A new book by Zahra al Sayed documents an important phase in the history of pearl diving.The book, Maritime Art – Singing in ...

On the Doha seashore, rows of wooden dhow boats ... Prior to the advent of the oil and gas industries, Qatar's economy, like many Gulf countries, was dominated by pearl-diving -- until artificial ...

On the Doha seashore ... Prior to the advent of the oil and gas industries, Qatar's economy, like many Gulf countries, was dominated by pearl-diving -- until artificial pearls began flooding ...