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National Museum of Qatar Opening 2019

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    Yours Truly in front of architect Jean Nouvel’s sensational National Museum of Qatar.

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    Jean Nouvel’s maquette for the National Museum of Qatar was part of the exhibition “Making Doha 1950-2030,” curated by fellow architect Rem Koolhaas.

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    Visitors 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.

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    At 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.

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    The table setting for the gala dinner celebrating the opening of the National Museum of Qatar.

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    The exquisite Indian actress Sonam Kapoor at the Fashion Trust Arabia dinner at the Fire Station, dressed by Amika Khanna, and wearing family jewels.

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    The 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.

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    The festive Fashion Trust Arabia–themed cake awaited revelers back at the W Hotel Doha.