QMA hits back at corruption allegations

The Qatar Museums Authority (QMA) has threatened Qatar’s Al-Arab newspaper with legal action after a 25 August article accused the QMA’s expatriate managers of corruption and nepotism. Qatari newspapers said the QMA sent two letters to Al-Arab after journalist Faisal Al-Marzouqi accused QMA management of – among other things – awarding contracts to family members and firing Qataris to bring in foreigners, and its foreign staff of behaving shamelessly in QMA residences.