Education
While at Duke, she was Vice President of the International Association, Vice President of Hiwar (an organization to promote political dialogue), and a delegate to the 2001-2002 Model United Nations.
While at Duke, she was Vice President of the International Association, Vice President of Hiwar (an organization to promote political dialogue), and a delegate to the 2001-2002 Model United Nations.
As head of the Qatar Museums Authority, Al-Thani, by FORBES estimates, controls an annual art-buying budget in the neighborhood of $250 million. Oil-rich Qatar's GDP is $184 billion, and the line between government money and the royals' spending is gossamer-thin. Last year, she paid $250 million for Paul Cezanne's "The Card Players," setting a record for the highest-price paid for a painting ever. The nation has been snapping up art in preparation for hosting the FIFA World Cup in 2022.
heikha Al Mayassa has committed to fostering diversity and creating opportunity for all. She is also the chairperson for Reach Out to Asia (ROTA), an organization that is trying to provide access to education for underserved populations throughout Asia, regardless of gender or age. She’s continuing her own education by pursuing a graduate degree at Columbia University in New York.
Quotations: “People have said, ‘Let's build bridges,’ and frankly, I want to do more than that. I would like break to the walls of ignorance between East and West.” Sheikha Mayassa Al Thani