Our Members

Angela is originally from the Philippines and has also lived in Taiwan and India. She now lives in the New Salata Area of Doha with her husband Bob (a P.E teacher at American School of Doha) and two daughters - three-year old Gabriella and six-month old Olivia. Angela formerly worked as a travel agent, flight attendant and an airport agent and is now a proud stay-at-home mom. She plans to follow her husband’s footsteps and get a degree on Early Childhood Education in the near future.  Angela hosts a weekly playgroup for the children born in 2006.

Beth was born and raised Catholic in the state of Wisconsin (in the United States).  After meeting her future husband (Mohammed from Egypt), she converted to Islam.  This is Beth's first time living abroad.  Back in the U.S. she worked as an attorney doing both civil litigation and consumer protection.  Beth is enjoying her time off in Doha and is concentrating on raising her four children, aged sixteen months through ten years old.  Qatar is feeling more like home now that she has been here for more than a year and she has made some wonderful friends.  Beth co-hosts the New & Expectant Mum's Coffee at the Villagio.

Originally from Venezuela, Elvia moved to Doha in February 2009 with her husband and 2.5 year old daughter Sabrina. She has lived as an expatriate in Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago and the US ( Texas and Florida) and is graduate of the Monterrey Technology Institute in Mexico with a BS in Industrial Engineering. Elvia enjoys life in Doha as a SAHM and is a fan of the Texas Longhorns!  She is also a co-coordinator of the New & Expectant Mums Coffee at the Villagio.

Originally from South Yorkshire, Kerri lived in London for eight years before moving to Doha in December 2008.  She’s a stay at home mum to three-year old Leonard and one-year old Alfred, but in a previous chapter of her life she worked in Property Management and accounts. She loves all things Doha and would be happy to stay here indefinitely.  As the coordinator for the New Arrivals Coffee she has welcomed scores of recent arrivals to Doha.

Originally from Pakistan, Nadia was based in Dubai as the Marketing Communications Leader for GE Energy until she moved to Qatar in 2007.  True to her profession, she is a mom to a two-year old Yousef and is forever trying to balance life between creating brand stragegies and hosting endless playgroups.  Married to a Jordanian, Nadia is authoring a book about successful communications stragegies for the Middle East.  An avid traveler, she is very passionate about all forms of art and hopes to someday have her own gallery.

Shanti has lived in Doha for three years and has a two-year old daughter, Latifa.  She loves living in Doha, where she works as a Senior Accountant for the Singapore Embassy.  Before Doha she worked in one of the AusAid projects in her home country of Indonesia.  She enjoys the safe environment of Doha and feels that it lends to a comfortable family life, made even more ideal by her extremely supportive husband.  She has found a wonderful nursery to take care of her baby during working hours and a part-time maid for tidying up.  One of her main objectives is to learn more about Islam and to learn Arabic. . .and to continue her global travels.

Uzma is from Pakistan and moved to Doha in September 2008 with her husband and nine-month old son. She was working at Citibank in Karachi as a Marketing Executive and is now hoping to start work once again. Uzma enjoys Doha's winter weather and thinks it is perfect for outdoor sports.  This is her first international move and she is enjoying it, even though sometimes she finds Doha to be a rather dull place. Uzma tells us that she is thankful for Doha Mums because she has many things to do and she always looks forward to the upcoming events.