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[email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Father Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and other top officials attending the parade on the Doha Corniche on National Day yesterday. (RIGHT) H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson, Qatar Foundation (QF) for Education, Science and Community Development, with children during a storytelling session at the QF Tent in Darb Al Saae, the main venue of National Day celebrations. Leaders attend National Day parade Patriotic fervour at its zenith as Emir and Father Emir greet thousands on the Corniche BY FAZEENA SALEEM people, including children, and even dresses, added colour to the parade. A Dignitaries, including the Emir’s A pageantry of pure-bred Arabian accepted maroon-and-white shawls and traditional Qatari sword dance — Al Personal Representative H H Sheikh horses and camels exhibiting Qatar’s DOHA: Patriotic fervour was at its scarves from some. Arda — by schoolchildren was another Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani, H H Sheikh traditions led the parade. zenith as the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim While leaving the venue in car, both attraction of the show. National Service Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani and H H The Qatari Armed Forces, Internal bin Hamad Al Thani and the Father waved at the people who were loudly trainees also joined the march, along with Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Thani, Security Force (Lekhwiya), Al Fazaa and Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa cheering along the Corniche.