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Ruler protected nation by staying neutral in regional disputes but failed to rise to challenge of post-oil future
His successor Sheikh Nawaf faces challenges including a liquidity squeeze and growing deficit
Move underlines difficulty of introducing sensitive economic reforms
Females are more emancipated than their Gulf peers, writes Abeer Allam
The democratic sheen that many have long pointed to with pride is being tarnished, write Michael Peel and Abeer Allam
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