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Monday, 9 June 2025

Monday Murals - The Fire Station Museum in Doha I

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 murals are from the Fire Station Museum which we visited on the 8th January 2025, during our December/January visit to Doha. The former fire station has been converted into a contemporary art space, showcasing art and artists, and nurturing emerging talent.

These murals were on the facade of the museum's building.


This first mural was painted by self-taught Qatari artist Abdulla Al Emadi, called "Mechanical Dreams" - a portrayal of a mechanical robot wearing traditional Qatari clothing.




"Shroomy Ladybug" - painted by Noora Al Mansoori
"The ladybug symbolizes luck and the mushroom symbolizes magic and power, and together they create a symbol manifesting a wonderful life" as per the artist.



One of the many stone sculptures outside the Fire Station Museum

40 comments:

  1. ...Sami, you found some colorful an intriguing murals. I like the lady bug. Thanks for hosting, have a wonderful week.

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  2. The Amount of public art you found in Doha is very impressive. I love the abstract nature of mural on the fire station.

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    1. Thank you Sharon. Almost coming to an end, but there have been lots!

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  3. YOu really got out and about. I'm surprised at how much great art you found!

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    1. Thanks Lydia. There was a lot of art to see there!

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  4. All the colours are fantastic

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  5. These are some very original murals again, dear Sami! What a quirky idea to dress a mechanical robot in traditional Qatari clothing 😅. I also really like the other examples you show – my favorite is "Shroomy Ladybug" 🥰
    All the best, Traude
    https://rostrose.blogspot.com/2025/06/der-rest-vom-mai-und-u30blogger.html

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    1. Thanks Rostrose, the ladybug is very cute.

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  6. Very colourful, and the building itself is quite interesting.

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  7. O lado bom do Médio Oriente, do dinheiro vindo do petróleo.
    Boa semana

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  8. Your murals are fantastic,
    such wonderful colors!!
    Have a beautiful week Sami!

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  9. How wonderful to see these murals from the Fire Station Museum in Doha. What a creative use of the building's facade.

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  10. Great murals - astonishing they are not related to fire, though.
    Haha. 2015, Forrest Chase, full of people. Ingo wanted me to go first so he sees me. 40C, Firefighter in full dress - I took a big step backwards and landed full force on Ingo´s foot!!! They sold the calendar (I thought it´s an emergency).
    Ingo was a firefighter himself and as the money goes to the children´s hospital paid 15 bucks :-)

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    1. Funny that just yesterday at the farewell afternoon tea for 2 colleagues we talked about firefighters and the calendar :)

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  11. Wonderful mural works, Great pics.
    Thanks a lot for hosting. Have a nice week ahead.

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  12. C'est une étrange inspiration trtès surréaliste que cette coccinelle à champignons. Ces peintures murales de Doha, délivrées de semaines en semaines ne cessent de m'étonner

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  13. Funny, I see mushrooms and I am so conditioned to our cannabis shops, but I thought, no, this is Doha!

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    1. LOL, never made that connection. When I posted this one I actually thought about a case in court at the moment in the East coast of Australia, where a woman procured toxic mushrooms to cook with,and invited here ex-in laws and another family member and fed them that meal, eating something else herself! Managed to kill 2 of the 3. Her ex-husband had also been invited but decided not go, otherwise he could have been dead too.

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  14. Seems that Doha is a never ending place for murals....really astonishing.
    Have a good time
    Violetta

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    1. Thank you Violetta, enjoy the rest of your week.

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  15. You saw many murals on this trip, Sami. I like the sculpture too.

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    1. Thank you Pat. They had some very modern sculptures there too.

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  16. These are really fun ones!

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  17. Till you started posting murals you've seen in Dubai, I had no idea how many there were in that city.

    Susan

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    1. I had no idea I would find that many murals either, and there are still many I didn't see! Thanks Susan.

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  18. Very colorful! I like the sculptures too.

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    1. Thank you Linda, the sculptures were interesting too.

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  19. You find so many awesome murals all over the world. so interesting! Our little town has suddenly been decorated by lots of mosaic features. Really fun and beautiful. I will have to look if someone is highlighting mosaics.

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    1. Hi Gill. Thanks for your comment. Please post your mosaic murals here if you wish. They go live every Monday.

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