Collecting practices of the Al-Thani Family Abu Dhabi’s cultural policies: "While Abu Dhabi is making a name for itself by building dramatic local satellites of the Louvres, the Guggenheim and the British Museum, Qatar's scheme of cultural nation building is much more homegrown, establishing its own museums rooted in the collections of its own royal family." Several members of the Al-Thani family initially led Qatar's interest and involvement into the field of arts and continue to embody and shape the cultural policy of the country. For William Lawrie, previously Head of International Modern Contemporary Arab and Iranian Art at Christie's, “Qatar’s royal family are very much
House of Representatives (Libya) Imhemed Shaib and Ahmed Huma. The HoR's associated executive authority is the interim government (Second Al-Thani Cabinet) under Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani. based in Bayda, Libya. The Tripoli-based Libyan Supreme Constitutional Court ruled on 6 November 2014 that the June elections were unconstitutional and that the House of Representatives should be dissolved while it was surrounded by armed militias. The House of Representatives rejected the ruling, saying it was made "at gunpoint". In late 2014, a rival parliament in Tripoli was proclaimed called the New General National Congress. The House of Representatives did not recognize the new GNC, and voted