We learn a lot from our mothers, or motherly figures in our lives. The natural life lessons taught to us by moms from an early age plays a very important role in our development, our growth, and our well-being.

I often find myself puzzled at the irony of my expansive, often boastful, self-knowledge, with no real effort utilising that information for self-care.

Have you ever noticed that it’s possible to be introduced to someone’s energy before you actually meet him or her? It’s just the feeling you get when they enter a room, it’s that something that precedes them.

The UN human rights chief warned yesterday that children in Yemen continued to be killed and maimed at an alarming rate, despite a three-month-old truce in a vital port. “Since the Stockholm agreement on December 13

Mother’s Day is an opportune time to delve into what makes motherhood a journey beyond giving birth that requires understanding, love, and compassion from immediate family — and if need be, mental health outreach,

Texas A&M University at Qatar (Tamuq) and the Qatar Fertiliser Company (Qafco) co-hosted their annual day-long symposium featuring prominent chemists and chemical engineers who shared the latest advances in their fields.

An Odissi dance performance by Rina Jana & Group is being organised by the Indian embassy at Al Majlis Hall, Sheraton Grand Doha Resort & Convention Hotel, at 6.45pm today, while another performance will take place tomorrow at the Qatar International Food Festival at Oxygen Park

Qatar has called on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to intervene in a dispute over a $24bn nuclear power plant which the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is building. Relations between Qatar and its neighbour are already strained after the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain

There’s no denying that your first fashion hero is usually your mother. Isn’t she? Yasmin Mansour and Hissa Haddad tell us.

The operation to take Islamic State’s last enclave in eastern Syria looked close to an end yesterday, with no sign of clashes as US-backed fighters said they were combing the area for hidden militants.

Aspire Zone Foundation (AZF) has announced that it is gearing up to host a new themed festival around the shores of Aspire’s lake. Titled Aspire Wonderland Festival, the event is scheduled to take place from March 26 to March 30.

Doha Bank has announced the winners of its 10th Al Dana savings scheme draw of 2018, “further strengthening its efforts to encourage personal savings”.

The United Nations said yesterday it will be seeking a “large” amount of funding from member-states to help deal with the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Idai.

The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has announced that it will implement a temporary closure at the Medical City intersection (also known as the Bin Omran intersection) on the main lanes of the four sides of the intersection.

Doha Festival City continues to welcome children at the Teddy Bear Mini Hospital to help them learn about healthcare in a fun and innovative way. Parents can bring their children along with their teddy bears until March 30, between 10am-8pm, to visit the hospital set up at Doha Festival City Mall

A group of female students from the Audio Education Complex paid an educational visit to QIIB headquarters, at which they were briefed on various aspects related to Islamic banking and services provided by banks in general.

Ooredoo has announced that it is the diamond sponsor of the Qatar International Agricultural Exhibition (AgriteQ), being held at Doha Exhibition and Conference Centre until tomorrow.

Mother’s Day is a little tribute to acknowledge the selfless love and compassion that mothers shower on their children.

The Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) yesterday honoured a group of farmers, natives and fishermen for their efforts to support local production to achieve self-sufficiency, as well as honouring the official sponsors of the 7th Qatar International Agriculture Fair (AgriteQ)

The Public Works Authority, Ashghal, is highlighting its key eco-friendly projects and initiatives at Qatar’s First International Environmental Exhibition EnviroteQ, organised by the Ministry of Municipality and Environment at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre until tomorrow.

For such a profound conclusion about motherhood, it is a touch sad that the author of the above quote is anonymous. In a lot of ways, the contributions of a mother belong to the same realm: anonymity.

Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF), attended the opening of two major exhibitions at Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art (a QF member) yesterday.

Filmmakers from around the world presenting projects at Qumra 2019 praised it as a singular event for supporting their projects’ development.

The bodies of victims from New Zealand’s mosques mass shooting were carried in open caskets on the shoulders of mourners into a large tent at Christchurch’s Memorial Park Cemetery yesterday – the first burials of the 50 victims.

Shareholders approve cash dividend payout of 15% of the share’s nominal value, which equates to QR1.5 per share held

In our eyes, growing up A R Rahman disciples, the art always went hand-in-hand with the artiste, this music maestro seemingly of another world. From his fantastical musical breakthrough in 1990s with Tamil film Roja, to double Grammy, double Oscar

Twenty14 Holdings, a leading hospitality investment firm with assets worth in excess of $750mn across Europe, Middle East and India, will soon launch Port Muziris – South Asia’s first Tribute Portfolio hotel, part of Marriott International, near Cochin International Airport.

Thousands of students demonstrated in Dhaka yesterday to demand improved road safety after a university student was run over by a bus, in a city that only recently saw protests against poor road safety.

As water supplies in Ghana’s capital grew increasingly erratic, Beatrice Kabuki stopped customers from using her grocery store’s bathrooms and installed a plastic storage tank at her home.

Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) recently brought together leading scholars involved in research on Islamic intellectual thought between the 16th and 18th centuries at its annual faculty research conference in Doha.

Live cooking demonstrations by internationally renowned chefs, along with cultural performances, marked the opening of the 10th edition of Qatar International Food Festival (QIFF) yesterday at Qatar Foundation’s (QF) Oxygen park in Education City.