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Hello everyone... This is going to be my final blog, I hope you have enjoyed the previous blog as much as I enjoyed writing them. Today I will be writing about what I have learned this semester and about my plans for the coming semester. Keep reading and enjoy! This semester is one of the challenging semesters that I have learned a lot from specifically the Professional Writing course where I learned some communication skills to use in the field work and how to write a resume, a cover letter, a memo and an email to my colleagues at work. I have already applied some of the things I learned in my life, for instance, last month I applied for an internship and a CV and a cover letter were required so I applied what I learned to write these and checked them with my great professor who helped me perfect them. Also, writing a report of Qatar economic development taught me new things about Qatar and how it overcame the blockade from turning it from a crisis to a beneficial thing t...

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Qatar Economic Development  For the past couples of weeks, my group and I have been working on a report about Qatar economic development. In the report we talked about Qatar vision 2030, Qatar after the blockade, and two important projects that helped in the growth of the economy; and they are Baladna and Lusail City. The blockade was meant to affect Qatar’s economy and making it helpless in front of the siege counties. However, Qatar was able to prove itself and its economic strength in overcoming this crisis by finding new partnerships and working on local projects such as Baladna. Baladna is a private business established by Alkhayyat family. Baladna sells 100% Qatari dairy products and after the blockade, Qatar supported it more to cover the shortage in dairy products after they were cut by Saudi Arabia. More than 3,000 cows were shipped to Qatar and the market was filled with local dairy products which helped in the growth of the economy.  Furthermore...