Qatar-based Indonesians have warned against the younger generation’s growing disconnection with home cultural roots. “There is a growing concern among Indonesian parents in Qatar about the need to educate and reintegrate their children to let them appreciate better their cultural norms and heritage,” Mohammad Al Aula, Third Secretary of the Indonesian embassy in Doha...
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Bahrain has urged citizens and residents to embrace ePayment facilities that ease the process of paying fees. An awareness campaign launched by the eGovernment Authority said that it seeks to help the public with online payment for government transactions through a mobile portal, a mobile version of the National eGovernment Portal and one of...
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Having more children lowers the likelihood of a marriage ending in divorce, a Qatar study has found. According to the research on marriages and divorces in Qatar in 2009 by Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA), 57 percent of the registered divorce cases in 2009 occurred among couples who had no children, 16 per cent among...
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The pullout of Al Wefaq Islamic Society, Bahrain’s largest opposition group, from the national dialogue was not followed by its former allies who said that they would continue to attend the talks. “We are engaged in the national dialogue because we believe that all components of the society have the right to contribute to...
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Kuwait’s Zakat House said that it had set up 27 donation centers to receive donations and calculate zakat, the compulsory giving of a set proportion of one’s wealth to charity, throughout Ramadan. The centres will also provide gold weighing services and will offer brochures and pamphlets to increase awareness on different issues dealing with...
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A Qatari foundation said that it would spend 16 million Qatari riyals ($4.4 million) on charity work in Qatar and abroad during Ramadan. Shaikh Thani Bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF) will spend QR10 million ($2.750 million) in Qatar and QR6 million ($1.650 million) outside the country, Ayid Bin Dabsan Al Qahtani, RAF Director-General,...
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Al Wefaq Islamic Society should reconsider its decision to pull out of the national dialogue and rejoin the talks on Bahrain’s future, the dialogue spokesman has said. The largest opposition society which has complained that it was under-represented in the talks on Sunday said that its delegates to the national dialogue had recommended a...
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Qatar households will use electricity produced from domestic waste with the country’s first integrated waste management centre becoming operational by the end of the year. The Domestic Solid Waste Management Centre (DSWMC) will supply 34.4 mega watt (MW) of electricity daily to the national power grid, an environment ministry official said.
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Kuwait is mulling recruiting more domestic helpers from Africa in a major shift from traditional Asian providers, a local daily said. The decision is attributed to the attitudes of some Asian countries that included imposing conditions and, at times bans, on their nationals taking up work in Kuwait and insisting on specific clauses in...
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Qatar Diabetes Association (QDA) has lined up a series of programmes to help diabetic patients to fast during Ramadan, the fasting month for Muslims. The initiatives include a hotline, awareness programmes in mosques and instruction workshops for the needy families, as well as continuous awareness messages through the media.
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