 | Sheikha Moza
visits Qatar
University HER Highness Sheikha
Moza on Sunday assured
the Qatar University students
that the university
would continue to strive
and develop their English
language skills so long as it
was a prerequisite for
graduation.
During a ...
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| | Translation meet begins |  THE third annual translation
conference titled ´Translation
in and of the world´ was
launched with an impressive
array of workshops and
keynote addresses on Sunday.
The conference began with
opening remarks from renowned
names such as Bloomsbury
Qatar Foundation
Publishing (BQFP) author
Ahdaf Soueif, Executive
Director of the Translation
and Interpreting Institute
(TII) Amal al Malki, as well as
representatives from the
organising partners BQFP
and the British Council.
The translation conference
has enjoyed considerable
growth and attention since its
inception three years ago. As
a result, it has extended to
three days, with options for
morning ... | | | QU awards Gasna contest winners |  QATAR University´s Gas
Processing Center (GPC)
announced the projects that
won in the Gasna
Competition at the closing
ceremony, recently.
The annual competition
aims at increasing the awareness
of high school students
about the importance of gas
for the country´s development
and to attract them
towards studying science and
engineering.
This year´s competition
was funded by Qatar
Petroleum, Qatar Shell,
ExxonMobil and
ConocoPhillips.
The ceremony was opened
by GPC Director Prof
Abdelwahab Aroussi and was
attended by QU Vice-
President for Institutional
Planning and Development
Dr Saif Said S al Sowaidi;
College of Engineering
Associate Dean ... | | | Three bravehearts whose
lives got a ´lift by accident´ |  FOR Abdulrahman Qassim,
Dr Hayat Khalil Hassan and
Nasser al Sawafi, the word
"impossible" do not exist. All
three of them have learnt to
become more optimistic in
life after each surviving their
own tragic accidents.
Today, each one of them is
a picture of a successful Qatari
in the workplace. Qassim,
who has been on a wheelchair
for the last seven years, is now
working as an accountant at
Barwa Real Estate.
Sawafi, who has also
become wheelchair bound
after his car accident five
years ago, is now a manager
at the Hamad Medical
Corporation´s patient & visitor
service centre. And Hassan,
who is the general director
of Al Noor Institute for the
Blind, has been... | |
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