I admit I am much more wary of Qatari money than Kuwaiti money...as Qatar is the home of Al Jazeera and the Qataris have given money to terrorist organizations in the past to "buy security."
There was a National Geographic article on Qatar a few years back. The Emir is trying to hold his country together while implementing small, incremental democratic reforms. So far, so good.
Much as I despise Al Jazeera, it's one of the few media outlets in the Arab world that's not state-controlled. Wrong or not, they're the Arab version of Fox News.