Ahmad bin Eid al-Thani Ahmad bin Eid al-Thani Ahmad bin Eid al-Thani (عيد آل ثاني) is a cabinet-level Qatari government official. He serves as the head of Qatar’s Financial Information Unit (QFIU), a national body established under the “Law No.(4) of Year 2010 on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing” which is responsible for monitoring and analysis of suspected money laundering and potential terrorist financing operations in the country. Al-Thani has spoken out in clear opposition to money laundering and terror financing. At the Ahmed Bin Muhammed Military College in Doha, Qatar, in 2009, he said:"The money laundering and financing terrorism is one of
The Country House Revealed The Country House Revealed The Country House Revealed is a six-part BBC series first aired on BBC Two in May 2011, in which British architectural historian Dan Cruickshank visits six houses never before open to public view, and examines the lives of the families who lived there. The series was accompanied by a full length illustrated companion book published by the BBC. Episode 1 tells the story behind South Wraxall Manor, hidden in the depths of the Wiltshire countryside. Built by a family with a dramatic and chequered history - the Longs - who rose in prominence through the Tudor