emir's

We would not have been able, I think, to shape the kind of broad-based international coalition that includes not only our Nato members but also includes Arab states, without the emir's leadership, Obama told reporters after a meeting in the Oval Office with Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani.

Barack Obama: Qatar crucial to coalition's success in Libya 2011

But there has been a running, five-year-long struggle to oust the prime minister, the emir's nephew, who opponents say has mismanaged Kuwait's economy and helped erode such core values as freedom of speech.

In Kuwait, a long battle to oust the prime minister 2011

But there has been a running, five-year-long struggle to oust the prime minister, the emir's nephew, who opponents say has mismanaged Kuwait's economy and helped erode such core values as freedom of speech.

In Kuwait, a long battle to oust the prime minister 2011

The driving force behind the new museum is the Sheikha al-Mayassa al-Thani, the emir's daughter.

Painting the Middle East With Too Broad a Brush? Richard Holledge 2011

A sign of just how determined the government is to dominate such a fast-growing region can be found in the office of the emir's wife, Sheikha Mozah.

Anne Peterson: The Sheikha & I Anne Peterson 2010

A sign of just how determined the government is to dominate such a fast-growing region can be found in the office of the emir's wife, Sheikha Mozah.

Anne Peterson: The Sheikha & I Anne Peterson 2010

A sign of just how determined the government is to dominate such a fast-growing region can be found in the office of the emir's wife, Sheikha Mozah.

Anne Peterson: The Sheikha & I Anne Peterson 2010

A sign of just how determined the government is to dominate such a fast-growing region can be found in the office of the emir's wife, Sheikha Mozah.

Anne Peterson: The Sheikha & I Anne Peterson 2010

A sign of just how determined the government is to dominate such a fast-growing region can be found in the office of the emir's wife, Sheikha Mozah.

Anne Peterson: The Sheikha & I Anne Peterson 2010

Although a member of the emir's own royal family had harbored the man who would later be identified as the mastermind of the attack — a man named Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, often referred to in intelligence circles by his initials, KSM — al-Thani rushed to New York in its aftermath, offering to make a $3 million donation, principally to the families of its victims.

HOSTAGES AT HILLARY'S OFFICE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE 2007