Sheikha Moza bint Nasser Al-Missned (Arabic: موزا بنت ناصر المسند; born 8 August 1959)[1] is one of the three consorts of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the former Emir of the State of Qatar.

[4][5][6][7] Sheikha Moza is the daughter of Nasser bin Abdullah Al-Missned,[8] a well-known opposition activist and former head of the Al-Muhannada confederation of Bani Hajer.

Born in Qatar, she spent much of her childhood in Kuwait during her father's exile following imprisonment for political activities and defiance against the policies of the deposed Emir Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani.

[13] She also holds honorary doctorates from Texas A&M, Carnegie Mellon, Imperial College London, and the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.

[15] According to a Los Angeles Times investigation published in July 2020, Sheikha Moza's son Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani was accepted to USC as a transfer student from the community college Los Angeles Mission College after she met USC president C. L. Max Nikias in 2012 in Los Angeles, California, at the behest of USC trustee Thomas J. Barrack Jr.[16] Sheikha Moza co-founded and chairs the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF), which was set up in 1995.

Her EEF, Education Above All program requires non Qatari female students who wish to study require a “signed consent letter and undertaking by family guardian (allowing EAA to access and confirm private information of the family).”[44] In 2010, she played a key role in the campaign to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

[47] According to reports, Sheikha Moza plays a significant role in shaping Qatar's political, social, and foreign relations as part of the country's soft power strategy.

[48] Sheikha Moza's influence is evident in the nation's strategic decisions and her active role in shaping Qatar's international image, particularly in the realms of education and humanitarian efforts.

The campaign called on Sheikha Moza to leverage her authority to ensure the release of 136 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza including women, children and the elderly, among them American citizens.

[54][55] Following the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, during which Hamas killed around 1200 Israelis and abducted 245 hostages including women and children and the Israeli response that day which killed more than 1000 Palestinians, Sheikha Moza posted a picture on her Instagram account of a man with hands on his head in front of a demolished building, accompanied by the caption: “O Allah, we entrust Palestine to you.” It was reported that since then, Sheikha Moza has regularly criticized Israel on social media.