Italian Names Translated

Italian - English

Aida - happy

Alba - Dawn

Alberto - Albert

Alfredo - Alfred

Aldo - Donald

Alessandro - Alexander (defender of mankind)

Andrea - Andrew (the Italian is a male name)

Angelo - angel or messenger

Anita - grace

Antonio - Anthony

Arturo - Arthur

Barbieri - barber

Barone - baron

Bianca - white

Bruno - brown (referring to clothes or hair)

Carlo - Charles

Caterina - Catherine meaning pure

Cipriani - from Cyprus

Constantia - constancy

Cosimo from Greek Cosmo meaning order

Cristiano - Christian

Dante - lasting

Dario (from Latin Darius) posessing goodness

Dino - little sword (we used to have Dino's restaurant in Edgware. Several restaurants of this name are found worldwide.

Donna lady (ma donna = my lady)

Edmondo - Edmund (prosperous)

Eduardo - Edward (

Elena - bright light

Enrico - Henry /home ruler

Eugenio - noble

Fabio - bean farmer

Faust - lucky

Filippo - Philip  (loves horses)

Franco/Franceso - French

Gemma - gem, jewel

Giacomo - James

Giorgio - George (farmer)

Giulia - Julia (youthful)

Grazia - Grace

Gregorio - Gregory (watchful)

Juan - John

Juliet Julietta - child of Jove

Leo/Lenya - lion

Leonardo - bold lion (as in painter Leonardo Da Vinci)

Lennon - cape/cloak

Leopold - bold

Liliana - lily

Lorenzo - Lawrence (Laurel tree) 

Lucia/Lucan/Luciano/Ludo - light

Maria/Margherita/Mario - Mary (bitter)

Marcello - hammer

Marco (as in Marco Polo) from the Roman God of war Marcus

Marco - Mark

Maximo - greatest

Mona - lady

Nicola, Nicolò - Nicholas (the accent on the o of the Italian means emphasize that syllable) Victorious

Giorgio - George

Pascal - born on Passover

Paulo - Paul (small)

Primo - first one

Regina - queen

Ricco - Richard, powerful or strong ruler

Roma - from Rome

Romeo - pilgrim to Rome

Rosso/Rossini - red (maybe red haired)

Rosa, Rosetta, Rozalia - rose

Serena - serene

Slvatore - Saviour

San - Saint

Silvio - silver

Stefan0 - Stephen (crowned with laurels)

Teresa - harvester

Tomaso - Thomas (twin)

Valeria/Valentino - brave or strong

Violet - flower

Vincenzo - Vincent

Vito/Vittorio - Victor

I have at least ten dictionaries of baby names. 

People and Places

guida - guide

museo - museum

telefono - telephone

torre - tower

Useful Websites

https://adoption.com/baby-names/origin/italian

https://www.behindthename.com/name

https://www.oocities.org/irishkenj/givename

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Third set of Albanian words - simple spelling. Five easy words for hotel, restaurant, museum, tourist, visitor

Post under construction. come back soon

THE SAME WORD!

1 The word hotel is the same in both languages. 

SMALL CHANGES In Spelling

Simplest Change  - S to Z

2 Museum, change the s to z and drop the um end. Muze.

3 Visitor, change the s to Z. Vizitor.

SLIGHTLY HARDER CHANGES in spelling

Change by dropping o or inserting o

4 Tourist - simplify the spelling by dropping the o, turist

5 Restaurant in Albanian is spelled similarly to the English, but with simplified spelling. Change the au to o. Restorant.

We can now read and recognize 5 words.

English - Albanian

boat/plane varkë/aeroplan

cheap/expensive e lire e shtrenjte

hotel/restaurant hotel/restorant

How much Sa shumë

museum/shop muze/dyqan

one, two, many një, dy, shumë

tourist/visitor turist/vizitor

Albanian - English

varkë/aeroplan boat/plane hotel/restorant hotel/restaurant muze/dyqan museum/shop turist/vizitor tourist/visitor një, dy, shumë one, two, many Sa shumë How much e lire e shtrenjte cheap/expensive

Short phrases paired

I want it/I don't want it

I like it/I don't like it

too hot/too cold

I am/You are

I am worried/tired

I am relieved/grateful

I am well/happy/fine/good

how are you?/that's good

let's go

let\s start

that's all

it's done/finished

is that okay?

is that enough?

