENA region, in cooperation 

with Western Union 

(NYSE: WU), a leader in 

global payment and money 

transfer services, launched 

the Western Union’s 

Account-Based Money 

Transfer (ABMT) service for 

the first time in Qatar. 

The service will 

enable QNB customers 

to send 

money conveniently 

from their 

accounts for payout 

at any of 

Western Union’s 

500,000 agent 

locations in over 

200 countries and 

territories. 

The service will allow QNB 

customers to transfer cash 

instantly to any part of the 

world through QNB’s 

Internet banking service. 

The service will enable 

QNB customers to send 

money conveniently from 

their accounts for payout at 

any of Western Union’s 

500,000 agent locations in 

over 200 countries and territories. 

The latest service is an 

add-on to QNB’s existing 

regular international transfer 

facility that will allow 

instant money transfer to 

anywhere in the world any 

time and make it possible to 

keep track of the transfers 

through their Internet 

Banking service. 

QNB is the first bank in 

Qatar to provide Western 

Union transfer service for its 

client via Internet banking. 

able to travel for extended 

periods without having to 

worry about the expiry date 

of their credit. 

Vodafone also offers two 

Vodafone minutes on the 

QR20 recharge cards. 

Commenting on the new 

offer, Chief Marketing 

Officer at Vodafone Qatar 

John Saad said, “We are 

always listening to our customers 

and we know that 

credit validity is important 

to them. 

This is why we have 

extended the validity on 

many of our recharge 

denominations. Customers 

can now stay connected to 

family and friends for longer 

periods. That is up to 365 

days on some of our 

recharge cards.”


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CITY LIGHTS 

DEPUTY EMIR MEETS OUTGOING CUBAN ENVOY 

QU, ExxonMobil launch 

teachers’ programme 

MOHAMED KHOULAIDI 

DOHA 

The Deputy Emir and Heir Apparent His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani with Cuban Ambassador to Qatar HE 

Armando Vergara Bueno at Emiri Diwan office, in Doha, on Tuesday. The meeting was held on the occasion of the expiry of the 

Cuban envoy’s tenure in Qatar. HH the Deputy Emir also awarded the Cuban envoy with the Sash of Merit. 

QATAR University and 

ExxonMobil launched a one 

week pilot project for primary 

school teachers on Tuesday. 

The main objective of the 

programme would be to help 

educators — from third to 

fifth grade teachers — 

enhance their teaching skills 

through an innovative training 

programme. 

The programme aims to 

make teachers motivate students 

to pursue careers in 

math and science. The workshop 

will last for a week. 

The Qatar University 

ExxonMobil Teachers 

Academy consists of an intensive 

professional development 

programme modeled 

after the successful Mickelson 

ExxonMobil Teachers 

Academy, which has trained 

more than 3,200 educators 

across the US since 2006. 

The one week programme 

is taking place at the Four 

Seasons Hotel in Doha. It will 

train around 40 teachers. 

Talking to Qatar Tribune, 

Vijita Mathews, one of the 

participants at the workshop, 

said, “I first congratulate 

Qatar University for this 

unique programme. We are 

integrating the use of computers 

and iPads as a new 

form of teaching. This 

teacher-centric programme 

will help students. It will 

Teachers take part in a programme for primary school, in Doha, 

on Tuesday. (HANSON K JOSEPH) 

equip teachers with interactive 

tools to encourage students’ 

interest in math and 

science. When I get back to 

my students, the first thing I 

will teach them is how to benefit 

from iPad in learning 

math and science.” 

For her part, Susana 

Mascilini, who is working in 

Qatar University and participating 

in the present programme 

as an instructor, 

said, “I am involved in this 

professional development 

programme designed mainly 

for math and science teachers. 

The programme allows us 

to use a lot of technology in 

the learning process. In fact, 

the programme is integrating 

the latest technology with 

teaching. It is an exciting and 

motivating event.” 

Khalid A al Jufairi, advisor 

for government and community 

affairs at ExxonMobil, 

said that Qatar University 

and ExxonMobil launched 

this pilot project to help educators 

enhance their math 

and science teaching skills 

through an innovative training 

programme allowing 

them to make the best use of 

the latest technology, especially 

by using iPads. 

“By inspiring math and science 

teachers, and equipping 

them with interactive teaching 

tools, the educators can 

help students understand these 

subjects better,” he added. 

During the workshop, there 

will be intensive sessions 

where teachers will also build 

an expertise to facilitate in 

student learning, problemsolving 

and inquiry, and use 

links between math and science 

to support their students’ 

learning. 

