Qatar

FOOD AND BEVERAGES

Traditional Qatari Cuisine

Qatar's traditional cuisine has been strongly influenced by migrants from Iran and India, and more recently North Africa.

SHORT INFORMATION

Qatar and Religion

Little is known of Qatar's early history although Qatar was respectively inhabited by stone age people, the Kingdom of Dilmun, probably visited by the Greeks and Romans and periodically by travelling nomads.

HOLIDAYS AND TRADITIONS

Marriage in Qatar

Weddings in any culture are a cause for expensive fanfare and hectic preparations. In the Arabian Gulf, however, weddings are conducted in a unique manner, observant of the gender segregation maintained between nationals in other facets of their private lives.