How do I pay?/Here is the money/

Questions

are you

where is

shkojme

le të fillojmë

kjo eshte e gjitha

është bërë/mbaruar

A eshte ne rregull?

mjafton kaq?

Si të paguaj?/Këtu janë paratë/

Pyetje

jeni ju

ku është

e dua/nuk e dua

më pëlqen/nuk më pëlqen

shumë nxehtë/shumë ftohtë

Unë jam/Ti je

jam i shqetësuar/i lodhur

Unë jam i lehtësuar/mirënjohës

Unë jam mirë / i lumtur / mirë / mirë

si jeni?/kjo është mirë

e dua/nuk e dua

më pëlqen/nuk më pëlqen

shumë nxehtë/shumë ftohtë

Unë jam/Ti je

jam i shqetësuar/i lodhur

Unë jam i lehtësuar/mirënjohës

Unë jam mirë / i lumtur / mirë / mirë

si jeni?/kjo është mirë



shkojme

le të fillojmë

kjo eshte e gjitha

është bërë/mbaruar

A eshte ne rregull?

mjafton kaq?

Si të paguaj?/Këtu janë paratë/

Pyetje

jeni ju

ku është

Useful Websites

Translate Google

Wikipedia

Wikivoyage

Anne Frank Sites To Visit in Amsterdam and Around the world

Memorial to the Anne Frank tree, Russell Park, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK.

Mural showing Anne Frank. Pastorplatz, Aachen, Germany. Achen, Pastorplatz 1. 

Stolperstein (stepping stones) in Aachen for Anne Frank, her sister Margot, and their mother Edith.

Statue of Anne Frank, Westermarkt, near the Anne Frank House, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Marot Frank and Anne Frank gravestone style memorial with star of David in Bergen Belsen, Germany.

Anne Frank mural, with blues, in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Anne Frank statue.

English: Anne Frank lived with her family in a flat at Merwedeplein 37 before they "moved" in their hiding place. This statue of her is standing on the square. The piece of art was created by Jet Schepp. Deutsch: Anne Frank lebte mit ihrer Familie in einer Wohnung am Merwedeplein 37 bevor sie in ihr Versteck im Hinterhaus fliehen mussten. Diese Statue von ihr steht auf dem Platz. Die Statue ist ein Kunstwerk von Jet Schepp.
Date	3 May 2019, 11:32:15
Source	Own work
Author	Citius Altius Fortius

Statue of Anne Frank with suitcase. Photo from author Maula.

Anne Frank, Amsterdam

Boise, Idaho, statue of Anne Frank looking through a curtain.

Memorial stones for Anne Frank, which appear as a star of David when viewed from the air. In Girona, Catalonia, Spain.

Useful Websites

https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/main-characters/otto-frank/ 

https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/secret-annex/

https://www.annefrank.org/en/about-us/support-us/

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Monuments_and_memorials_to_Anne_Frank

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Statues_of_Anne_Frank

https://wanderwomenproject.com/places/anne-frank-statue-in-new-orleans/

Marzipan Museum in Lubeck, Germany

 

Marzipan, made from ground almonds and sugar, one of my favourites. As a child I loved being given a marzipan sweet in the shape of a piece of fruit, which my parents would save for me from the petits fours when they went out in the evening to a wedding.

As an adult, I heard my late father, in his nineties, saying his favourite sweet was marzipan. I want to the supermarket to buy him some marzipan. He was a late onset diabetic. So I checked the sugar content. I found that the sugar content was as high as 50 per cent. I was shocked. Later, I went back for more and to my horror, the sugar content had gone up to 75! The solutions were to add more ground almonds to the coloured paste, and make a tiny sweet to go with tea or coffee. 

I then looked at the various varieties sold in bars of chocolate covered marzipan in the newsagents in the London shops. We did a comparison of various brands which had different quantities of marzipan. We found that the consistency varied, from a smooth paste, a soft paste to a hard paste, and from soft marzipan to gritty.

The marzipans from Lubech and the have to abide by regulations about the quantity of almonds and sugar. Wiki explains succinctly.

