From the museums, Al Corniche runs all the way to the glamorous Sheraton Doha Resort and the Manhattan-like skyscrapers that surround the jaw-dropping Burj Qatar, designed by French star-architect Jean Nouvel.

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In Basra, the pleasant corniche along the Shatt Al-Arab waterway is lined with sculptures of the officers who died defending the city against Iran, each one pointing an accusing finger at the old enemy across the river.

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The Dibba Al Hasn souk is filled with authentic goods, and is found near the fort, one block in from the corniche on the parallel street.

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