DOHA: On Fridays, the small grounds on both sides of Grand Hamad Avenue or Bank Street are filled with crowds of low-income workers who converge in the hundreds from the Industrial Area and from as far as Al Khor and Al Shamal.
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The workers are of various nationalities, such as Nepalese, Bangladeshis and Sri Lankans, with the former far outnumbering the latter two.
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As low-income workers are barred from visiting public parks, shopping malls and hypermarkets that are reserved for families during the weekends, many of them say since they have nowhere else to go, they converge here to meet friends and relatives and exchange pleasantries.
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Many come here to hand over gifts meant for their near and dear ones back home to those who are going home, while others come with friends just to kill time.
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