Doha Festival City, Qatar’s premier destination for style expression and coveted trends, will host Front Row Live, an immersive three-day celebration of fashion and beauty curated by Harper’s Bazaar Qatar. From November 21-23, visitors can engage with exclusive masterclasses, runway shows, and insightful discussions held at the mall’s Centre Court, featuring a blend of local, regional, and international brands. The occasion underscores Doha Festival City’s dedication to providing a curated selection of top brands and experiences for Qatar’s vibrant fashion-conscious community.“Front Row Live is a celebration of style, creativity, and community at Doha Festival City, placing us at the forefront of trends and cultural engagement,” said Noreen Nasralla, Executive Director, Marketing, Al-Futtaim Real Estate. “Once again, we are delighted to celebrate our new and refreshed outlook with a long line-up of continuing initiatives, that not only highlight the latest in fashion and beauty, but also champion sustainability and supports local talent. Our goal is to create memorable experiences that resonate with Qatar’s vibrant community and reinforce Doha Festival City’s role as the destination for style expression.”"We are absolutely thrilled to be launching Front Row Live with Doha Festival City,” adds Harper’s Bazaar Qatar Director Bianca Brigitte Bonomi. “At its heart, this inventive and engaging collaboration is a celebration of fashion, creativity, and the individuals, institutions, and brands that enrich our lives. We are excited to see this come to life in our beautiful bespoke pop-up in Centre Court and to shine a spotlight on those that are making waves in the industry.”The first day kicks off with Fashioning the Future, led by Maha Al Sulaiti, Director of M7, exploring Qatar’s burgeoning creative industries. Following this, guests will experience a runway show of eveningwear by Ava, Hera, List Roma, Aura, Alma Nova, and Luisa Spagnoli. In Creatives, United, Amira Al-Jaziri and Alanoud Jassim will discuss Qatar’s vibrant creative community.Opening night will also see the unveiling of a new sustainability exhibition and runway, curated by leading sustainability advocate and designer Gills Manjulakshmi. Forming part of the ongoing Emerging Voices programme, a new initiative spearheaded by Doha Festival City and Harper’s Bazaar, the exhibition will platform big ideas, new thinking, and leading collections from Qatar based creatives including VCUarts Qatar, Scale7, and M7 alumni.Elsewhere, jewellery and fashion displays will include Mikimoto, &Other Stories, Maje, Sandro, Furla, Lacoste, and Tommy Hilfiger.Friday’s schedule begins with a live chat titled Sustainable Fashion: In Conversation, featuring Gills Manjulakshmi,Sonali Ramen, and Mashael Alnaimi. Fragrance lovers can join a masterclass by Creed with Abdelaziz AlSafadi, followed by a styling session on new-season trends by Nour Bou Ezz. The evening will welcome MAC’s Global Senior Artist Mariam Khairallah, flying to Qatar to lead her first ever masterclass in Doha. The evening will feature a runway show with Maje and Sandro.On the final day, leading wellness practitioner and former Bazaar cover star Jawaher Al Fardan will join Bazaar and Alo Yoga for a special Rise and Shine morning session, followed by a Charlotte Tilbury masterclass with former Bazaar cover star and leading beauty guru Haneen Al Saify. In another programme highlight, Amouage’s Creative Director Renaud Salmon will discuss the brand's latest creations followed by a beautifully curated Harvey Nichols Doha catwalk show. To conclude the programme, Front Row Live will welcome two industry heavyweights – highly influential beauty entrepreneur and founder of Kayali Mona Kattan, and global fashion icon Leonie Hanne, joining Bazaar for her first ever in-conversation in Qatar.Front Row Live will showcase a carefully selected blend of luxury and trend-forward brands including Mikimoto, Noudar, Sartoro, Chopard, Marli, Montblanc, Calvin Klein, Polo Ralph Lauren, Forever New, Guess, Scotch & Soda, and Adolfo Dominguez. This collection showcases Qatar’s evolving style landscape, uniting international names with emerging local talent and sustainable practices.With interactive activations, strategic partnerships, and a focus on local culture, Front Row Live offers an unparalleled experience that cements Doha Festival City as Qatar’s destination for style, culture, and community.For more information, visit our website.

