souks
By someonenew •
Hello people!
I heard about the demolition of the souks in Doha, was very sad to hear that:(
Any idea where the irani souk is shifted to? or anyother souk?
Hello people!
I heard about the demolition of the souks in Doha, was very sad to hear that:(
Any idea where the irani souk is shifted to? or anyother souk?
maybe novita ~
but what aisha said about an iranian souq near the harbour, i think that's the one i was thinking of ~ i vaguely remember going there when i was little with my family ~ in the middle of it they used to display huge persian carpets.
i heard they were going to demolish the souqs near souq waqif one by one then rebuild them and that they started with souq al-ahmed
It's new construction with old look and old place .........
There used to be the old Irani souq and it was in the harbour. That unfortunately has been deleted. It was not really a building or any structure at all just a bunch of people selling stuff. Most of the pots etc they used to sell has been moved to the Omani souq which is next to the vegetable market.
Aisha-Taweela
Same old place just with a new look.
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i agree with the 'ugly' bit Andrew. The 'new old looking' souq waqif is much better.
There are Souqs all over Doha - Souq al Ali, Souq Asiri, Furniture Souq, Omani Souq....
I think you have your wires crossed and you are thinking of Souq Al Ahmed. The tenants were forcibly removed from this souq a while back and it has sit empty for a while in preparation of its demolition. I for one am glad to see it go - it was ugly as sin and now they can further extend Souq Waqif right to Hamad street.
half of souk Ahmad is gone.. we even took some pics...for the descendants...
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This Too Shall Pass.....
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Yes there was an irianian souq from long time back i heard all that was demolished
i think when they all done they just call those place Souq Waqif.
really? i thought they were two different souqs *_*
that's what i think cuz before they even remodelled souq waqif there was (or maybe still is) an iranian souq ~ correct me if i'm wrong ^^;
souq waqif and the area in the past call Iranian Souq
they only demolish the souk ahmed but souk waqif still remain as it is. they want to make souk ahmed look like souk waqif and later on they will put some big hall for any event relating to qatari culture for public view.
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iranian souq still there ... nowadays they call it Souq Waqif.