Attended by numerous ambassadors, dignitaries, and prominent figures, the event featured tributes to Davis’s leadership and impact.
Stefanie Altman-Winans, the deputy chief of mission at the embassy, delivered a key message lauding the envoy’s significant contributions.
"Over the past three years, especially in the past several months, the US–Qatar relationship has not only endured, it has also flourished under his leadership,” she said.
Altman-Winans highlighted the unprecedented growth in co-operation.
“This year alone has marked the most significant milestones in our bilateral history,” she stated. “We witnessed over $243bn in new bilateral agreements in aviation, defence and energy.”
The diplomat shared personal admiration for the ambassador’s character, saying: “For me, it has been an honour to work with someone who lives with conviction, and behind the scenes has the strongest and biggest heart of gold of anyone I know.”
“As ambassador, he championed people-to-people ties and inclusive engagement across all of Qatari society,” Altman-Winans said.
In his farewell address, Davis expressed deep gratitude to his peers and the host nation, pointing to the ambassadors and the Diplomatic Corps in Doha as the “brightest spot of my outward life, outside of the embassy”.
Reflecting on his time in the country, the envoy conveyed a deep sense of appreciation.
“I leave here with tremendous memories but also with what I feel is a debt to the people of Qatar, to His Highness, to the people in Doha who are not Qataris, but who make life rich and full by bringing their cultures to this city and allowing us to be part of it,” Davis said.
He spoke passionately about Qatar’s cultural landscape, citing it as a source of inspiration.
He lauded the Museum of Islamic Art and gave a special mention to the Bin Jelmood House, a museum that confronts the history of the slave trade in the region.
“I think about Bin Jelmood House, which is a monument to the Indian Ocean slave, maybe the most honest museum I have ever encountered,” Davis said. “To me, that is the essence of Qatar and of Qataris, the sincerity, the honesty about their history and the effort to move forward in peace and in service to humanity.”
“What Qatar has meant to me and my family, what Qatar has meant to my career, what all of you have meant to my sense of place and purpose, is immeasurable,” he said.
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