This Thursday (12th February) the World Trade Centre Hull & Humber will be building links with Qatar when it hosts a visit from Chadi Abou Daher, the regional manager of the WTC Doha.
The day will include a free afternoon seminar on business opportunities in Qatar and the rest of the Gulf. Mr Abou Daher will also be on hand to talk to about Futurallia, an international matchmaking forum for SMEs, which takes place in Doha from 10th to 12th May.
Language is Everything is the official communications partner of the WTC Hull & Humber. We'll be there on Thursday to talk about written translation, telephone interpreting, face to face interpreting and other ideas to help you 'make it happen' in overseas markets.
We look forward to seeing you there. And if you can't make it this week, give us a call (01482 485212) and pop in us and see us at the WTC anytime: we're on the ground floor at One Humber Quays.
In the meantime, in the latest of our regular series, here are 10 things you didn't know about Qatar.
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The State of Qatar is located on a peninsula that juts out 100 miles into the Persian Gulf from Saudi Arabia.
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The correct pronunciation of "Qatar" lies somewhere between "cutter" and "gutter". (In other words, not like "guitar".)
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According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, Qatar's economy will grow by 13% in 2009, making it the fastest growing economy in the world.
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The population of Qatar has risen from less than 100,000 in the 1960s to around 1 million today. The vast majority the population is made up of foreign workers, mostly from India and Pakistan.
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The official language is Arabic, although the large immigrant population speaks Urdu, Punjabi, Farsi and many other languages.
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Qatar is home to the Arabic-language news channel Al-Jazeera, which has a worldwide audience of 40 million.
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In terms of land area, Qatar is about three-quarters of the size of Yorkshire and the Humber.
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Qatar's Museum of Islamic Art, housed in an iconic stone building designed by I.M. Pei, was opened in December last year.
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A new airport in Doha, which will replace the existing one in 2011, will be one the biggest in the world: it will be about two-thirds the size of Doha itself.
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The winner of the Qatar Open tennis championships in 2008 and 2009 was Britain's Andy Murray.