Places in Doha

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Richard Serra's tallest public work — seven steel plates honouring the spiritual weight of the number in Islamic culture.

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8 Oryxes

A herd of Arabian oryx in the arrivals hall of Hamad International Airport.

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Ain Mohammad Village

North-west desert oasis — restored Bedouin architecture, camel rides, crafts and a natural spring.

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Al Jassasiya Rock Art Site

874 petroglyphs on a north-eastern plateau — dhows, ostriches, cup marks and Neolithic mystery.

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Al Koot Fort

Doha Fort in the heart of the city — Ottoman origins, Qatari battlements and a museum open by appointment.

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Al Rekayat Fort

Low-slung nineteenth-century fort above a freshwater well — watchtowers overlooking the Gulf coast.

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Al Ruwaida Archaeological Site

Sixteenth- to eighteenth-century coastal settlement — central fort, mosques, boatyard and merchant warehouses.

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Al Thaqab Fort

Coral-and-limestone fort guarding a desert well in Madinat ash Shamal — date stores and a nearby village.

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Al Zubarah Archaeological Site

UNESCO-listed pearling town and fort — Qatar's best-preserved window onto eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Gulf trade.

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Barzan Towers

Sixteen-metre watchtowers in Umm Salal — coral walls, moon-calendar observation and Ottoman-era vigilance.

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Battoula by Ghada Al Suwaidi

A Qatari woman in traditional dress, painted in the same soft pastels as the port's walls.

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Cosmos

Jean-Michel Othoniel's golden interpretation of the oldest surviving Islamic astrolabe.

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Dahl Al Misfir

Qatar's deepest accessible gypsum cave — forty metres down, faint phosphorescent glow, desert roses underfoot.

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Desert Horse

Ali Hassan Al-Jaber's calligraphic horse capturing travel and movement at HIA.

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East-West/West-East

Richard Serra's four steel plates spanning more than a kilometre in the Qatari desert.

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Education City

Qatar Foundation's campus of universities, museums and open-air commissions including M.F. Husain's Seero fi al ardh.

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Education City Mosque

Twin 90-metre minarets and a spiral plan linking faith with learning at HBKU's College of Islamic Studies.

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Enchanted East

Dia al-Azzawi's whimsical animal carousel at Hamad International Airport.

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Flying Man

Dia al-Azzawi's paired bronze figures celebrating flight in Hamad International Airport.

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Gandhi's Three Monkeys

Subodh Gupta's three oversized heads in military gear at Katara.

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Gekröse by Franz West

A lacquered pink aluminium intestine twisting on the Doha Corniche near Al Masrah Park.

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Hood Mural, Mina District

A wall that argues for graffiti itself — the fight to make street art legitimate expression.

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Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque

Qatar's State Grand Mosque — sandstone domes, skyline views and capacity for more than 30,000 worshippers.

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Katara Cultural Village

Waterfront galleries, amphitheatre sculptures and Qatar Museums commissions on the Pearl-facing promenade.

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