Eclectic Arabic heritage museum treat
A thousand Arabian oryx, 700 handwoven carpets, 600 classic cars, hundreds of pieces of furniture, a dozen or so dhows, dinosaur teeth and toes … etcetera, all amassed over five decades by one wealthy, passionate collector. And, it’s all available for us to view at the Sheik Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum, about 30km […]
Living in Doha – my new neighbourhood
Constant construction, vast contrasts and cats. Throw in a couple of classic cars and an embassy or ten and you have my new neighbourhood in Doha, Qatar. It’s called Onaiza. Onaiza in Zone 66, outside the main central business district, probably won’t mean anything to you. It didn’t mean much to me either as a […]