The National Museum of Qatar will play a role in inspiring foreign visitors to Qatar, who can see the efforts made in protecting the knowledge and wisdom of the people of the country, Chairperson of Qatar Museums, Doha Film Institute and Reach Out to Asia H E Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad Al Thani has said.
Addressing a roundtable discussion at the UN General Assembly headquarters in New York on culture and sustainable development, Sheikha Al Mayassa said the focus during the project was on protecting the Qatari culture, and communicating with the Qatari people in all fields.
She detailed the steps taken by the State of Qatar to develop its national museum, pointing to the contribution culture can make to development by providing innovative solutions, and stressed that culture is a main component of human development.
Foreigner can see how Qataris are connected to both the desert and the sea. Sheikha Al Mayassa stressed that the museum also highlights Qatar’s commitment to sustainable development as a main goal, as well as improving the lives of Qatari people and all people living in the country.
She also discussed the efforts made to preserve the oral history and heritage of the people of the State of Qatar, which included holding 500 on-camera interviews that documented the experiences of many Qatari generations.
Sheikha Al Mayassa pointed to the challenges facing sustainable development due to population sizes, stressing the importance of enhancing human development by investing in education.
She said that the advantage of the development of the cultural field in Qatar was its ability to create a number of jobs at a regional level. She said the current political environment is acting as an obstacle in this regard, adding that it also obstructs efforts to combat poverty.