Qatar won the bid to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup last week, and has become the first Middle Eastern country to host the World Cup soccer. Qatar won the bid, despite stiff competition from United States, Australia, South Korea and Japan to host one of the major sporting events in the world. Qatar’s victory has already sent its stock market soaring. Qatar is also second in line with Russia, which already won the bid [...]

Qatar Map – Political Map of Qatar Doha Map – City Map of Doha

Ever since oil was discovered in Qatar in the 1940s this formerly economically weak fishing & pearling region has gone from strength to strength economically and currently boasts an economy & standard of living at par with most of the contemporary nations. Positioned in the Arabian Peninsular and bordering Saudi Arabia to the South, the Emirate is otherwise bounded by the Persian Gulf and is self-governing and has been so since the early 1970’s. It [...]