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# Doha
- URL: https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/doha/
- Published: 2013-03-17T14:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-04T19:25:53.000Z
- Description: A selection of photos taken in and around Doha.
- Author: Ivar Hagendoorn
- Tags: Photography

I visited Doha spring 2013 hoping to capture part of the old Doha before it would be gone for good. Doha is currently undergoing a rapid transformation, which I wanted to witness firsthand. When I first visited Dubai and Abu Dhabi in 2012 I wished I had gone ten years earlier. Now that I've been to Doha I'd love to go back when all the construction projects are finished.

![Museum of Islamic Art, Doha](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/doha-1.jpg)

Museum of Islamic Art, Doha

![Street scene, Old Doha](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/doha-3.jpg)

Street scene, Old Doha

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/doha-4-1.jpg)

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![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/doha-6.jpg)

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The old making way for the new

![Construction site, Doha](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/doha-9.jpg)

The new. One of many large construction sites in Doha

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/doha-10.jpg)

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I was amused to see all these old chairs in the streets where men sit to have a drink and a chat

![Old Doha](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/doha-13.jpg)

Old Doha

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/doha-14.jpg)

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The courtyard and the roof of a building in Musherib, Doha, where the (mostly Nepalese) immigrants live who work at the various construction sites

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/doha-16.jpg)

The "skin" of a skyscraper designed by Jean Nouvel in Doha

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/doha-17.jpg)

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Dirty realism in Doha

![Museum of Islamic Art Doha](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/doha-18.jpg)

The Museum of Islamic Art, Doha by I.M. Pei

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/12/doha-2.jpg)

The skyline of Doha