I found it in the stacks of the library of the college I work at in Doha, Qatar.

"Thank you for believing in change, for expanding the game and for giving Qatar a chance," he said.

This was one of the key messages of the highly successful World Conference of Science Journalists held in Doha, Qatar, last week.

In the latest move, Qatar has banned the import of all vegetables from Germany and Spain.

That morning, he had flown in on Lufthansa’s red-eye from Qatar, where he had been exploring a site for a proposed photography museum.