DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Seventy years ago, Saad Ismail Al Jassim used to free dive 40 feet (13 meters) deep into the waters of the Persian Gulf, holding his breath to comb the seabed for oysters in the ...

From a distance it could be a scene from Qatar’s ancient past, long before the country’s modern-day wealth was secured by the discovery of gas and oil. Several kilometers off the coast of southern ...

Doha, Qatar: The Sheikh Abdulla Bin Zaid Al Mahmoud Islamic Cultural Center organised an educational session on Qatar’s maritime and pearl-diving heritage in the past, attended by 44 Russian-speaking ...

Mohammed Al Sada gives the "FIFA World Cup Live" crew a look into preserving the dangerous tradition of pearl diving in Qatar.