Colonel William A. Phillips

Doha, Qatar was chosen as the 2010 Arab Capital of Culture, an initiative of UNESCO's Cultural Capitals Program to promote Arab culture and encourage cooperation in the Arab world.^[1]^[2] The Qatari government prepared for the festival in different ways, including building an $82 million cultural village.^[3]^[4]

Footnotes

^ Misha, Felix (7 November 2009). "Doha makes the running". The Sunday Times. ^{[dead link]}
^ Herbert, Ian; Nicole Leclercq; International Theatre Institute (2003). The World of Theatre: An Account of the World's Theatre Seasons 1999-2000, 2000-2001 and 2001-2002. Routledge. p. 225. ISBN 0-415-30621-3.^{[dead link]}
^ "QATAR: Doha gladly takes on responsibility as 2010 Arab Capital of Culture". ITN. 8 February 2010. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
^ Oakley, Louise (26 August 2009), Qatar's riches, arabianbusiness.com ^{[dead link]}

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