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Welcome everybody to the beautiful area of Fana down here in downtown Doha
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I've just arrived at Bin Zayed Cultural Centre, more famously known actually for its beautiful
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mosque just behind me and the very famous spiral minaret. Before 2009 it was the biggest mosque
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actually in Qatar but still remains now to this day in 2022 as the tallest in the whole of the
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state of Qatar. Inside the main area just in front of me is an area which basically breaks down the
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entire religion from the five pillars of Islam women in Islam and also the environment broken down into very simple sections to let tourists and non especially digest the information and truly understand what islam is all about a very peaceful kind and incredible religion
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what i love about centers like this is there's no pressure they're simply here just to educate you
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and give you the free resources for you to learn about not only religion, but also the culture and the way of life here in Qatar
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So inside the beautiful culture center, there is something extraordinary happening inside
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There is a VR modern experience where you put on the glasses and you get to virtually experience
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Mecca, which is an incredible honor to experience. Many people coming out of here crying There a lot of emotions in here Pieces of the Kaaba the cover of the Kaaba Original Korans audio opportunities It a great area to learn about Islam culture the religion itself and the people and it sublime
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Some tools which they used to use it. Arabic calligraphy. Pins made of bamboo and ink
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Wow, it's so nice. and here he can watch a VR, a virtual short video about Kaaba
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the situation at that time when our Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him was gone there
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This is incredible! You're getting 3D versions of Mecca, the land around it
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and it's a virtual experience so you can see everything around you. It's... wow! Amazing
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so as you come upstairs there's a huge selection of different books to learn about the religion
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you have books in french english hindi tamil everything from women rights in islam which is a super important topic i delve into this in a future episode And so many other things Water Islam and the environment Super important topic again And many others
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Come up here if you're here in the center and take a look at these. And they're free. So take them home
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So they also offer free calligraphy down here in the center. As you can see, it's beautiful
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I'm going to get my name written. This is an Arabic name
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Ah, shukran. Thank you, brother. Shukran. So right here is my name in Arabic
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And on the back, you have the cultural center. this is beautiful so as we're living pretty much in a digital age now the workers here at the
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cultural center pretty much revolutionized the way of learning it's so incredible and a super easy way
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to learn all about the religion the culture and everything else in between i hope you love seeing
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this experience that i've just shown you if you're in doha and if you come to qatar come and learn
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about all of the traditions here in islam and the culture here in qatar it's a great learning
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experience and i highly recommend it to each and every one of you stay tuned and i'll see you soon
