Dr Hassan Ali Al Nimah, DFI Board Member and Festival Board Vice-Chair
He is the Adviser for Cultural Affairs in the office of H H The Emir of Qatar and part of the National Council for Culture, Arts and Heritage of the State of Qatar. He played significant roles in Qatari education, culture and foreign affairs since starting his career at the Qatari Ministry of Education in 1958. He was a member of the Qatar Delegation to the Congress of Arab Ministers of Education in 1968, obtained his PhD in Oriental Studies in 1974 from Cambridge University.