MIA to host expo on ‘glass of 

the Muslim world’ from Aug 1 


DOHA 

THE Museum of Islamic Art 

(MIA) on Tuesday announced 

the forthcoming double 

exhibition on ‘glass of the 

Muslim world’. 

The expo will be open to the 

public between August 1 and 

January 7 on the fourth level 

of the MIA. The two exhibitions 

will be connected in 

their exploration of Islamic 

glass, but different in seeing it 

from new perspectives, both 

ancient and modern. 

Featuring the contributions 

of ancient and medieval glassmaking 

techniques, methods 

and history of the production 

of Islamic glass, ‘the intelligence 

of tradition: antiquity 

and early Islamic glass’ exhibition 

will be on view in the 

east gallery. Ancient and early 

Islamic glass pieces will be 

displayed together to illustrate 

the ancient Egyptian, 

Hellenistic, Roman and 

Sasanian techniques used by 

One of the glasswares to be put 

on display at MIA from August 1. 

Islamic glassmakers. 

Short films on glass blowing 

and decorative techniques 

with narration will feature 

during this exhibition, demonstrating 

the methods used in 

the Muslim world. They will 

be shown in the screening 

room attached to the gallery. 

The ‘illuminations: the 

mosque lamp as iconographic 

image’ exhibition in the west 

gallery will showcase mosque 

lamps highlighting their 

iconographic symbolism in 

Islamic art. A short history 

about the forms and displays 

of lamps and a number of 

depictions of the traditional 

medieval-era lamps will be 

displayed on one side of the 

gallery. On the other side, a 

display of European revival 

lamps of the late 19th century 

and Orientalist imagery will 

explore the lamp as an icon of 

Islamic art and exoticism and 

of their perception by collectors 

and artists up until the 

present day. 

Commenting on the significance 

of this exhibition, 

Michelle Walton, curator of 

the Islamic glass exhibition, 

said, “Glass, especially leading 

up to and during the 

Islamic Golden Age, is a fascinating 

subject, as well as 

being objects of beauty. We 

are excited to share these new 

objects and ideas in these two 

different shows.” 

Admission to the exhibition 

is free of charge. 

MoI holds expo on anti-drug activities 


DOHA 

THE Minister of Interior 

(MoI) hosted activities to 

mark the ‘international day 

against drug abuse and illicit 

trafficking’ at Doha Exhibition 

Center on Tuesday. The 

theme of this year’s celebration 

is ‘Your health is your life’ 

and is being held under the 

auspices of the Minister of 

State for Interior Affairs HE 

Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser 

bin Khalifa al Thani. 

The Director General of 

Public Security (DGPS) and 

head of the Permanent Committee 

for Drug and Alcohol 

Affairs Staff Major General 

Saad bin Jassim al Khulaifi 

inaugurated the security exhibition 

being held on the sidelines 

of World Anti-Drug Day 

activities. Different ministries, 

authorities and public institutions 

are participating in the 

exhibition with their pavilions. 

Director General of General 

Directorate of Customs 

Ahmed Ali al Muhannadi, 

Director General of Social 

Rehabilitation Centre (Al- 

MoI officials at an exhibition, in Doha, on Tuesday. 

Aween) Rashid Mohammed al 

Nuaimi, directors of MoI 

departments and experts on 

drug awareness were present 

at the inauguration ceremony. 

The DGPS then took a tour of 

the exhibition. 

Speaking on the occasion, 

Khulaifi said that the world 

was observing June 26 as 

international day against drug 

abuse and illicit trafficking and 

Qatar joins these activities in 

order to unite the efforts to get 

rid of this evil. 

“Qatar joins international 

community to mark this day 

which is part of its ongoing 

efforts to address threat 

caused by drug abuse as per 

the principles and terms laid 

down by international conventions 

and recommendations 

put forth by conferences in 

GCC, region and the global 

level,” said the police chief. 

He added that in this context, 

the country has taken several 

legislative measures, legal 

and procedural safeguards to 

combat the drug problem. 

This year’s theme ‘Your 

health is your life’ was chosen 

in accordance with United 

Nations theme for the day, in 

lines of Qatar Vision 2030. 

For his part, Muhannadi 

pointed out to the close cooperation 

between the MoI and 

the Customs in foiling drug 

trafficking attempts. 

He added that Customs had 

recently foiled an attempt to 

smuggle 850 drug pills at the 

Doha International Airport. 

