Museum of Islamic Art fireworks

Wow! If only I knew it was on I'd have some shots for myself!

Did you Google it first?

Great work Nada wait let me get you a kitkat.

excellent picture...

great pics ...

I do think that at least gulf times should annouce at least the fireworks on their paper for people to enjoy. I know there is an opening event for VIP but i never knows that there will be a fireworks afterwards.

wonderful shoot hats offfff

Back home, these sort of displays cost thousands upon thousands of dollars and are for the pleasure of all to experience. Displays like these are a joy for the senses: feeling the rumbling and crackling followed by oohs and awes of the sight of the array of colors and designs. It is an art form on a dark canvas, called the sky. In addition, the firework displays are coordinated with music which enhances the experience even further.

The pic is great, but there is nothing like experiencing the event as it happens. Too bad, so sad.

Keepin' it "riyal" in Doha.

The fireworks were lovely...too bad the rest of the event sucked big donkey balls.

Oooh... tell us more gypsy! Why did it suck?

Me thinks she could find no-one to arm wrestle with.

btw Gypsy - just how big are big donkey balls? Plum sized? Apple sized?? Grapefruit??? Melon????

Hey, no kinkiness on my part. Gypsy's the apparent expert on donkey balls!

I just want to know exactly how much it sucked. I'm not aware of "the donkey ball scale of suckiness" so I'd appreciate Gypsy relating it to something I do know - i.e. "the fruit scale of suckiness".

It was BORING!!!! Very little food, dull oud music, a lot of sitting around and watching the Emir on TV screens. ZZZZZZZZZZZ

last night and witnessed the wonderful fireworks!

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I think half the problem is that the "dreary, bland building" is all we've had to focus on for the last couple of years. Perhaps now we can actually get inside people will start talking about the art instead.

I like the building, but wouldn't go so far as to say it's beautiful. It's just nice to have a building that isn't all glass and metal like most of the others on the Corniche.

That was the point, to make it look simple. All i can say...
Auditors (ASB) are watching ;)
What matters at the end of the day, is the museum it self. And from its web site & the footage at aljazeera it looks fabulous

We didn't bother going into the gallery. We were starving and went off in search of food. Also we'd been given a guided tour in the morning, so I wasn't in the mood to go tottering around in my stillettos again.

We went into the tents and there was only some dessert stuff, I tried one and it was coffee and lemon flavoured I almost gagged.

The streets and parking were all blocked off???
You can't teach experience...

She didn't actually go to any of this stuff. She only went to the opening, so she wasn't up since 6 am like the rest of us poor schmoes who actually had to work.

As I said...."who is" and "who isn't".....anyway, you are done with it now.....will you take revenge?

You mess with the cat, you get the claws....

I wasn't starting anything?? I was just jealous you got food!

PM..I was talking to Gypsy...sorry, did not put her name on my post....lol

You mess with the cat, you get the claws....

So the museum is bad because it doesn't serve good food? and has no discotheque?

Just out of interest Gypsy - are media events in Qatar generally well organised or not?

Let's just say this was the worst one I've been too.

They don't have to worry about "revenge" from the local press, and as for the International press...well I can tell that as unimpressed as they were with the event, they were floored by the museum, so I hope that takes precedence in the articles.

What is the entry fee?

wow! the shots are really amazing! ;-)

cheers,
paul

I'm looking forward to going on a Friday to see the what the true situation is regarding family days...

I'm sorry, but I don't believe for a second that it will be truly open to the public - free and without hindrance.

I agree with rami - much as I'd love to think otherwise, I can't see them letting lots of groups of labourers into the museum.

I can't believe you didn't get any of the food that was offered!! It was EVERYWHERE!!! The shellfish dishes were in the left side tent, the coffee in the back and desserts were all over the place! There was enough juice to float a boat...Actually, I thought it went quite smoothly and actually pretty much on time..not like most official happenings.

I believe the reasons the fireworks weren't advertised is that they didn't want the Corniche packed with people when it was over and the officials were trying to leave for a dinner at the palace. As it was, I got caught in the traffic when I left "early" and was stuck waiting for the entourage to clear out of the museum for 15 minutes.

Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.

Interesting last few paragraphs in that article;

The study of Islamic art is a western creation, which Ms al-Faisal says is not a problem so long as more Muslims now take up the study.

"I don't care if it's Muslims or Westerners - the problem is that there's not enough research and that's a mistake of the Muslims.

"They should have studied their own civilisation far more, they've been in hibernation for 500 years. There has to be a reawakening - they have to start studying their own history."

Qatar's museum will be just a glittering collection of greatest hits unless it manages to become, as promised, a centre of education and research into the history of this beautiful art.

So....is it just pictures and things then?

Shame that they did not allow the public to come 1km either side of the Museum.. It would have been nice if people were actually allowed to watch the fire works from the Corniche..Good that the museum finally opened..sad that not a lot people saw it..

Mabrook to Qatar anyway for such a splendid cultural icon..

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