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Article: Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al Thani: Foreign Minister of Qatar

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Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al Thani: Foreign Minister of Qatar

"There is a tide in the affairs of men which taken at the flood brings on fortune; omitted, the rest of their lives are spent in shallows and in miseries." -- From Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

A decisive and brilliant young man from one of the smallest Middle East countries is breaking with tradition at home by taking foreign policy stands that excite controversy in the Arab world but earn praise in the United States. He is 38-year-old Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al Thani, foreign minister of Qatar since 1992.

His most controversial move, obviously concurred in by his cousin and brother-in-law, Qatar's emir, ...

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