Doha or Disney?

Link By Michael Kurtz | May 30th, 2008

DOHA, Qatar – Leaving Damascus and Syria for Sri Lanka we jetted southeast heading for the Arabian Gulf. Our transition from Damascus to Doha was bizzare. Qatar, a country with the highest GDP in the Arab world, has been transformed since vast oil fields were discovered there in the 1940s. Walk around Doha in today’s photo gallery.

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Thushan Amarasiriwardena

, former Senior Multimedia Producer at The Boston Globe, has always loved telling a great story. Combining his eye for visual story telling and his technical background in computer science at North Carolina State University, Thushan has reported on business, sports and travel for The Globe.

Michael Kurtz

, graduated with a degree in Ethnomusicology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. His thesis research focused on the intersection of race and music in Northeastern Brazil. He worked previously as A&R and Production Coordinator for Putumayo World Music, an international music record label based in New York City.

Brian Rogers

graduated from the University of Massachusetts with a degree in Spanish and Latin American Studies, and has traveled extensively in Latin America.

Alicia Conway

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