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Bookshelves in the mosque library. Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque (also called the Qatar State Mosque) is the national mosque of Qatar. It is named after Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, a Sunni Muslim preacher, scholar, and theologian from the Najd region in central Arabia, [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] founder of the Islamic revivalist and ...
The Museum of Islamic Art (MIA; Arabic: متحف الفن الإسلامي) is a museum on one end of the seven-kilometer-long (4.3 mi) Corniche in Doha, Qatar. As per the architect I. M. Pei's specifications, the museum is built on an island off an artificial projecting peninsula near the traditional dhow harbor. A purpose-built park surrounds ...
Education City Stadium (Arabic: إِسْتَاد المدينة التعليمية, romanized: ʾIstād al-Madīna at-Taʿlīmiyya) is a football stadium which is located in Al Rayyan, Qatar, and was built as a venue in time for the 2022 FIFA World Cup held in Qatar. The stadium is located within several university campuses at the Qatar ...
Coordinates: 25.172028°N 51.32860°E. Doha Spiral Mosque Night. Abdulla Bin Zaid Al Mahmoud Islamic Cultural Center (commonly known simply as Bin Zaid, also known previously as Fanar or Qatar Islamic Culture Center and Spiral Mosque) [1] is a cultural organization in Doha, the capital of Qatar. It is located close to Doha Corniche and is a ...
First published in 1957–58 by Sheikh Abdullah bin Ibrahim Al Ansari, the Qatari Almanac is an annual almanac offering invaluable insights into prayer timings, seasonal weather patterns, and local celestial navigation across the Persian Gulf region. After Al-Ansari's death in 1989, the Ministry took over the publication of the almanac due to ...
Education City Mosque (QFIS Mosque; Arabic: مسجد المدينة التعليمية), is the national mosque of Education City Al Rayyan in Qatar. [2][3] It is located in the Minaretein building, which rests on five large columns representing the five pillars of Islam, with each featuring a verse drawn from the Quran. In 2016, the building ...
Doha (Arabic: الدوحة, romanized: ad-Dawḥah [ædˈdæwħæ,-ˈdoː-]) is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor and Lusail, it is home to most of the country's population. [1]
The National Museum of Qatar is a national museum in Doha, Qatar. The current building opened to the public on 28 March 2019, replacing the previous building which opened in 1975. The building was designed by architect Jean Nouvel who was inspired by the desert rose crystal, which can be found in Qatar. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The museum site includes ...