Like a couch still wrapped in plastic, much of Doha, the capital of Qatar, is so new that it feels like touching it could ruin it. Wandering through Souk Waqif, a 100-year-old marketplace, I was blissfully lost amid tiny shops selling spices, souvenirs and live birds. But as a museum, what’s on display counts even more. I’d say the museum is everything it can possibly be, but for one glaring omission. It’s progress to be sure, but the erasure of this cornerstone of the country’s story in its national museum is hard to overlook.

Source: thestar June 07, 2019 16:07 UTC