Long and extensive article on the development in Doha Qatar. References the involvement of Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) in reviving the future of Qatar.
In the meantime, the emir has overhauled the culture ministry, putting museum projects under the jurisdiction of a newly created Qatar Museum Authority, headed by his daughter Sheikha al-Mayassa bint Hamad al-Thani and aided by foreign advisers, including former British National Gallery chairman Jacob Rothschild and a top executive of the Geneva-based Aga Khan Trust for Culture.
“Museums are going to be pivotal to Qatar’s future,” says Sheikha al-Mayassa, a 23-year-old Duke University graduate, as we talk in her office. “Education and culture give people a chance for a better life and a better life for their children. A lot of countries in the Arab world are very rich yet have a poor population. There’s a lack of innovation. There’s stagnation. Qatar is trying to become a role model. It has proven it can make a lot of changes in a short time.”
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