Key moments from former Qatar Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani’s life

Al Jazeera English is looking back at the life of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the former emir of Qatar, who has died at the age of seventy-four. As the outlet tells it, his eighteen-year rule catapulted Qatar to prosperity and reshaped the country's domestic, regional, and global footprint.

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