{"id":69782,"date":"2024-12-17T10:20:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T09:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/?p=69782"},"modified":"2024-12-17T10:20:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T09:20:49","slug":"al-aliya-cigar-lounge-doha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/al-aliya-cigar-lounge-doha\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Aliya Cigar Lounge | Doha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With a growing community of cigar passionados in Qatar, in 2023 the prestigious Sanad Club in Msheireb decided to open a cigar lounge on its grounds. Al Aliya is a private member\u2019s club, but it invites guests of the members to experience the somewhat unusual atmosphere of the place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith its high ceiling, it\u2019s more vibrant than your typical cigar lounge, with multicolored leather seats and sofas creating a unique ambiance and a cozy, relaxing experience,\u201d Anthony Kharrat certified cigar sommelier, humidor manager and national judge of the Cigar Smoking World Championship in Qatar, says.<br \/>\nAlso standing out, is the state-of-the-art humidor cabinets, he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were designed to showcase the craftsmanship found in the cigar production. These cabinets were made to showcase the cigars in a similar way of a jewelry shop, where you can find fine jewels displayed in a luxurious set up. Additional leather wrapped cabinets with complete cedar wood drawers are also provided for the members.\u201d Besides the indoor seating area Al Aliya also has an amazing terrace, and since the opening the lounge has been a host to a number of different kinds of events.<br \/>\n\u201cWe host curated monthly tasting events, exclusive competitions and partnerships with renowned international figures in the cigar world,\u201d Kharrat explains.<br \/>\nIn the first year of business they\u2019ve had a long ash competition, tasting and pairing events and a live tasting session of the Pony Express Cigar with Jeremy Casdagli, among others.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Phone number +974 7771 0015<br \/>\nWebsite: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sanaddoha.com\">www.sanaddoha.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Instagram account @alaliya_cigarlounge<br \/>\nAddress: Mohammed Bin Jassim St, Msheireb, Doha, Qatar<br \/>\nOpening hours: Monday-Sunday, 8 am \u2013 midnight<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_69786\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69786\" class=\"wp-image-69786 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ANTHONY_PORTRAIT_web-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ANTHONY_PORTRAIT_web-2.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ANTHONY_PORTRAIT_web-2-500x666.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-69786\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A corner of the Al Aliya Cigar Lounge with cigars on full display in the background<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a growing community of cigar passionados in Qatar, in 2023 the prestigious Sanad Club in Msheireb decided to open a cigar lounge on its grounds. Al Aliya is a private member\u2019s club, but it invites guests of the members to experience the somewhat unusual atmosphere of the place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":69783,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[5463,49,179,44],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69782"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69782"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69789,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69782\/revisions\/69789"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}