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This week on Marketplace Middle East

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On this week's MME we look at Gulf interests in English football
We talk to Sheikha Hanadi Al Thani, CEO, Al Waab City Real Estate Development
Al Thani, who started the first investment bank in Qatar, talks about property
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(CNN) -- In Focus -- Gulf football interests

News of an English football deal sent the British media into a frenzy this week, when a private Abu Dhabi group announced a planned takeover of Manchester City.

Sheikha Hanadi al Thani CEO of Al Wa'ab City real estate development

Sheikha Hanadi al Thani talks about the real estate bubble in Qatar

With the likes of Emirates, Etihad and Saudi Telecom, the Gulf has long had an interest in English football. Are they sound investments or a matter of prestige? MME investigates.

Facetime with Sheikha Hanadi Al Thani, CEO, Al Waab City Real Estate Development

Since 2005 when the World Economic Forum named her the "Young Global Leader of the Year," Sheikha Hanadi al Thani has become an inspiration to women across the Arab world.

She founded the first firm in Qatar to conduct investment banking and is now the CEO of Al Wa'ab City, a property development that's set to open in 2010. She talks to MME about the real estate bubble in Qatar and being a businesswoman in the Gulf.