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Collecting practices of the Al-Thani Family

Qatar’s ambition to become the most important cultural destination of the Gulf’s area was made concrete in 2008 with the opening of the MIA, the Museum of Islamic Art.

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In 1986, he started collaborating with the artist and art educator Yousef Ahmad.

Saud bin Muhammed Al Thani

By the turn of the 21st century, Shaikh Sa’ud had established an international reputation as an avid art collector, both for his own collection as well as those of several state-owned museums he oversaw in Qatar.

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