Work is currently underway to build three new schools in the Al-Thumama area (Zone 50), said Hassan Ali al-Ishaq, a member of the Central Municipal Council representing the 9th Constituency Speaking to local Arabic daily Arrayah, he noted that these include two primary schools for boys and girls and a secondary school for girls, with around 40% of the construction works completed so far. He expressed his appreciation for the Ministry of Education and Higher Education for addressing the area's growing demand for schools, highlighting the need for a secondary school for boys in the area. He said that the first school is a primary school in Al-Thumama West (Zone 50), near the American Academy. This school is part of a public-private partnership programme overseen by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education and executed by the Public Works Authority (Ashghal). He added that there is a 20,000-sqm plot of land between the school under construction and the American Academy, designated for parking lots to be used by parents and staff. He expressed hope that the parking area would be prepared before the school’s completion to maximisze its utility. The other two schools are in Al-Thumama East (Zone 50) and are also part of a public-private partnership under the Ministry of Education and Higher Education’s supervision and executed by Ashghal. One of these schools is a primary school for girls, and the other is a secondary school for girls. In the meantime Al-Ishaq pointed out the completion of the construction of a new mosque in Al-Thumama West (Zone 50), located behind Al-Thumama Mall. The mosque, which accommodates over 700 worshippers and includes a prayer area for women, is nearing completion. Besides this, a new family park has been established in Al-Thumama West (Zone 50). The park is nearly ready, with only fencing and minor technical works remaining. The park covers an area of around 3,000 sqm, but he stressed the need for a larger park of at least 8,000 sqm to provide sufficient space for recreational activities and events.

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani will take part in the Group of 20 (G20) Summit Monday, at the invitation of President of the Federative Republic of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose country holds the current G20 presidency.The 2024 G20 Summit will be held in Rio de Janeiro in the presence of Their Highnesses and Excellencies heads of state and government, and delegations.After the summit, His Highness the Amir will pay official visits to the Republic of Costa Rica and the Republic of Colombia, where His Highness will meet leaders of the two countries and senior officials to discuss means of bolstering co-operation in various areas, as well as regional and international issues of joint interest.His Highness the Amir will attend the 8th edition of the Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani International Anti-Corruption Excellence Award which is held this year in San Jose, Costa Rica.His Highness the Amir will be accompanied by an official delegation.Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani International Anti-Corruption Excellence Award is a global event celebrating the remarkable work of Anti-Corruption fighters around the world. Since 2016 the award has been held around the world in support of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The Rule Of Law and Anti-Corruption Center is proud to serve as the secretariat of this prestigious award.The Award crowns the efforts of Qatar locally, internationally, and regionally in promoting the principles of transparency and integrity. The Award is considered a global initiative with objectives and dimensions that reinforce good governance and transparency. It unleashes the hand of justice to uproot the scourge of corruption, which poses a serious threat to the future, progress, and well-being of nations, especially since corruption jeopardizes the stability of societies, hinders the path of development and progress, and deepens division within a single society.The first round of political consultations between the ministries of foreign affairs of Qatar and the Republic of Colombia was held in the Colombian capital of Bogota on October 20.The Qatari side was led by HE Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr. Ahmed bin Hassan al-Hammadi, while the Colombian side was headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Francisco J. Coy G.Bilateral cooperation relations between the two countries and ways to support and enhance them were reviewed during the round of consultations.The second round of political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Qatar and the Republic of Costa Rica was held in San Jose in September this year.The Qatari side was headed by HE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sultan bin Saad al-Muraikhi, while the Costa Rican side was headed by HE Vice Minister of Bilateral Affairs and International Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Lydia Mara Peralta Cordero.The political consultations, dealt with bilateral cooperation relations, in addition to a host of topics of common interest.Reuters adds from Rio De Janeiro: Diplomatic tensions over global warming will take center stage at the G20 summit in Brazil this week, as negotiators at UN talks in Azerbaijan hit an impasse on climate finance that they hope leaders of the world's 20 major economies can break.Heads of state arriving in Rio de Janeiro for the G20 summit will spend Monday and Tuesday addressing issues from poverty and hunger to the reform of global institutions. Still, the ongoing UN climate talks have thrown a spotlight on their efforts to tackle global warming.While the COP29 summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, is tasked with agreeing a goal to mobilize hundreds billions of dollars for the climate, leaders of the Group of 20 major economies half a world away in Rio are holding the purse strings.G20 countries account for 85% of the world's economy and are the largest contributors to multilateral development banks helping to steer climate finance. They are also responsible for more than three-quarters of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide."All countries must do their part. But the G20 must lead," UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres told COP29 last week.