**4.2 The case of AL-Souq waqif**

Souq Waqif is a significant touristic area in Doha city. It is renovated for selling traditional products such as spices, garments, souvenirs and handicrafts. Many restaurants also are serving cuisines from all over the world in the area. Despite Souk Waqif is developed for hundred years ago, it has been recently restored back to its original glory. People from different regions are visiting the Souk Waqif to buy traditional goods such as wool, traditional THOBES, jewelry and perfumes. Recently, the Souk is a hotspot for different workshops, hosting several art galleries


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*The questionnaire that been used for the three cases study- AL-Dafna, Souq waqif and the pearl Qatar.*

**Figure 4.** *Urban and landscape trends in Al-Dafna area.*

**Figure 5.** *Building components, landscape components and activities in Souq Waqif.*

**Figure 6.** *Building components, landscape components and activities in pearl Qatar.*

and traditional events. The renovation of the Souq Waqif was implemented by using historical photographs shot since the mid-forties and fifties, **Figure 5**.
