Qatar III: A new regional hub

Posted: 2 October 2008 • bmgadmin00

Aired October 2008
Located in the hub of the Arabian Gulf, Qatar is almost completely surrounded by the sea. It borders Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to the south, and Bahrain to the north-west.
The nation claimed its independence from the British in 1971. In the same year it joined the Arab league and the United Nations. [...]