Photo: Hamish Bowles1/8Yours Truly in front of architect Jean Nouvel’s sensational National Museum of Qatar.
Photo: Hamish Bowles2/8Jean Nouvel’s maquette for the National Museum of Qatar was part of the exhibition “Making Doha 1950-2030,” curated by fellow architect Rem Koolhaas.
Photo: Hamish Bowles3/8Visitors at the National Museum of Qatar beneath a whale shark—schools of a hundred of these amazing creatures have been known to bask in the gulf waters.
Photo: Hamish Bowles4/8At the gala dinner, the central structure of the palace of Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim (1880-1957) was washed with video installations of desert and sea.
Photo: Hamish Bowles5/8The table setting for the gala dinner celebrating the opening of the National Museum of Qatar.
Photo: Hamish Bowles6/8The exquisite Indian actress Sonam Kapoor at the Fashion Trust Arabia dinner at the Fire Station, dressed by Amika Khanna, and wearing family jewels.
Photo: Hamish Bowles7/8The festive mood on the bus from the Fire Station to the after-party at the W Hotel with Caroline Issa, Emilia Wickstead, Maria Milano in the foreground, and the finalists and winners behind.
Photo: Hamish Bowles8/8The festive Fashion Trust Arabia–themed cake awaited revelers back at the W Hotel Doha.