Qatar’s elite pipeline: How Northwestern’s Doha campus serves the Qatari ruling families
An investigation reveals how Northwestern’s Qatar campus has become a patronage pipeline for the Al-Thani royal family and elite dynasties, raising alarms over foreign influence.
“Of 729 Northwestern University - Qatar graduates from 2014 to 2025, approximately 21 percent bear surnames from the Al-Thani royal family or 11 other elite Qatari dynasties.” (photo credit: MIDDLE EAST FORUM)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, GREGG ROMAN