Yes. I entered a photographic competition arranged by the Qatar Photographic Society in 2007 and for my prize I won coffee table book of the photos submitted for the previous year's Al Thani Award. That year it was won by a woman, Abeer, who told me she was planning to open a photographic studio in Souq Waqif.I think the Qatar Photographic Society will have all the details. When I last accessed their site, everything was in Arabic only, and so are their meetings. Pity