This year has seen more than 

2,900 seizures of various prohibited 

items, he revealed. 

Secretary of the PCDAA 

Major Ibrahim al Sameeh said 

that 14 government institutions 

were taking part in the 

exhibition and he added that 

there will be religious, social 

and health lectures by prominent 

personalities as part of 

the exhibition and activities. 

He further stated that there 

would be radio-television 

broadcasting as well as SMS 

campaign on drug risks and 

preventive methods. Gifts and 

posters will be distributed and 

daily cultural contests for the 

children will be held as part of 

the activities, said Sameeh. 

Georgetown University’s Islamic Bioethics meet concludes 


DOHA 

GEORGETOWN University 

School of Foreign Service in 

Qatar’s (SFSQ) groundbreaking 

Islamic Bioethics 

conference titled ‘The 

Interplay of Islam and the 

West’ concluded on Monday. 

The international conference, 

collaboration between 

Qatar Foundation, SFSQ, Qatar 

Faculty of Islamic Studies 

(QFIS) and Leiden University, 

brought together scholars 

and practitioners from 

within the bioethics field to 

interact with researchers, educators 

and clinicians on local, 

regional and international 

level, enabling direct conversation 

between those working 

on bioethics in the West 

and in the Muslim world. 

“It is an honour for Georgetown 

University SFSQ to 

welcome such an outstanding 

group of scholars to this significant 

international conference. 

These scholars are at 

the forefront of advancing our 

understanding of the key 

questions in bioethics 

research that arise in both 

Islamic and secular discourses, 

and of the interplay 

between the two,” said Gerd 

Nonneman, dean of Georgetown 

University’s School of 

Foreign Service in Qatar. 

Nonneman continued, 

“This conference is a unique 

opportunity to build collaborative 

partnerships to further 

this work. It also fortuitously 

draws attention to the creation 

of an Islamic Medical 

and Scientific Ethics database, 

led by members of the 

Georgetown community, which 

will allow colleagues studying 

the many different aspects 

of the field of Islamic bioethics 

to share their insights 

with a global audience.” 

Additionally, the conference 

presented the findings of 

A high-level panel at Georgetown University SFSQ’s Islamic Bioethics conference, in Doha, on Monday. 

a research project funded by 

the Qatar National Research 

Fund (QNRF). The unique 

initiative successfully collated 

the writings of scholars and 

theorists in a multi-lingual 

searchable ‘Islamic Medical 

and Scientific Ethics (IMSE)’ 

database, the aim of which is 

to help encourage and foster 

research in bioethics field. 

Dr Brian Clark, managing 

director of Biobank and a 

speaker at the conference, 

said, “This is a unique opportunity 

for Qatar Foundation 

and Georgetown University 

to continue the open dialogue 

they are developing in the 

field of Islamic bioethics. It is 

conferences like this that 

develop clarity around 

bioethics and that will ultimately 

enable interesting biomedical 

research to flourish 

in Qatar and elsewhere in the 

Muslim world.” 

The two-day conference 

featured a number of speakers 

who discussed an array of 

topics ranging from ‘Organ 

Transplantation in Saudi 

Arabia’ to ‘A Muslim Clinical 

Ethics Consultant in the Western 

Healthcare System: Experience 

and Challenges’. An 

additional highlight included 

a hands-on workshop organised 

by the QNRF, which gave 

participants the opportunity 

to learn more about the 

Islamic IMSE database. 

Keynote speakers included 

Islamic scholar Dr Tariq 

Ramadan, professor of Contemporary 

Islamic studies at 

the Oxford University and 

visiting professor at QFIS, 

and Dr Henk Ten Have, 

director of the Center for 

Healthcare Ethics at Duquesne 

University, Pittsburgh. 

Dr Ramadan launched the 

event and delivered the 

keynote speech, which he 

summarised by stating, “We 

need to acknowledge that 

bioethics is a central field, and 

that we have a lot to share 

with people of other faiths 

and other democracies. Such 

an important conference 

should be everywhere.” 

“I’m delighted to participate 

in this conference because 

it is just one more step in 

helping the project here at 

Georgetown,” he concluded. 

Sheikh Ali al Qaradaghi, 

general secretary of International 

Union of Muslim Scholars, 

spoke on Sunday during 

a special session on ‘Normative 

Religious Perspectives’. 

He emphasised, “Islamic 

juristic institutions issue fatwas 

relevant to biomedical 

ethics only after consulting 

specialists, experts and doctors, 

as they are established 

scholars in the realm of science 

and medicine.”

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