Before the oil and gas age, the main commodity for Qatar was pearls. Qatar was at the heart of a booming pearl diving industry at the start of the 20th century.

If you’re spending in riyals, heads up! The Qatar Central Bank (QCB) just announced an update to the 1 Riyal banknote, as part of the country’s fifth series of banknotes. Don’t worry though—your old ...

29 November 2008 The Pearl-Qatar has once again defied world trends by signing a QR550 million ($150 million) deal with a leading property company for the sale of a precinct in the Island's Qanat ...

Or as he’s known in Souq Waqif, the last pearl diver in Qatar. There are few men still alive who can say they were once professional pearl divers. Saad Ismail Jassim, who runs a shop in Souq ...

Qatar Energy Minister Abdulla bin Hamad Al-Attiyah inaugurated the central control room at the massive 140,000 b/d Pearl gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant in Qatar. Oct. 12, 2009 2 min read ...

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Seventy years ago, Saad Ismail Al Jassim used to free dive 40 feet (13 meters) deep into the waters of the Persian Gulf, holding his breath to comb the seabed for oysters in ...