Omar Chatriwala
Writings and multimedia from a journalist based in the Middle East.
Learn more at omarc.me
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It has been one whole year since a fire at the Villaggio Mall in Qatar led to the deaths of 19 people, 13 of them small children.
On this first anniversary, we have released an ebook looking into the tragedy: “Villaggio Fire: A Tragedy Silenced”
The in-depth report focuses on the causes and aftermath of the fire, as well as its implications for Qatar as a whole.
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We’ve launched our first Doha News publication!
Announcing Doha News | 2012 Year in Review - a publication of our most important stories of the year.
From the Villaggio fire to COP18 and the jailing of the poet Ibn Al-Dheeb, here we present the 10 stories and photo features of 2012 that resonated most in Qatar, and around the world.
Published via HP’s MagCloud service, the periodical is available on iPad app, Web Viewer and PDF download. You can even order a print version to anywhere in the world.
The magazine is 34 pages of advertisement-free journalism you won’t find anywhere else, including a 12-page spread on our extensive coverage of the Villaggio fire.
Proceeds from Doha News | 2012 Year in Review go toward supporting the work we do every day. (Full disclosure: The digital issue is priced at $3.99 and print at $9.99, but we’ll only make between $2.19-$2.79 per unit sold.)
If you want to get a look at all the stories featured, click through to MagCloud, and hit the “preview” button under the cover. It’ll let you flip through the whole publication, but will probably be too small for you to actually read.
Let us know what you think - would you like to see more of these publications? Would you want it available to purchase as a hard copy in book stores?
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Hope you can join us tomorrow.
Reblogged from DohaNews:
We’re partnering with our friends at ILoveQatar.net to hold a community meeting tomorrow at the Intercontinental Doha.
The tragic events of the Villaggio Fire brought us all together to share information online, now we want take it a step further and meet in person.
Sign up on Facebook to let us know you’re coming. All are welcome, and we especially want to invite the families of the victims to share their words and prayers with us.
Sponsored by the InternContinental Doha, they’ll be hosting us in the Gazebo around back of the hotel (near Mykonos), and proving drinks and snacks.
It’s short notice, we know, but we hope you’ll be able to join us!
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Awaiting fate by Omar Chatriwala and contributed to the Doha News Flickr Group.
Chickens sit cooped up in a pen, awaiting slaughter at a poultry house in what remains of the old Musheireb area of Doha.
