Doha
Qatar's oil and gas won't last forever, so it has been investing cleverly in knowledge and culture -- reviving the newspaper Al-Arab, expanding Al-Jazeera, and building the I.M. Pei -- designed Museum of Islamic Art. The most ambitious initiative is Education City, with outposts of the RAND Institute, Georgetown, Cornell, and, in the fall, Northwestern's journalism school.
Image: The Doha skyline. | Photograph: Christof Koepsel/Getty Images for DAGOC
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