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Doha, Qatar was chosen as the 2010 Arab Capital of Culture, an initiative of UNESCO's Cultural Capitals Program to promote Arab culture and encourage cooperation in the Arab world. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Qatari government prepared for the festival in different ways, including building an $82 million cultural village.
The venue for the event was the indoor arena located within Doha's Aspire Zone – the ASPIRE Dome, which has previously hosted indoor athletics for the 2008 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships. [3] The World Indoor Championships was the first of two significant athletics events to take place in Doha in 2010 – the inaugural 2010 IAAF Diamond ...
The Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex is a tennis and squash complex in Doha, Qatar. The center is owned and operated by the Qatar Tennis Federation. It is the home venue of the ATP World Tour's Qatar ExxonMobil Open and WTA event Qatar Total Open. It formerly hosted the year-ending WTA Tour Championships in 2008–2010.
The GIMS Qatar, formerly the Qatar Motor Show is a biennial international motor trade show held in Doha, Qatar, at the Doha Exhibition & Convention Center. It began in January 2011 as an annual event with 90,000 attendees. In 2012, it hosted 120,000 visitors from around the Persian Gulf.
Katara Cultural Village (Arabic: الحي الثقافي كتارا), also known simply as Katara (Arabic: كتارا), is a cultural and commercial complex in Doha, Qatar, located on the eastern coast between West Bay and the Pearl. It was soft-opened in October 2010 during the Doha Tribeca Film Festival. [1]
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It was the 18th edition of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2010 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Khalifa International Tennis Complex in Doha, Qatar, from 4 January through 9 January 2010. Third-seeded Nikolay Davydenko won the singles title.
The Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) was an annual five-day film festival that was organised from 2009 to 2012 to promote Arab and international films, and to develop a sustainable film industry in Qatar. [1] One of Qatar's largest entertainment events, it attracted over 50,000 guests in 2010. [2]