Yet, unlike its neighbour, the emirate pursues modernising and tolerant social policies, especially via its first lady, Sheikha Mozah.

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But he did invite cameras to record a cosy private meeting between himself and Sheikha Mozah, the elegantly dressed and unveiled wife of the emir of Qatar.

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During the course of her visit, the Director-General signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Doha Cultural Village Foundation in the presence of Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser of Qatar.

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IslamOnline began in 1997 as a student project at the University of Qatar with cash from Sheikha Mozah, an enterprising wife of Qatar's emir, and with an endorsement from the prominent and sometimes controversial Egyptian-born scholar, Yusuf al-Qaradawi.

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Funded by the Office of Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al Missned, First Lady of Qatar and UNESCO special envoy for Basic and Higher education, the Curriculum Development project aims to contribute to modernization and reconciliation in Iraqi society by reformulating the Iraqi school curriculum and textbooks.

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Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned, UNESCO Special Envoy for Basic and Higher Education and Chairperson of Qatar Foundation, congratulated UNESCO and the partner institutions on the launch of the WDL and stated that "Qatar is very proud to be a founding member of this remarkable international collaboration".

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The publication of these reports has been made possible by the generous support of Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser al-Missned of Qatar, UNESCO Special Envoy for Basic and Higher Education, whose work in recent years has helped bring the issue of attacks on education to the attention of international policy-makers and the wider public.

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