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
Mohammed bin Jassim Al Thani announce their marriage to the public which destroys the whole idea of being morganatic, its known that his last wife who he loved dearly was known to be head chief of all his living wives back then, Her Highness, The Late Sheikha Safiya Al-Kaabi. " Although the exact date of his death is still unknown, Sheikh Mohammed Al Thani died in 1971. Mohammed bin Jassim Al Thani Sheikh Mohammed bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani (17 January 1881–8 April 1971) ( "Mohammed bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani"), is the son of Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani. Sheikh Mohammed