#al-kawari
Egypt's Moushira Khattab failed to secure enough votes for the position of Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). After a heated vote on Friday, it was announced that France's Audrey Azoulay, a Jewish woman of Moroccan origin, would lead UNESCO. What happened? Controversy and surprise broke out across diplomatic circles after Qatar's Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Al-Kawari gained the most votes in the first four rounds of voting. Al-Kawari, a former Qatari Minister for Culture, had been accused…