GERMANY

Lubeck in Germany, one hour from Hamburg, has a marzipan museum. Niederegger

HUNGARY

Hungary has a marzipan museum, in Budapest, the capital city. The museum's name is the Szabo Marcipan Museum. The name Szabo is a common name in Hungary and means tailor. You may recognize the surname Szabo from the wartime heroine Violette Szabo from WW2.

Marzipan in London, from Waitrose

48 grams.  One pound ninety five pence. 

If you are not travelling to either of the museums this week, you might look at or buy marzipan in a supermarket such as Waitrose in London. If you cannot travel to the marzipan museum and its overseas shop, travel to your nearest supermarket, with new interest in a product which has travelled to meet you.

Marzipan map.

Lubeck For Tourists

Lubeck's major landmarks are the museum and the gate, Holstentor.

Holstentor in Lübeck, Germany. View from Holstenplatz. Next to the gate (right) the historical Salzspeicher.

Christian Wolf (www.c-w-design.de)

Useful Websites

Marzipan museum in Germany

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/escape/article-11471715/A-taste-Lubeck-wonderfully-Willy-Wonka-esque-German-city-thats-famous-marzipan.html

https://www.niederegger.de/en/cafe-niederegger/marzipan-museum/

https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/niederegger-marzipan

Marzipan Museum in Budapest, Hungary

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g274887-d3290565-i123980846-Szabo_Marcipan_Museum-Budapest_Central_Hungary.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marzipan

https://www.szamos.hu/uzletek/muzeum-cukraszda

• German Food Guide: Marzipan
• Etymology of "marzipan"
• Marzipan museum

El Alamein museum and cemetery - more to this story - Churchill's quotation

 

El Alamein in Egypt

Curiosity Satisfied

El Alamein like so many battlefields is a mixture of facts, sadness and happiness. The facts are how the place operated before during and after battles. Facts - The big things such as the tanks. The small things such as the badges.  

Emotional Experience

Sadness - people who died. Especially in tragic circumstances. Or if they were your family members. 

Happiness, satisfaction, the safety precautions, the ingenuity, that a victory brought an end to the conflict, in that place, for the living, and the dead, on both sides. 

Sometimes, reconciliation,  between descendants on both sides, or veterans - especially between those who really did not want to be there! Some did not want to kill, some did not want to be killed, some did not understand what they were fighting for, some were homesick.

Sources Of Stories And Quotations

Wikipedia is a wonderful source, a wonderful resource. It started out using and combining the out of date Encyclopedias such as Brittanica, and the Catholic Encyclopaedia and Jewish Encyclopaedia, for all the historical stuff, and early science and culture, gradually adding updates from experts and individuals.

 Photo sources

Plus the photos. Now Flickr is just one source of photos. More photos are added directly to Wikipedia by authorities and by members of the public. 

El Alamein's Pivotal Part in WW2

My Interest

 

Wikipedia gave me a succinct guide to El Alamein, updated from when I last looked, with links to all sorts of outside sources. My late mother's first husband was killed at El Alamein which is what sparked my interest in a place I have not yet visited. However, I have visited many WWI and WW2 sites in Europe and the USA's civil war sites. Stalin said, one death is a tragedy, many is a statistic. Often one family member's involvement can inspire a lifelong fascination with everything to do with the whole of WWI, WW2 and wars any time and everywhere. As if somehow, some clue as to how those involved lived and died, how others traced ancestors, it all adds up. We cannot turn back the clock. But we can turn on the clock and create memorials and solve puzzles and mysteries. The past is a jigsaw. Sometimes one piece in the jigsaw is a date, death certificate, or photo, which sends you on a quest to find more pieces to create the full picture. 

The two exciting revelations on El Alamein - it was a turning point in the tide of WW2.

Churchill said, 'Before El Alamein, we never had a victory. After El Alamein, we never had a loss.'

Listen to the language. What makes it so memorable. Firstly the positive message. Secondly the actual language. Contrast, 'before, after'. Contrast, 'victory, loss'. Repetition, 'El Alamein, we never had'. 

For lovers of quotations, another famous quotation which I have often heard at meetings of Toastmasters International speakers' training clubs, and seen on the web is.

