Month: August 2024

Katara Embraces Groundbreaking Art Works of Late Sudanese Painter Othman Waqi’allah

Doha: August 14 – The Cultural Village Foundation-Katara, on Wednesday, inaugurated an Arabic calligraphy exhibition for the late Sudanese painter and artist Othman Waqi’allah, in the presence of General Manager of the Cultural Village Foundation (Katara) Dr. Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti, HE Ambassador of the Republic of the Sudan to the State of Qatar Ahmed Abdel-Rahman Mohamed Hassan Siwar

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Hunting and Falconry Stamps Exhibition Kicks off at Katara

Doha: Cultural Village Foundation (Katara) opened the “Hunting and Falconry Stamps” exhibition, coinciding with the Katara International Hunting and Falcons Exhibition “Shail 2024”, which will continue until the end of the Shail Exhibition on Sep. 14. The exhibition includes a large collection of stamps that deal with falcons and hunting, most notably stamps dating back to the 1960s in Qatar,

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Russia Launches Progress Cargo Spacecraft (MS-28) to ISS

The Russian Space Agency, Roscosmos, announced Thursday the launch of the unpiloted Progress MS-28 spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS). The agency said in a statement that the launch took place via a Soyuz-2.1a rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Progress MS-28 (or 89P as NASA refers to it) is packed with nearly three tons of food, scientific

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UNESCO Expresses Concern Over Education Crisis in Afghanistan

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) expressed deep concern regarding Afghanistan’s ongoing educational crisis where the ban on secondary education for girls continues for the third year. New UNESCO data shows that at least 1.4 million girls have been deliberately denied access to secondary education in Afghanistan, an increase of 300,000 since the previous report conducted by

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Scientists Provide First Detailed Description of SN 1181

Scientists from the University of Tokyo were able in a recent study to provide a detailed description of the first stellar explosion (Supernova 1181 or SN 1181) by creating a computer model of its evolution after it had been a mystery to astronomers for about a thousand years. The study included comparing the computer model of SN 1181’s evolution with

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