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Princess Sara Bint Mashour Bin Abdelaziz, wife of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS), launched an education centre for science, technology, reading, engineering, arts and maths, in a rare public outing for the 'first lady'.
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani went on a whistle-stop tour of central Asian republics, visiting Uzbekistan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan and overseeing the signing of numerous memoranda of understanding covering investment, trade, agriculture and food security, defence cooperation and more besides.
Staff Lieutenant Commander Sheikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa – a son of Bahrain’s Prime Minister and Crown Prince Sheikh Salman Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa – has completed the year-long Joint Command and Staff Course at the United States Marine Corps University (MCU) in Virginia.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) met French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris in June to discuss bilateral relations. MBS was also in town to promote Saudi commercial interests.
Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah returned home on from his latest round of medical treatment in Italy. The Kuwaiti ruler has made repeated trips to Italy over the past 18 months to seek medical care.
UAE leaders have welcomed another renegade Qatari royal, Sheikh Sultan Bin Suhaim Al-Thani, just weeks after an apparent pretender to the Al-Thani throne, Sheikh Abdullah Bin Ali Al-Thani, left the country after complaining he had been held against his will in Abu Dhabi.
Saudi King Salman Bin Abdelaziz travelled from Jeddah to the new northwestern city of Neom on 1 September. He chaired a cabinet meeting in the city on 5 September. The ruler spent an extended period in Neom in 2020 and 2021.
A Saudi royal order was issued to create the Imam Faisal Bin Turki Royal Reserve – the eight such reserve established in the country to date. The protected area covers territory in the provinces of Asir, Jazan and Mecca and extends into Saudi territorial waters in the Red Sea.
Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company chief executive Sheikh Abdulla Bin Khalifa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa was appointed as a board member of the Economic Development Board (EDB). He will serve for the rest of the current board’s term, which is due to end in March 2024.
Dubai Deputy Ruler and federal finance minister Sheikh Maktoum Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum opened the Expand North Star 2023 exhibition and conference at the Dubai World Trade Centre.
Emirati Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Juma Al-Maktoum has been involved in a number of business deals around Africa. During the Covid pandemic, he was connected to efforts to sell Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in several countries in Africa and Asia.
There appeared to be limited interest from the Gulf region in China's third Belt and Road Forum for International Co-operation. The UAE was the most notable Gulf presence, sending Ras Al-Khaimah Ruler Sheikh Saud Bin Saqr Al-Qasimi to lead its delegation.
Qatari Sheikha Sara Bint Hamad Al-Thani, a little-known daughter of Father Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, graduated with a master’s degree from the Joaan Bin Jassim Academy for Defence Studies.
UAE's Sheikha Mozah Bint Marwan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum became the first woman to pilot Leonardo’s AW609 tilt-rotor aircraft, in a flight at the company’s headquarters in Philadelphia.
Prominent Saudi businessman Sheikh Mohammed Bin Issa Al-Jaber has lost a long-running case against the founders of Al-Arabiya television channel over a disputed $30m payment.