This is not the end. It is not the beginning of the end. But it is the end of the beginning.

We use this quotation to inspire ourselves and others to continue on with any venture. But churchill was referring to one particular incident. The battle of El Alamein.

After  the allied  

ANZAC Day

 

Flag of Australia, 2022.

The acronym (name you can say, from initial letters, like UNESCO) ANZAC stand for Australian and New Zealand armed forces.

It is celebrated, or perhaps I should say, observed, in Australia, New Zealand and in London, England at Whitehall.

The event takes place with wreath laying on a memorial in London, by the head of the armed forces/a member of the royal family (who may or may not be the same, depending which year and which country.

There might be visits to obelisks (upright commemoration), or gravestones or plaques.

Before, during and after that day, you might wish to visit monuments, museums and cemeteries.

In Australia I went to visit the museum at Canberra, the capital. I was impressed by a memorable and chilling painting of a parade of veteran soldiers - followed by ghostly skeletons! 

On a brighter note, I liked photos and fond stories of mascots and helpful animals in wartime.

More detail and photos will be added later when I finish work.

The Bata Shoe-Box Shape Museum in Canada shows shoes, people and politics

Picture from wikipedia article on Bata Shoe Museum.
 

Shoes belonging to Marilyn Monroe, Elvis, Queen Victoria, and people living hundreds of years ago are displayed here. The museum is band up to date and you see shoes in their cultural context, and the workshops making shoes.

Queen Victoria's shoes.

The museum' motto is one step at a time. That is how I found it, one step at a time. I moved from writing a blog on my dressofthedayangela.blogspot to reading about Siebel shoes, then the shoe museum in Germany, then the listing of shoe museums worldwide and then Bata shoe museum in Canada. What I remember vividly from the Bata Shoe Museum website is not about shoes but about the Bata wife who took a collection of hundreds of shoes her family collected to make a museum.

Running The Museum

Her name was Sonja and she married into the Bata family in 1946. That would put her into her nineties today if she married at the age of 15 to 25.

She resisted attempts to make it a government organization. Government control would have earned funding, which she did not need. 

Instead, she wanted control over everything including where it was to be built, and the design of the building. And no doubt which shoe companies were featured. 

All fascinating stuff, politics, people in conflict, all with their own agenda, which you don't always think about when seeing a museum which is privately owned or not.  I usually think, they gave their family home, or museum, to the people of the city. That was generous of them. A chance for the place to be free or subsidized. Open to all. In perpetuity.

On the other hand, I know that many museums are left more items than they can display. Paintings, sculpture, furniture, much more, sits in storage never seen nor enjoyed by anybody. At least if a painting were hung on the wall of a home or a restaurant or town hall, a few people would see it.

The Building's Entrance

At first glance, the building looked rather dull, a large white oblong, with a pleasing coloured central design, nothing to do with shoes. However, it is actually meant to look like the shape of a shoe box. The roof is supposed to be tilted like the lid of a shoe box. The building is three storeys high, so you would not necessarily notice the roof and general shape from ground level. I didn't register that from the photo, until I read the Wikipedia account more carefully.

However, a close of of the entrance shows the glass doorway. Looking back at the over all view, I can see that when you approach on foot it looks completely different.

What's Displayed Inside?

The world's largest collection of footwear. 13,000 shoes. Dating back more than 4,000 years.

Not all made by Bata. They weren't around 4,000 years ago. 

I am more interested in contemporary shoes which I might buy and wear, once an idea becomes popular and affordable. So I can see that they have to select the most interesting items to display or send away on travelling exhibitions. Especially with Covid-19, even more so, the travel wheel and affordability wheel has swung around and once again many people cannot travel. Museums and exhibitions display items from around the world.

The history of the company reveals much more of general interest. The garden city. The co-op idea. The modern architecture.

The online shops sells books on shoes, a boot deodorizer, a colouring book, a pack of playing cards featuring shoes, a tote bag with a shoe pattern, shoe wipes, and a high heel shoe magnet with the words Pumped up!

