Sheikh Hamad Launched the Qatar Foundation, an Education and Research Organization in 1995
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“SHEIKH HAMAD BIN KHALIFA AL THANI REIGNED AS THE EMIR OF QATAR FROM 1995 UNTIL 2010”
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