Media archive
What was written.What was broadcast.What remains.
The archive brings together reports, interviews, personal testimonies, and press coverage documenting the project since its launch, organised into two clear sections: Watch and Read.
The whole scene.
One archive.
Two clear sections organise the archive into material to watch and material to read, with direct search, year filters, and a link to every original source.
Every item links to its original source.
Qatar Television
Interview about the origins of Contemporary Characters
Qatar Television
Report on the first-edition event
Al Araby 2 · Difaf
A conversation about Contemporary Characters
Al Araby 2
Honouring 170+ people through Contemporary Characters
Al Araby 2
Inspiring figures in the project’s second edition
ILoveQatar.net
Visual coverage of the second-edition event
Al Sharq
Live coverage of the second-edition event
Sout Al Khaleej Radio
Coverage of the documentation seminar
Qatar Television · Qatar This Week
Special report on the Contemporary Characters event
Al Kass · Two Thirty
Report on the second edition of Contemporary Characters
Iman Al Amri · Al Jazeera Media Institute
A reflection on the Contemporary Characters project and event
Mohammed Al Marri
A reflection on the project’s second-edition event
Hafid Derradji
A reflection on Contemporary Characters
Abdulaziz Al Sayed
A reflection on the Contemporary Characters event
Qatar Media Center · Ministry of Culture
Report on the Contemporary Characters event
Al Rayyan · Al Sabah Rabah
Special report on the Contemporary Characters event
His Excellency Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kawari
Speaking about Contemporary Characters on Qatar Television
Taysir Abdullah
Speaking about Contemporary Characters on Al Rayyan
Qatar Media Center
Contemporary Qatari Characters
Project archive
Panel discussion at the Contemporary Characters event
Project archive
Musical performance at the Contemporary Characters event
Project archive
Theatre performance at the Contemporary Characters event
Project archive
Traditional Arda performance at the event
Hamad Hassan Al Tamimi
The founder’s address at the second-edition event
Project archive
Contemporary Characters: the second-edition event
Project archive
Highlights from the Contemporary Characters event
Project archive
Contemporary Characters: the first-edition event
Project archive · Shorts
Behind the scenes: preparing the second-edition event
Project archive · Shorts
Welcoming guests to the second-edition event
Project archive · Shorts
The 2024 book-cover reveal
Project archive · Shorts
Moments from the 2024 Contemporary Characters event
Media partners
Voices that carried
the story further.
Media organisations that accompanied previous editions and helped their stories reach a wider audience.
The archive preserves source headlines as published, while the site’s reviewed record governs project facts.