 | Plan to set up GCC nursing care model NURSING experts from across
the GCC gathered at the First
Creating a Culturally Competent
Caring Model of Nursing
Symposium on Sunday to conceptualise
a unified GCC nursing care
model which will be made applicable
to all ...
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| | Qatari tops Forbes list of
richest Arab women |  FORBES Middle East has
unveiled its ´Top 100 Most
Powerful Arab Business
Women in Listed Companies´
ranking.
Leading the pack in the ´Top
50 Richest Arab Business
Women in Listed Companies´
category is Sheikha Amna bint
Mohammed al Thani, a stakeholder
in the Mannai
Corporation (MCCS) with
$86.9 million to her name.
Coming in second is Maryam
Khalfan al Naeemi from the
UAE who owns a sizeable
stake in the Commercial Bank
International with $69.1 million.
The third position was
given to Laila Gomaa Gowaily,
an Egyptian national with a
small stake in the Maridive &
Oil Services Co with $34.6
million.
According to a Forbes ... | | | VCUQatar holds 11th graduation ceremony |  FORTY-five students of
Virginia Commonwealth
University in Qatar
(VCUQatar) graduated at a
colourful commencement
ceremony held at the
Education City Student
Centre, on Monday.
According to a press
release, 43 students were
conferred with Bachelor of
Fine Arts degrees in fashion,
graphic and interior design
while two students received
the Master of Fine Arts
degrees in design studies.
This year´s graduation ceremony,
which is the 11th,
brings the number of
VCUQatar alumni to 365 and
also celebrates the first class
of designers of the first graduate
programme in design in
the region, the release said.
Addressing the graduates at
... | | | Foreign graduates laud ´cultural diversity |
 INTERNATIONAL students
say they have relished the
multicultural element of their
educational experience as
they reflect on their time at
university in Qatar.
Erin Joy Gibson, 27, moved
here five years ago after her
husband was offered a job in
Doha. She feels fortunate to
have received a culturallyrich
education. The talented
student was awarded a
Bachelor of Arts Honours
degree in interior design with
a minor in art history from
Virginia Commonwealth University
in Qatar (VCUQatar)
on Tuesday.
"It is an interesting dynamic
of mixed cultures," said the
Canadian. "Going through a
creative degree and process,
you share where your inspiration
is from ... | |
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