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File picture shows Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani standing next to his son Crown Prince Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani in Doha (Reuters Photo)

Opinion: Qatar, the Gulf and Emir Tamim

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jun 27, 2013 | Opinion

I would not be being honest if, in the wake of Sheikh Tamim becoming Emir, I described Qatar’s future as being a period of either continuity or change. Will the country continue to travel in the same direction, and at the same pace as it did under his father, Sheikh...

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File picture shows Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani standing next to his son Crown Prince Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani in Doha (Reuters Photo)

Emir of Qatar hands power to his son

by Mirza Al-Khuwaylidi | Jun 25, 2013 | Middle East

Doha, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, announced that he will be transferring power to his son following days of speculation. In a gathering of the country’s ruling family, the Emir announced on Monday that he is intent on...

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Kuwaiti Shiite MP Ahmed Lari leaves the national assembly in Kuwait City on June 16, 2013. (AFP/Yasser Al-Zayyat)

Kuwait’s Supreme Court orders new parliamentary vote

by Aidarous Osman | Jun 19, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Kuwait’s Supreme Court dissolved the parliament on Sunday and called for new parliamentary elections to be held under a new voting system, in a move that will likely escalate the political standoff between the government and the opposition. In...

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Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah (top C) attends the opening of the 14th session of Parliament in Kuwait City in this December 16, 2012 file photo (REUTERS/Stephanie Mcgehee/Files)

Kuwaiti Constitutional Court dissolves parliament

by Ahmed Issa | Jun 17, 2013 | Middle East

Kuwait, Asharq Al-Awsat—The emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, has instructed the government to implement the Kuwaiti Constitutional Court’s decision, which declared the last legislative elections, held in December 2012, null and void. The court’s...