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
Collecting practices of the Al-Thani Family prominent buyer on the art market, the Al-Thani family has significantly expanded its modern art collection. The family owns notably: In addition to building collections of works by international artists, the Al-Thani family is committed to developing Arab contemporary art and supporting regional artists. The credit goes in the first place to Sheikh Hassan bin Mohamed bin Ali Al Thani, who began buying Arab art in the mid-1980s while very little attention had been carried out on the region's artistic movements. In 1986, he started collaborating with the artist and art educator Yousef Ahmad. Hassan Al-Thani supported Iraqi artists after