Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa: Globalising the local, localising the Global
Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani is a patron of artists, storytellers and filmmakers in Qatar. She talks about how art and culture create a country’s identity and allow every country to share its unique identity with the wider world. She says: “We don’t want to be all the same, but we do want to understand each other.”
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ABOUT Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa
“Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani has played a pioneering role in the fields of culture, education and outreach, spearheading and supporting a number of local and international organisations.
As the Chairperson of the Qatar Museums Authority Board of Trustees, H.E. Sheikha Al Mayassa guides the vision for future museums and cultural projects with the aim of transforming the State of Qatar into a leading centre of culture and education for its region and the world.
The Museum of Islamic Art, the flagship project of the QMA, embodies Her Excellency’s vision of bridging East and West, as well as past and present. In addition to her work on cultural initiatives, H.E. Sheikha Al Mayassa is the Chairperson for Reach Out To Asia (ROTA), a philanthropic non-governmental organisation that is dedicated to assisting the victims of recent natural disasters, as well as aiming to improve the quality of primary and secondary education in Asia.”
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