The architect of Qatari autonomy
- For most of its modern history, Qatar was a place that things happened to.
- It was a quiet peninsula prized for its energy resources and consulted about little, living on the margins of larger ambitions.
- Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who died in Doha on Sunday at the age of 74, refused that inheritance.
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- For most of its modern history, Qatar was a place that things happened to.
- It was a quiet peninsula prized for its energy resources and consulted about little, living on the margins of larger ambitions.
- Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who died in Doha on Sunday at the age of 74, refused that inheritance.
Sources: Al Jazeera