A woman named only as Laura has been in a jail in Qatar since mid-March, having been convicted by the courts for “illicit consensual fornication” and being “drunk in a public place.” She was arrested after reporting her rape.
Oil-rich Doha, Qatar, was awarded the 2019 Track and Field World Championships by the IAAF, winning out over Barcelona, Spain, and Eugene, Ore. The 10-day event draws the third-largest TV audience of any sports event, behind the summer Olympics and World Cup soccer.
Ok, I'm sorry, but I don't understand how you could look at this stadium and think anything but "giant vagina." I am trying. But I cannot see anything else! However, the building's architect, Zaha Hadid, disagrees. "It's really embarrassing that they come up with nonsense like this," she told TIME. "What are they…
Last Monday, the architectural firm behind the stadium being built for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar released a short animation to reveal what the stadium's design will eventually look like — and what it will look like, turns out, is a giant metal vagina. Of course, that's no cause for uproar. As my coworker Callie…
In preparation for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the architectural firm responsible for the stadium's design has released a short animation revealing their future plans. Any discerning human will be quick to recognize that the building looks exactly like an enormous vagina.
The biggest fish in the art acquisition pond is Sheika al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the 30-year-old chairwoman of the Qatar Museums Authority and a sister to Qatar’s new emir (and daughter of the former). Her recent buys include pieces by Rothko, Damien Hirst, and Paul Cézanne’s Card Players — for…
After much hemming and hawing, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince has agreed to allow women from the Middle Eastern kingdom to compete in the 2012 London Olympics. And it only took several decades, countless accommodations, and global pressure on the International Olympic Committee!
[Qatar, September 28: Elizabeth Simmonds of Great Britain in action during a training session at the British Swimming holding camp in Doha, Qatar. Image via Getty.]
[Doha, Qatar; March 12. Image via Getty]
[Doha, Qatar; March 12. Image via Getty]
[Doha, Qatar; October 28. Image via Getty]
[ATP Qatar tennis open in Doha, Qatar, January 6. Image via AP.]
