By Lionel Laurent. JavaScript is disabled. Sidra Medical and Research Center. The Ali faction does not play a high-profile role in Qatari business or politics today, but they are kept onboard in a traditional Gulf manner, namely through the marriage of Ahmed bin Ali s daughter, Sheikha Bouthaina, to Emir Hamad s third son, and former Heir Apparent, Sheikh Jassim. This will be done against the background of Qatar s changing relationship with both the region and the wider world.
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