Four Wives and Billions in His Pocket The Dark Side of Qatar's Ruler
When you see him on screen, he seems like the perfect ruler of the 21st century: young, educated, charismatic. He owns a football giant, collects masterpieces of art, smiles at world leaders. But look a little deeper and chilling stories surface. Let's figure out who this man really is and why his name is increasingly linked with the word scandal.
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World Cup 2022 A Global Stage with a Heavy Price
2022. The whole world followed the World Cup in Qatar. The stadiums glittered, the ceremonies dazzled with scale, everything seemed perfect. Yet the price of this celebration proved too high: human lives.\n\nWhile Tamim celebrated that his country won the right to host the tournament, thousands of migrants from poor countries worked in inhumane conditions. 50-degree heat, a lack of basic safety, a slave-like schedule. International journalists conducted investigations and were horrified: about five hundred people died while building the World Cup facilities.\n\nQatar's authorities kept quiet about this information for a long time. The facts had to be admitted only when the scandal reached planetary scale. No apologies, no compensation for the families of the deceased. Just a dry admission of the obvious.\n\nAnd just a few days before the tournament began, the sheikh delivered another surprise: he banned the sale of alcohol at all tournament venues. Sponsors who had invested millions in beer campaigns were furious. But who cares when you are an absolute monarch?\n\nFrom the very start, many experts wondered: how could a small country with brutal heat and zero football culture win the right to host the planet's biggest tournament? The answer proved banal — money.\n\nThe investigation showed: FIFA officials received generous bribes for their votes. One of the organization's vice presidents was caught in corruption and punished. But the machine had already started — no one canceled the tournament.
Corruption Unmasked FIFA Bribes and a European Parliament Scandal
Tamim al-Thani achieved his goal. The question is: by what methods? If you think corruption schemes ended with football officials, you are mistaken.\n\nRecently a grand scandal erupted: several members of the European Parliament were at the center of investigations into bribes from Qatar. The sums involved were astronomical. Politicians lobbied for the monarchy's interests, promoted decisions favorable to it, and turned a blind eye to human rights violations.\n\nWhen it all came to light, the reaction was harsh. Germany completely froze contacts with the Qatari regime. Other countries followed suit. Tamim's name was spoken not otherwise than in the context of corruption.
The Wives and the Dynastic Family
In Islamic countries, it is permissible to have up to four wives simultaneously, and the head of Qatar used this opportunity to the full.\n\nFirst wife — a relative of Djawahir. She appears beside her husband at official events, engages in charity, creates the appearance of progressiveness. They have four children together.\n\nSecond — Al-Anod, a diplomat's daughter. This marriage looks more like a political deal. She avoids publicity, raises five children. For such fertility she received a palace in Turkey with sixty rooms.\n\nThird — former journalist Nura. She earned the respect of the influential mother-in-law with her career. She gave the dynasty four more offspring.\n\nFourth — Aisha, about whom officials do not speak publicly, but in social circles everyone knows. She does not wear a headscarf and behaves with a level of openness that is provocative by regional standards.\n\nAll thirteen children are raised in a separate wing of the capital's palace. The best teachers from Europe and America are invited. Tamim himself regularly checks their progress and monitors how the children study the sacred texts.\n\nThe dynasty's fortune is estimated in hundreds of billions of dollars. What do they spend it on?
Art Football and Luxury The Dynastic Treasure
First, on art. The collection includes Warhol, Cézanne, Rothko. Each painting is worth as much as a small factory.\n\nSecond, on football. Tamim bought the Paris Saint-Germain club and now considers himself a true fan. He regularly appears on the stands, emotionally rooting for the team.\n\nThird, on entertainment. Alpine ski resorts, falconry, garages with exclusive racing cars. Some cars were produced in one-off models and cost millions.\n\nWhile citizens live under tight control of an authoritarian regime, their ruler skis in Europe and buys football clubs.\n\nTamim al-Thani is a vivid example of how oil dollars buy everything: football tournaments, European politicians, global silence about human rights violations. Behind the smiles on official photos lies a typical eastern despot with a harem, unlimited power and total indifference to other people's lives.\n\nHundreds of dead migrants, corruption in international organizations, bought-off officials — this is the real price of his ambitions. And as long as the world continues to do business with Qatar, this man will feel unpunished.\n\nThe only question is: how many more scandals will it take before the international community finally says enough?
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