Giddam, Qatar’s first locally developed game, is marking its territory on the app stores on Android and iOS world over with more than 300,000 downloads. bq speaks to Girnaas, Qatar’s first game developers brought to life by three enthusiasts with a common passion for gaming and everything technological, about their claim to fame.

Dr Shiaka Aisha bint Salman Al Thani is the founder and principal counsellor of Yogasha Counselling and Yoga, based in Qatar. For around eight years, she lived in the UK, studying and developing her counselling skills, an experience which helped her expand and perfect her professional knowledge, both in theory and in practice.