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Monday, 19 May 2025

Monday Murals - Old Doha Port and Katara

I love murals and street art. If you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, this meme is for you.  Just follow the Linky steps below.  Once you start looking you will find murals everywhere.  The "Monday Mural" meme goes live on Monday at 12,01AM, Perth,Western Australian time. Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters. Looking forward to your mural finds this week.  Thanks Sami

These are the last murals from Old Doha Port (Mina District), which were painted for the 5th "World Wide Walls International Mural Festival" in Nov/Dec 2023.






                                                  Al-fereej - An art installation by Bachir Mohamad with bird cages, clouds and birds painted on tree branches. The cats sculptures highlight the overlooked aspect of Qatar's landscape - the stray cats. The mural pays homage to the stray cats and the roles they play in the daily lives of the community.


















At Box Park - just before you reach Old Doha Port - where containers were repurposed into colourful food and shopping outlets.

















The following two murals are from Katara Cultural Village (the one with all those shop-window murals - I thought I had posted them all!).

Birds of a feather flock together - by Californian artist Jason Keam, painted in 2021.
From the artists' Instagram post - the story of a falcon flying around and sharing the colourful experiences of Qatar with the bald eagle during the Qatar/USA festival.





















Painted by Dimitrije Bugarski, a Serbia artist who is based in Doha. He is an architect by profession, but now pursuing his childhood dream of painting murals.
He has painted a few murals in Doha (he has a famous one at the Fire Station Museum, which I'll post in the upcoming weeks).
This mural is a tribute to the Qatari artist Wafa Al Hamad, who died in February 2012, where he recreated her paintings "A dream on the seabed" on both side of Building 36 - an ice-cream shop where we stopped for ice-creams.







38 comments:

  1. quelle série impressionnante, j'aime particulièrement le dernier mural, celui du marchand de glace. Vraiment beau

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    1. Merci Kwarkito. J'aime les couleurs pastel.

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  2. ...Sami, you found a wonderful collection of murals, the last one is my favorite. Thanks for hosting, have a wonderful week.

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    1. Thanks Tom, I like it too, the pastel colours are beautiful.

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  3. The mural artists come from so many places !

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  4. These murals are stunning—full of meaning and beautifully tied to place. I love how they celebrate culture, nature, and even the everyday lives often unseen. Thank you for sharing such thoughtful and vivid artwork. I just shared a new post. I am excited for you to read it. Thank you. Have a lovely week.

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  5. Look at the cat! I enjoyed this Doha art quite a lot. Thank you for showing us. Aloha!

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    1. Thanks Cloudia. sadly the cats were photographed from afar and not a great photo once cropped.

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  6. Some lovely murals and I do like the cat sculptures.

    Have a good week ahead Sami.

    All the best Jan

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  7. I have to say, outing my self as ignorant, I'm amazed at how much art there is everywhere there, and how beautiful it is. That shot with the fairy lights is gorgeous. And all the cat statues. Lovely. #MuralMondays

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    1. It was already getting dark when I spotted that mural, but I also though the fairy lights would make a nice photo. Thanks Lydia

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  8. The murals and the cat are looking superb there

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  9. I like the geometry of the first mural. The cats are sweet.

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  10. Those are some super amazing murals. Very nice.

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  11. Onde está o avião do Trump?? 😀
    Boa semana

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    1. Ainda nao tinham pensado em doar o aviao na altura Pedro, lol

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  12. They are all so different and wonderful!!!!
    We have a black stray here, he likes his belly getting cuddled at times, so cute! He hates dogs, LOL...

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    1. Oh cute, hope he gets lots of love and food :) Not many cats like dogs I think.

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  13. Gorgeous murals beautifully captured.

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  14. Truly Amazing mural works, Superb clicks.

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  15. The amount of beautiful murals in Doha is very impressive. I love that first one. I love all the lines and patterns. I also love that ice cream shop mural. Such gorgeous pastel colors.

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  16. The lighting on these cat sculptures is beautiful. You did see some very impressive murals there!

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  17. You find so many murals! I don’t know how you do it.

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    1. They seem to be everywhere I go. Thanks Linda :)

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  18. They are all amazing. That cat 🐈 😻 🐈‍⬛️

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    1. Thanks Linda. The cats mural and sculptures are cute.

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