00:01Pour moi, c'est la vie.
00:04C'est pourquoi je te demande de vous montrer quelque chose unique,
00:09que je ne pensez pas que vous trouverez quelque chose comme ça,
00:13dans le monde.
00:14Pour faire ça, ça me prend 7 ans pour faire ça.
00:17How long?
00:187 ans pour faire ça.
00:24Pour Hussain Al-Fardin,
00:26un de Qatar's best-known businessmen et joueurs,
00:29Pearl's, are personal.
00:31They're part of his family history, and Qatar's.
00:34Before oil and gas transformed the Gulf,
00:37Pearl's were a major source of income here,
00:39traded from the region to markets around the world.
00:42When I was about, maybe 8, or less than that,
00:47but I opened my eye, my father working only with the Pearl,
00:50our neighbor with the Pearl, our relatives with the Pearl,
00:53the whole region with the Pearl, buying, selling.
00:57So I loved it.
00:59A lot has changed since then.
01:02Now in its 22nd edition,
01:03the Doha Jewelry and Watches Exhibition brings together 49 exhibitors
01:07and more than 500 brands from 30 countries.
01:10This year, that includes Manish Malhotra,
01:13one of India's best-known fashion designers.
01:16After more than three decades creating looks for Bollywood,
01:19he's now bringing that same eye to jewelry.
01:23You could wear a plain outfit, but it's the piece of jewelry that actually speaks about the style.
01:29It actually speaks about your taste.
01:30And I think a look for me is incomplete without jewelry.
01:45Traditionally worn by Indian brides, the piece has been reworked in diamonds and taken into contemporary fashion.
01:51And it's already found some famous fans, including Rihanna.
01:56There's plenty of luxury on display here, but look a little closer and some of these pieces tell a much
02:01more local story,
02:02drawing on Qatar's past and reimagining it for a new generation.
02:09I use this beautiful pearl to represent our legacy in loving and appreciating the pearls.
02:17Qatari designer Noura Al-Ansari founded Papillon Jewelry 15 years ago,
02:22but her connection to the exhibition goes back even further.
02:25Now, she's exhibiting here herself.
02:28This is our ninth time to be part of the DJWE.
02:33I'm really proud of myself.
02:35This piece takes its shape from the distinctive spiral of the Fanar Mosque.
02:40Part of the proceeds go to Education Above All, a foundation working to expand access to education.
02:46But beyond design and craftsmanship, there's also the question of exactly what you're buying.
02:51To the untrained eye, telling diamonds apart isn't always straightforward.
02:56That's where Qatar's Kimberly Laboratory comes in,
02:59using technology to distinguish between natural and synthetic diamonds.
03:03And so how quickly can your guys here find out if it's natural or synthetic?
03:08Two minutes.
03:10Or less than two minutes.
03:12The lab looks at everything from color and clarity to cut and weight.
03:16And for someone spending serious money on a stone, the reason for doing it is pretty simple.
03:21Knowing what you're buying.
03:25For all the international names here, there's also a clear effort to give homegrown designers a bigger platform.
03:32Visit Qatar says putting them side by side gives local talent greater visibility,
03:36while keeping Qatar's own jewelry traditions part of the story.
03:40Jewelry is really a family, like, you know, history.
03:44It comes with heritage.
03:45It comes with a story and local narrative as well.
03:47When we are talking DJWE, we always bring back the history of the pearl,
03:52the history of the essence of our ancestor,
03:55collecting these kind of treasure and experiencing the story behind it.
04:01And that brings the story back to where it began.
04:04Hussein Al-Fadhan grew up surrounded by the pearl trade.
04:07He went on to build an empire that stretches far beyond jewelry.
04:10But his first passion has never really left him.
04:14What I see, I see the realty.
04:16Very rare to find the pearl.
04:18My love is with the pearl.
04:21Because it's my root and I start seeing a thing when I was young.
04:25My family is working in that.
04:29There's no shortage of expensive jewelry in this room,
04:31but talk to the people behind it,
04:33and the value isn't always measured in diamonds, gold, or pearls.
04:37Sometimes it's a childhood memory, a family business,
04:41a tradition that has been handed down, or one that's being reinvented.
04:45And more than a century after pearl divers went out into the gulf searching for their fortune,
04:50that connection to the sea is still here,
04:53finding its way into what Qatar's jewelers create today.
04:58Thank you.
04:58Thank you.
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