Where Is It

Toronto

Ontario

Canada

Useful Websites

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bata_Shoe_Museum

https://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/restored-modernist-architecture-tomas-bata-memorial-zlin-petr-vsetecka

https://batashoemuseum.ca/

About the Author

About the author of this travel blog

Angela Lansbury is British born and bred but has also lived in the USA, Spain and Spingapore and visited countries around the worl

She is a semi-retired teacher of English language and literature and a member of Toastmasters International and five clubs, Harrovians in the UK, three in Singapore (BHA and TCA and Senja-Cashew), a club coach for Nee Soon South, and a member of online only club, Singapore Online Dynamic. To find a club go to Toastmasters International Find a club or look on Facebook. BHA meets the first Wednesday evening each month, login 6.45 for 7 pm start Singapore time (SGT), which is noon in London UK, during British summer time, until clocks go back the last Sunday in October when the UK reverts to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

The easiest language to learn? Esperanto?

Which is the easiest language to learn? That is a common question on the Polyglots page in Facebook.

Webster simplified English spelling for immigrants to the USA.

 The Chinese introduced simplified Chinese on mainland China to increase literacy for all.

It depends who you want to meet and speak to. Esperanto is easiest. It is a made up language. But fewer books and film and no country where all the signs are in the language. Maybe Esperanto speakers should set up an Esperanto city. Like the founder of Tel Aviv, stick a stick in the sand and say, our city will be here.

Monotone words and languages with no inflections are easiest to learn.

Chinese has four tones. But each syllable is distinct and with equal emphasis.

Sing-song languages are prettier. Italian. Welsh. You have to go to the country or learn from audio recordings or films (movies).


Places to visit

Ludwig Zamenhof Centre, Bialystock, NE Poland

AUSTRIA
Museum of languages in Vienna
POLAND
Grave of founder of Esperanto
Museum of founder of Esperanto


USA
Home of Webster who reformed spelling and published the dictionary and English workbook

About the Author
Angela Lansbury teaches English and public speaking.
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Surrealist Art To See in New York And At Giorgio de Chirico House Museum, in Rome, Italy

Italian flag
(During 2020 due to covid19 many places are closed but you can do a lot of exploring and planning trips and research on the internet.)

The Giorgio de Chirico House Museum (Casa Museo di Giorgio de Chirico) is a house museum in the 16th century Palazzetto del Borgognoni at Piazza di Spagna 31 in Rome. 

De Chirico House Museum, Rome, Italy.

The house was acquired by Giorgio de Chirico in 1948. It was left to the state by his widow and opened as a museum in 1998. Only open by appointment, it is closed on Mondays and Sundays. The nearest Metro stop is Spagna.

The house has a large number of paintings as well as sculptures and you glimpse the rooftop terrace from which he used to look over the city. 

Exhibits In Italy

It houses several works belonging to the Giorgio e Isa De Chirico Foundation, including:

• Interno metafisico con nudo anatomico, 1968
• Il meditatore, 1971
• Sole su cavalletto, 1972
• Due cavalli in riva al mare, 1964
• Autoritratto di De Chirico, 1953
• Donna in riposo, 1936
• Naiadi al bagno, 1955
• Riposo del Gladiatore, 1968
• Orfeo trovatore stanco, 1970
• Ritratto di Isa con testa di Minerva, 1944
• Bagnanti, 1945
• Frutta con busto di Apollo, 1973
• Interno metafisico con biscotti, 1968
• Il rimorso di Oreste, 1969
• Bagni misteriosi, 1973
• L'anniversario del principe, 1973
• Triangolo metafisico, 1958
• Pianto d'amore (Ettore e Andromaca), 1974
• Le maschere, 1973

De Chirico in Other Museums
the Red Tower - Guggenheim Museum, New York USA





De Chirico in The Museum of Modern Art, New York USA

The Great Metaphysical Interior. by De Chirico.

The Nostalgia of the Infinite, by de Chirico, Museum of Modern Art, New York city, USA.
Thought to be inspired by a tower in Turin, Italy.

Self-portrait by de Chirico in Munich, Germany

The artist was rather fond of tall towers, which are a feature of some towns in Italy. His words remind me of Delvaux.

