en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamad_bin_Khalifa_Al_Thani
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In 2013, Hamad established the Qatar Investment Authority
This date is wrong: Qatar Investment Authority was established in 2005, not 2013.
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The article elsewhere correctly states that the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) was established in 2005. QIA’s own official website says it “was established in 2005,” and the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds likewise says it was established pursuant to Amiri Decision No. (22) of 2005. So the claim that Hamad established QIA in 2013 is contradicted by primary and authoritative sources; 2013 refers to a later amending/reorganizing decision, not QIA’s founding year.
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- Qatar Investment Authority – About
QIA was established in 2005 to protect and grow Qatar’s financial assets and to diversify the economy.
- International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds – QIA 2025 Assessment
Qatar Investment Authority (“QIA”) was established in 2005 pursuant to Amiri Decision No. (22) of 2005 establishing Qatar Investment Authority.
This made Qatar the first Gulf country to allow women to vote.
Qatar was not the first Gulf state to give women voting rights; Oman did so earlier, in 1994.
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The article says Qatar became the first Gulf country to allow women to vote. Credible regional histories contradict that. Carnegie’s survey of women’s political rights in the GCC states says Oman became the first GCC state to grant women voting rights in 1994. A separate analysis from Arab Center Washington DC likewise states that women in Oman gained the right to vote and run for office as early as 1994, before their counterparts in other Gulf Arab states. Since Qatar’s municipal voting rights for women came later (through a 1998 decree and first elections in 1999), the claim that Qatar was the first Gulf country to allow women to vote is incorrect.
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- Women's Political Status in the GCC States | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
In 1994, Oman became the first GCC state to grant women voting rights... Qatar: A 1998 decree ... gave male and female Qataris the right to vote and to stand for election for the council.
- The Role of Women in Oman's Social and Economic Progress | Arab Center Washington DC
Women gained the right to vote and run for office as early as 1994, before their counterparts in other Gulf Arab states.
The Doha Film Institute produced Salma Hayek's upcoming animated adaptation of Khalil Gibran's classic novel The Prophet
This is outdated and inaccurate: Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet was released in 2014, so it is not an “upcoming” film.
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The sentence describes The Prophet as an "upcoming" animated adaptation, but the film has already been completed and released for many years. Doha Film Institute’s own page for Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet says the film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. IMDb also lists it as Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet (2014). Because the film premiered and was released in 2014, calling it "upcoming" in a present-tense biography article is factually incorrect.
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- Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet | Doha Film Institute
‘Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet’ had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, after a sneak preview screening at Cannes.
- Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet (2014) | IMDb
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet (2014) ... Release date ... Official site ... Doha Film Institute.
This marked the first real attempt by any leader in the Persian Gulf to pursue dialogue with Israel.
This was not the first Gulf attempt at dialogue with Israel; Oman had established dialogue in 1993 and hosted Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1994, and Qatar itself established trade ties with Israel in 1996.
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The claim is contradicted by earlier, well-documented Gulf contacts with Israel. Oman’s Foreign Ministry says Oman established diplomatic dialogue with Israel in 1993 and that Yitzhak Rabin visited Oman in 1994, making it the first Gulf country to receive an Israeli prime minister. In addition, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported in 1996 that Qatar and Oman became the first Gulf states to establish trade ties with Israel. Because such dialogue and formal contacts existed years before Hamad’s 2007 meeting with Tzipi Livni, the article’s statement that the 2007 meeting was the first real Gulf attempt at dialogue with Israel is incorrect.
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- Qatar Shelves Israel Office Opening | Jewish Telegraphic Agency
In April, Qatar and Oman became the first Gulf states to establish trade ties with Israel.
- History of the Foreign Ministry | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Oman
Oman established diplomatic dialogue with Israel in 1993. In 1994 Yitzhak Rabin visited Oman, making it the first Gulf country to receive an Israeli Prime Minister.