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DOHA COLLEGE CELEBRATES QATAR CULTURAL DAY WITH OOREDO SPONSORSHIP

Celebrating the imminent Qatar National Day, Doha College’s A2 Applied Business students thanks

to sponsorship from Ooredoo organised and hosted Qatar Cultural Day to celebrate and share

Qatar’s culture, traditions and future plans with Doha College students and to raise money for The

Charity Committee.

The event engaged the entire student body, including staff, who competed within their ‘House

Teams’ and participated in six cultural based activities. These were designed to suit every taste and

included symbolic Qatari cupcake decorating, Arabic calligraphy demonstrations, a scavenger hunt,

2022 football competition and a photo and video booth using Qatar themed props and a falcon

with his trainer from Katara Falcon Centre.

Traditional Arabic delicacies were for sale such as Karak, Shawarmas, kunafa and homemade

Machboos. Thanks to generous support from local companies and restaurants, students were able

to enjoy refreshments from the Karak and Chapatti restaurant, Aspire Katara Hospitality, Red

Velvet Cupcakery and the Mercure Hotel.

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Cupcake decorating and Arabic calligraphy

allowed students to explore their artistic side.

Using resources supplied by Katara Arts Centre,

Head of Arabic Mr Chawki Nacef taught

students the traditional calligraphic art which

allowed students to explore the Qatari language

in a fun and creative way. Henna provided by

the Al Rayyan salon was a popular treat for the

female students and the Qatar Falcon Center brought in a traditional falcon for students to hold.

The 2022 football competition and scavenger hunt suited active and sporty students. To celebrate

Qatar winning the 2022 World Cup, a penalty shoot-out occurred on the Doha College pitch where

students battled it out to score goals. The scavenger hunt was an exciting activity for students who

followed clues to collect items around the College.

Doha College’s Senior Vice Principal Teresa Woulfe stated, “We are exceptionally proud of our Year

13 students who planned, organised and executed Qatar Cultural Day. The success of the day was

due to careful planning, hard work and tenacity. This was a wonderful and fitting way to finish a

fantastic term at Doha College.”

The celebrations were a massive success

thanks to the event planners Amna Al-

Nasser, Alexandria Lee, Paul Meichsner

and Natalia Faisal, and special thanks to Jas

sim Al Thani for his support with the

sponsors. The students were all extremely

positive with how the event went and

worked well together to make it a success.

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They had never done

anything like this before so it was a great learning opportunity

and they had full control of the event.

Jassim Al Thani stated, “I think it went really well. The students were very excited, especially the

younger ones because of the fun activities we had planned for them. As a Qatari national it makes

me feel proud to be showing other nationalities our heritage and culture.”

Anam Al-Nasser echoed, “I really enjoyed the cultural aspect of this task and infusing Qatari

culture into Doha College. We educated the students on Qatar’s history and cultural and I hope

this becomes an annual event.”