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  2. History of Qatar - Wikipedia

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    Al Da'asa, a settlement located on the western coast of Qatar, is the most extensive Ubaid site in the country. It was excavated by the 1961 Danish team. [12] The site is theorized to have accommodated a small seasonal encampment, possibly a lodging for a hunting-fishing-gathering group who made recurrent visits. [13]

  3. Qatari nationality law - Wikipedia

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    The person may lose Qatari citizenship in the following cases: the person joins the military service of a foreign country. the person works for a foreign government that is in war with Qatar. the person takes up a foreign nationality. Citizens are allowed to voluntarily give up Qatari citizenship. [1]

  4. Qataris - Wikipedia

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    After Qatar abolished slavery in 1956, many former slaves continued to carry the family names of their former masters and operate within that family's social network. The 1961 citizenship law ensured citizenship for former slaves whose families had been brought into the country prior to the 1930s. [17]

  5. Qatar - Wikipedia

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    Qatar, [a] officially the State of Qatar, [b] is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East ; it shares its sole land border with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its territory surrounded by the Arabian Gulf .

  6. Demographics of Qatar - Wikipedia

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    Previously, the 1961 citizenship law defined Qatari citizens as only those families who have been in the country since the 1930s, [26] though this was repealed in the 2005 citizenship law. In 2021, a law was signed by Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani restricting the rights to vote in local elections for those whose families' arrival post-date the ...

  7. Constitution of Qatar - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution of Qatar (Arabic: دستور قطر Dastūr Qatar) is the supreme law of the State of Qatar. [1] It came into effect on 9 April 2004. [ 2 ] The constitution was overwhelmingly approved , with almost 98% in favour.

  8. Human rights in Qatar - Wikipedia

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    The state of human rights in Qatar is a concern for several non-governmental organisations, such as the Human Rights Watch (HRW), which reported in 2012 that hundreds of thousands of mostly South Asian migrant workers in construction in Qatar risk serious exploitation and abuse, sometimes amounting to forced labour.

  9. Naturalization - Wikipedia

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    Naturalization (or naturalisation) is the legal act or process by which a non-national of a country acquires the nationality of that country after birth. [1] The definition of naturalization by the International Organization for Migration of the United Nations excludes citizenship that is automatically acquired (e.g. at birth) or is acquired by declaration.