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BACK IN DOHA (QATAR)

6th annual visit to Doha. Doha’s architectural contrasts (IM Pei’s Museum of Islamic Art vs strange skyscrapers), Qatar’s wealth inequality between nationals and migrant workers, the Qatar Foundation’s university campuses, and antique Islamic jewelry at the museum.

Museum of Islamic Art Doha
Museum of Islamic Art, Doha
Guest workers
Construction workers / ‘guest workers’
Dhow harbor
Boats in Dhow harbor, museum in background
Islamic necklace
Necklace of red spinel, pearls and diamonds set in gold bezels
Bazuband
A bazuband made of large diamonds set in gold
Shah Jahan cameo
Shah Jahan depicted on a cameo in sardonyx stone (ca. 1630)
Corndog building
Corndog building (Burj tower)