Born on 8 August 1959 in the coastal city of Al Khor, northern Qatar, Shaikha Mozah bint Nasser bin Abdullah al-Missned is known all over the world for her blend of local traditional values and modernity.
Chair of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, she was credited with overseeing the expansion of university education in Qatar.
She established the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra and a state-of-the-art medical facility called Sidra.
In 2003, she was Unesco’s special envoy for basic and higher education.
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She is believed to be the real power behind the throne of Qatar.
Her son Shaikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani is now the ruler of the country and the youngest monarch in the world.
Though Shaikha Mozah paid attention to local custom, she consistently projected an image of western-friendly modernity.
Her website records her “commitment to progressive education and community welfare in Qatar and her strong advocacy for closer relations between the Islamic world and the west”.
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