The Doulos, the larges floating book earth.

getinandstayin .. i was actually wondering with the same question? I wonder wether the ship allow to dock in Saudi.

IMHO ... i go there for books for my son ... i dont care what their mission is. :-)

maybe someone familiar with the law can enlighten me, but is it legal to carry out christian missionary work in Qatar? because it is illegal in alot of muslim states.

Respect

GIASI

I agree. What are they going to achieve? Trick me into becoming a christian

Christian missonary organization. Interesting that they promoted themsleves as just a mulitcultural organization geared toward bringing the world together through books. Also interesting that by far the largest section in Arabic (there being almost no Arabic books elsewhere in the store) was the Christian section. When I asked if they had a world religions section, the information girl told me that they didn't and that they were indeed a Christian organization; though the PR guy told me otherwise.

I have no philisophical problem with people presenting their ideas, but they should at least label it as such. By the way, what does a powerpoint presentation on the Jewish and Christian heritage of the Holy Land have to do with "bringing the world together." Perhaps rather than the slogan "Good books for everyone" it should be "The Good Book for Everyone." Muslims and Christians may disagree as to what the true message of Christ was, but they both certainly agree that he was not covert in his attempts to spread it. This kind of underhanded missionary effort is more likely to foster animosity than understanding.

'Nuf said.

Gee Qatari and novita..... sorry to hear that you were disappointed..... the ship must have changed since I was on it a couple of years ago......

Glad the kids got sorted though......

I just been there. Book was good ... but all we got was for kiddies. We spent 200 QR and we brought really real lot. Good selection for kiddies. But dont think i find anything interesting for myself.

Blah...unless you have kids or are seriously in need of some second rate self help books skip the ship. Seriously, there are hardly any non-fiction titles (apart from dictionaries, bibles and cooking books) and the only fiction titles are written by Charles Dickens (it was the best of times, it was the worst of times...).

There were a good selection (by Doha standards) of kids books though and the prices were good.

wow sounds good, i'm defo going

hi xena, we planning to go today, as soon as hubby back from work.

xx

This ship is well worth the tour.... the book selection is amazing..... and they have some other curios that you can buy, like mugs and T-Shirts with the Doulos logo on them.....

Take the time to go aboard... even if its just for the experience of being on board a large liner.... the kids will love it.....