Some Italian words translated

Italian - English

amore - love

anatomico - anatomical

anniversario - anniversary

autoritratto - self-portrait

bagno - bath

bagni - baths

biscotti - biscuits

busto - bust

cavalli - horses

con - with

del - of the

di - of

donna - woman

due - two

frutta - fruit

interno - interior

le - the

mare - sea

maschere - mask

metafisico - metaphysical

mysteriosi - mysterious

nudo - nude

principe - prince

rimorso - remorse
riposa - rest

ritratto - portrait

test - head

triangolo - triangle

His paintings remind me of those by Magritte, and Belgian painter Paul Delvaux, who he influenced.
Wikipedia is good for the background of an artist's life. A convenient grouping pf paintings is in wikiart.

Useful Websites

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_de_Chirico_House_Museum
https://fondazionedechirico.org/?lang=en
https://www.wikiart.org/en/giorgio-de-chirico

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_de_Chirico#Selected_works

The Author
Author, Author! About the Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. (Not related to the actress.)
Author of twenty books including: Quick Quotations; Who Said What When.
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See other posts on singers and statues and languages and destinations.

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Where Is The Middle East News From? Al Jazeera and Qatar

You hear a lot of Al Jazeera new stories. Where is the news coming from? I have matched up the information on Al Jazeera and the country of Qatar. (That's right. Not a mis-spelling. Unlike English, no U after the letter q.) I have copied from Wiki the parts relevant to the armchair traveller, cutting for brevity, conciseness, neutrality, relevance and style.

Al Jazeera

Not to be confused with Al Jazeera America.

Al Jazeera English
Launched	15 November 2006; 13 years ago
Network	Al Jazeera
Owned by	Al Jazeera Media Network
Audience share	0.07% (UK) (January 2016, BARB)
Slogan	Setting the news agenda Every story, every side Hear the human story
Country	Qatar
Language	English
Broadcast area	Worldwide
Headquarters	Doha, Qatar
Sister channel(s)	Al Jazeera Al Jazeera Mubasher Al Jazeera Balkans Al Jazeera Documentary Channel AJ+
Website	aljazeera.com
Availability
Terrestrial
Freeview UK	Channel 235
Freeview (New Zealand)	Channel 16
Oqaab (Afghanistan)	Channel 45
GoTv (South, East and West Africa)	Channel 40
Satellite
Hot Bird 13°E (Europe, Middle East & North Africa)	11137 H 27500 3/4 (HD/SD)
Astra 19.2E (Europe)	11229 V 22000 2/3 (HD) 11627 V 22000 5/6 (SD)
Es'hail 1 25.5E (Middle East & North Africa)	11046 H 27500 2/3(HD) 11604 H 27500 3/4 (SD)
Astra 28.2°E (Europe)	11582 H 22000 5/6 (HD) 11082 H 22000 5/6 (SD)
Türksat 4A 42°E (Europe, Middle East & North Africa)	12458 V 30000 3/4 (SD)
Azerspace-2 45°E (West Africa)	11515 V 30000 ? (SD)
Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a 46°E (Africa)	4140 H 4000 5/6 (SD)
Intelsat 20 68.5°E (Europe, Africa, Asia & Australia)	4064 H 19850 7/8 (SD)
AsiaSat 7 105.5°E (Asia & Oceania)	4100 V 29720 5/6 (HD) 3880 H 27500 3/4 (SD)
Optus D3 156°E (Australia)	12136 V 27800 3/4 (SD)
Thor 5 0.8°W (Europe)	12418 V 28000 7/8 (SD)
Eutelsat 8 West B 8°W (Middle East & North Africa)	12521 H 27500 2/3 (HD) 10971 V 27500 3/4 (SD)
Hispasat 30°W (Europe)	10890 V 27500 3/4 (SD)
Tata Sky (India)	Channel 635
Dish TV (India)	Channel 618
Dialog TV (Sri Lanka)	Channel 32
Dish TV Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka)	Channel 2746
beIN (Middle East and North Africa)	Channel 201 (HD)
Astro (Malaysia)	Channel 513
MNC Vision (Indonesia)	Channel 331
Bell TV (Canada)	Channel 516
Foxtel (Australia)	Channel 651
yes (Israel)	Channel 108
Cignal Digital TV (Philippines)	Channel 135
Digiturk	Channel 144 (SD)
Globecast	Channel 463 (FTA)
MEO	Channel 205
Freesat (UK)	Channel 203
Sky (UK & Ireland)	Channel 513 (HD) Channel 880 (SD)
SKY Italia	Channel 532
Cable
Virgin Media (UK)	Channel 622
Channel 128
Cablecom (Switzerland)	Channel 152
Smallworld Cable (United Kingdom)	Channel 514
Cablevision (Lebanon)	Channel 188
Ziggo (Netherlands)	Channel 506
First Media (Indonesia)	Channel 252
Full Channel (US)	Channel 168
Destiny Cable (Philippines)	Channel 22 (Analog) Channel 151 (Digital)
Unitymedia (Germany)	LCN 570
Vodafone Kabel (Germany)	Channel 842
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Al Jazeera English (AJE) is the Qatari pay television news channel owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network, headquartered in Doha, Qatar. It is the first English-language news channel to be headquartered in the Middle East. Instead of being run centrally, news management rotates between broadcasting centres in Doha and London.

