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...Qipco boss Sheikh Hamad, son of a former prime minister and first cousin of ruling emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, has in recent years emerged as Qatar’s pre-eminent collector, building a large collection...
...there’s no clear sense of direction yet,” says Tarik Yousef, director at the Qatar-based Middle East Council on Global Affairs....
...You know, some of the big winners were the Middle East oil producers and the UAE....
...Qatar’s emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani watched the opening fixture of the tournament with the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman....
...Analysts believe the UAE in particular has been reluctant with regard to the rapprochement, partly because of Abu Dhabi’s concerns about Qatar’s growing relationship with Turkey....
...Last year, the UK signed a similar deal with Mubadala, the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund, to invest £10bn....
...Qatar’s foreign minister was just in Iran and this week its emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, saw President Joe Biden at the White House....
...On-off talks Staveley is best known for orchestrating the 2008 purchase of Manchester City by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan, a member of Abu Dhabi’s ruling family, and shortly afterwards a £3.5bn Abu...
...The fund’s strategy mirrors that of other investment vehicles in the region, including Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company, which view the economic chaos triggered...
...All have fed into a mood of de-escalation taking hold in the capitals of some of the Middle East’s perennially competing powers — one that would have been unimaginable 18 months ago in a region blighted...
...A younger generation of royals is also at the helm in Qatar, where Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani became emir aged just 33....
...Julphar, founded in 1980 in Ras al-Khaimah, one of the UAE’s seven emirates, is one of the largest pharmaceuticals manufacturers in the Middle East and Africa....
...G42, Sinopharm’s distributor across the Middle East and north Africa, said in a statement: “A select group of people are being administered a third shot to observe the immune system response.”...
...Qatar hosts the largest US military base in the Middle East....
...After all, Abu Dhabi, the lead emirate of the UAE, renewed an oilfield concession with Qatar in 2018 despite the embargo....
...Mr Kushner held talks with Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, Qatar’s emir, on Wednesday as part of a tour of the region where he pressed the issue....
...in Riyadh and Abu Dhabi....
...The crisis was triggered when Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, self-appointed guardians of regional stability, were incensed by tiny Qatar’s support for popular Islamist movements that grew out of the tumult of the...
...Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, the economic and military powerhouses of the Arab Gulf states, have become increasingly aligned in recent years, seeking to limit Iranian influence in the Middle East and challenge...
...Middle East....
...But the launch of Al Jazeera in 1996 revolutionised the region’s broadcast landscape with its critical coverage of Qatar’s peers across the Middle East....
...Qataris have rallied around their emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, in the wake of the spat with their neighbours....
...He revived the calls when he spoke up in favour of the Arab uprisings that swept across the Middle East in 2011....
...On the president’s right sat Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Mohammed; to his left was the host, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi....
...Cairo and Abu Dhabi back Khalifa Haftar, a military strongmen who controls much of eastern Libya....
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