We just learned about the country of Pakistan
Let's learn a little about the country of Qatar!
Qatar is a small country in the middle east, made up of only about 4,000 square miles but with about 2.7 million people living there.
People in Qatar mostly speak Arabic.
![qatar](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/QAT_orthographic.svg/480px-QAT_orthographic.svg.png)
(from: wikipedia - qatar)
The flag of Qatar is white on the left and red on the right, and the middle is a jagged edge splitting up the two colors.
The red color is called "Qatar Maroon" and goes back over 100 years to when the country made a reddish colored dye from shellfish, and the white is for peace.
![qatar](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/640px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png)
(from: wikipedia - flag of qatar)
To eat in Qatar you might have quzi, which is made of rice with lamb and nuts.
![quzi](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Iraqi_Qoozi_.jpg/480px-Iraqi_Qoozi_.jpg)
(from: wikipedia - quzi)
Visiting Qatar you might go see Al Zubara Fort, which is an old castle built in 1938.
![al zubara fort](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Zubara_Fort.jpg/640px-Zubara_Fort.jpg)
(from: wikipedia - al zubara fort)
The Pearl is a 12 square mile man made island that was built for people to live there.
![the pearl](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Pearl-Qatar_Doha_Qatar_11Nov2017_SkySat.jpg/640px-Pearl-Qatar_Doha_Qatar_11Nov2017_SkySat.jpg)
(from: wikipedia - the pearl-qatar)
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