Qatar (/ˈkætɑːr/ /ˈkɑːtɑːr/ (listen), /ˈkɑːtər/ or /kəˈtɑːr/ (listen)  local vernacular pronunciation: [ˈɡɪtˤɑr]),^[10][11] officially the State of Qatar  Dawlat Qaṭar), is a country located in Western Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula.  A  monarchy  Its sole land border is with neighbouring Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) monarchy Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its territory surrounded by the Persian Gulf. The Gulf of Bahrain, an inlet of the Persian Gulf, separates Qatar from nearby Bahrain.

In early 2017, Qatar's total population was 2.6 million: 313,000 Qatari citizens and 2.3 million expatriates. Islam is the official religion of Qatar.The country has the highest per capita income in the world. Qatar is classified by the UN as a country of very high human development and is widely regarded as the most advanced Arab state for human development. Qatar is a high-income economy, backed by the world's third-largest natural gas reserves and oil reserves.

Historical monuments

Rock carvings at Al-Jassassiya

 An assortment of ruins, cave art and a museum. Most famous is the archaeological site of Zubarah, where there are the remains of what was once a thriving port city. An early 20th-century fort on the site still stands as a museum. The Al-Jassassiya rock carvings in north-eastern Qatar are a site of 900 petroglyphs that are believed to date back to ancient tribes who inhabited the peninsula during the 15th century BCE.

A number of forts and towers exist around the country; most of them have also been restored as museums. The Barzan Towers stand at the edge of the town of Umm Salal Mohammed, erected to safeguard the country's rainwater basin. Another defensive watchtower stands in Al Khor. The popular Al Koot Fort is located in the heart of the capital Doha, with a wide variety of traditional handicrafts within. Others structures include Marwab Fort, Al Thughab Fort, Al Shaghab Fort, Al Rakiyat Fort, Al Wajbah Fort and the ruins of Al Yussoufiya Fort, Umm Al Maa Fort and Al Ghuwair Castle.

The National Museum is housed in an impressive "desert rose stone" shaped building. There are a number of other museums across the country that specialise in history. The Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum in Al Shahaniya is the Sheikh's collection of relics, artefacts and art from Qatar, the Middle East and around the world.

Modern attractions

Yachts docked at the Pearl

• The Museum of Islamic Art, Doha
• Souq Waqif : the traditional old marketplace of Qatar. Has many good restaurants, especially at night time. Also sells many national products - bargaining is recommended. 
• The Pearl : a man-made island connected to Doha by a bridge. You can find a big variety of restaurants and shops, mainly in the high range.
• Villaggio Mall: a spectacular Venetian style shopping mall with a canal and gondolas. A huge variety of shops from casual to luxury.
• Mathaf : The Arab museum of modern art
• Katara : "Cultural village" which is home to high-end international and Arab restaurants, a high-end shopping mall, a beach, an opera house, an amphitheatre, and an exhibition hall. It holds many cultural events. See the two small mosques.
• Aqua park : Aquatic Funfair.
• Qatar Mall: A huge mall with a variety of shops, restaurants, and entertainment.
• Aspire park: A park next to Villaggio mall, it is reserved for families only on the weekend, visiting in the winter months is recommended.
• MIA park: A park next to the museum of Islamic art, single people are allowed in, visiting in the winter months is recommended.

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