The Qatar We Lived in - Second Edition pb

The history of every nation and its people is filled with defining
moments that are immortalized by history and engraved over time
in the depths of our memories, rendering them unforgettable.

The Qatar I lived through is filled with such inspirational moments,
for I have lived through six out of eight of the country’s rulers.
Sheikh Qassim bin Mohammed Al Thani, the founder and builder of
Qatar, is my great-grandfather. This book contains comprehensive
answers to common questions regarding Qatar's soft power;
how it compensates for the small size of its demography and the
limitations of its geography, the heavy weight of its diplomacy, the
strength of its international reliability, as well as its progressive
vision that it offers to, and sets a standard with, the wealthiest
countries in the world. Qatar’s possession of the best prominent
international airlines, the famous Al Jazeera news network,
and its status as one of the world’s safest and most crime-free
countries, led to its recent crowning as the first Middle Eastern
Arab country to win the honor of hosting of the world’s most
popular tournament: the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Though this can be
described as a miracle, it is one which is rooted in Qatar’s historic
journey undertaken by its people and their rulers.

Through its pictures and documents, this book reveals how we
moved from desert life and diving for precious pearls that were
sold and gifted as the most beautiful types of human elegance in
the past, to our emergence in the energy era and ascending to the
throne of liquefied natural gas exporting countries, to diversifying
our economy with billions of successful investments all over the world, and finally towards moving into a knowledge-based
economy that keeps pace with an accelerating and ever-changing
present – all while looking forward to a future filled with
the innovations of artificial intelligence and digitization. The lines
in this book remain a testament and document of our history,
sending a message to future generations that the elevation of
nations and peoples has nothing to do with the population size
or geographical area, as long as the unity of the people and the
vision of good leadership and governance prevails.