“There are no long vowels in the Arabic word for Qatar,” Abdulhamid says. “Instead of letters, our short vowels are represented by accents.” In an Arabic pronunciation of Qatar, the a’s ...

What happens when conversational circumstance forces us to utter the word “Qatar” in public? Is it Kuh-TAR, like guitar? Or Kuh-TAH, like the British pronunciation of catarrh, a phlegmy sore ...

Throughout the 12 years since FIFA president Sepp Blatter dramatically opened a scandalous envelope and introduced the world to Qatar, millions of Westerners have learned plenty about the 2022 ...

The pronunciation of Qatar, a small country on the Arabian Peninsula jutting into the Persian Gulf, is a no-brainer for Arabic speakers and speakers of similar languages. However, to English ...

it is silent on the name of the place where you might need to say them. The problem: The Arabic pronunciation of “Qatar” is very different from the English one. Advertising If you’re an ...

They have learned just about all the basics, except the most basic of all: How to pronounce “Qatar.” They’ve pronounced it “kuh-TAR” and “KA-tar” and “cutter.” The Brits ...

The pronunciation of Qatar, a small country on the Arabian Peninsula jutting into the Persian Gulf, is a no-brainer for Arabic speakers and speakers of similar languages. However, to English speakers, ...

Mouna Abdulhamid, executive director of the Alif Institute, an Arabic cultural center based in Atlanta, walks us through the correct pronunciation. “The Arabic word for ‘Qatar’ actually only ...