QU forms committee to collect Qatari heritage

Doha: Qatar University (QU), with the College of Arts and Sciences, has formed a joint committee to collect the stories of the Qatari people and their daily lives during the 1950s and 1960s. The importance of this initiative led by QU is due to the inadequate written records about this period in Qatar’s history. 

Therefore, QU will collect and document the stories of the Qatari people to preserve an aspect of the national heritage to benefit future generations, students, and researchers from all around the world interested in studying and researching Qatar and the Gulf region in general. For concerned members of the Qatari community, this project represents a rare opportunity to narrate and document their life experiences during the 50s and 60s. Based on the above, this committee will interview Qataris or those who lived around that period in the country.  Maryam Al Thani, Section Head of Reference and Information Services at Qatar University Library, said, “We will start this campaign to collect the stories of the Qatari people and individuals who lived in Qatar during the aforementioned period. These stories can be sent to the e-mail: [email protected]”