By Raynald C Rivera
DOHA: A museum dedicated to raising awareness about human exploitation and eradicating its global presence has opened in the heart of QR20.4bn Msheireb Downtown Doha (MDD).
Bin Jelmood House is one of the quartet of heritage houses restored and converted into museums which officially opened on Tuesday in the presence of
H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser.
“Freedom is not an attribute specific to just one civilization, but it is a human value, one that I believe is the driving force behind the making of human history,” says a quote from H H Sheikha Moza which welcomes visitors to the series of galleries which tell of the centuries-long history of slavery around the world.
Msheireb Museums Manager Hafiz Ali Ali describes the museum as an “emotional journey through the history of human exploitation,” a universal narrative that everyone must “read about, listen to and be educated of.” “This is very important for us because this is something that people need to see and know and which we need to move and act on. This is the first time that this subject is being exposed in a museum in the Arab world,” Ali explained to the media at yesterday’s tour of the Msheireb Museums. The museum comprises galleries tracing how slavery spread around the world, in the Indian Ocean world and in Qatar at a time when slavery was a flourishing trade. The compelling narrative told through texts, images and videos starts in enslavement but culminates in freedom. One of the galleries tells about tales of slaves in the Indian Ocean and the different roles they played then, something that Ali said could be of interest to researchers.
The Peninsula
By Raynald C Rivera
DOHA: A museum dedicated to raising awareness about human exploitation and eradicating its global presence has opened in the heart of QR20.4bn Msheireb Downtown Doha (MDD).
Bin Jelmood House is one of the quartet of heritage houses restored and converted into museums which officially opened on Tuesday in the presence of
H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser.
“Freedom is not an attribute specific to just one civilization, but it is a human value, one that I believe is the driving force behind the making of human history,” says a quote from H H Sheikha Moza which welcomes visitors to the series of galleries which tell of the centuries-long history of slavery around the world.
Msheireb Museums Manager Hafiz Ali Ali describes the museum as an “emotional journey through the history of human exploitation,” a universal narrative that everyone must “read about, listen to and be educated of.” “This is very important for us because this is something that people need to see and know and which we need to move and act on. This is the first time that this subject is being exposed in a museum in the Arab world,” Ali explained to the media at yesterday’s tour of the Msheireb Museums. The museum comprises galleries tracing how slavery spread around the world, in the Indian Ocean world and in Qatar at a time when slavery was a flourishing trade. The compelling narrative told through texts, images and videos starts in enslavement but culminates in freedom. One of the galleries tells about tales of slaves in the Indian Ocean and the different roles they played then, something that Ali said could be of interest to researchers.
The Peninsula
