Salam International Investment Ltd. (SIIL) unveiled a unique initiative as a tribute to Qatar’s National Day. Following a two-year long project of meticulous preparation, and restoration, the conglomerate inaugurated “Qatar My Country”, a photographic archival exhibition that reveals previously unseen, rare collections. The exhibition is also in memory of thelate AbdulSalam Mohammed Abu Issa, founder of Salam International.
The exhibition hosted at The Gate Mall, uncovers images of life in Qatar stretching across the 1950’s through to the 1990’s. The collections on display reveal recognisable landmarks seen at key locations today, inspiring nostalgia and surprising many due to their capacity to bring the nation’s past into focus and placing it against the backdrop of its present.
The inauguration of ‘Qatar My Country’ took place in the presence of Issa AbdulSalamAbu Issa Chairman and CEO of Salam International; Hussam AbdulSalam Abu Issa, Vice Chairman and COO of Salam International, and other distinguished guests.
The exhibition is open to the public from 10am to 10pm and will remain open until January 12, 2014. SIIL Chairman and CEO Issa AbdulSalam Abu Issa said: “It is with a sense of joy and pride that we join in the celebrations of Qatar National Day through a historical photography exhibition, Qatar My Country. SIIL undertook the hugely challenging endeavour of sharing Qatar’s historical legacy of development and growth in a culturally relevant way with the entire community of Qatar. We find it especially poignant that this year, our nation is celebrating National Day under the banner of ‘One Love,’ uniting Qatar’s nationals with expatriate communities, drawn together by a love for this country. I would like to thank His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, and His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Father Emir. It is because of theirwise vision that Qatar has prospered into a developed Nation.”The Peninsula
