Possible Clues:

• Queen returns thanks to a King of Ireland found in Middle East
• Queen returns thanks to first Irish king found in Middle East
• Subject of a certain absolute monarchy
• Gulf state native
• Local staffer for Al Jazeera, e.g.
• Gulf emirate native
• Umm Bab resident
• Saudi's neighbor
• Doha dweller
• Al Jazeera reporter, e.g.