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  • When NGOs Refuse Money Towards a Typology and Developing a Database

    October 1, 2024

    Logan Cochrane is an Associate Professor at HBKU in the College of Public Policy.

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  • Researching Silence: Landscapes and Archives

    October 1, 2024

    Munira Khayyat is a Clinical Associate Professor of Anthropology at New York University.

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  • Istanbul as a Multicultural Imperial Capital

    October 1, 2024

    Mostafa Minawi is an Associate Professor of History and the Founder of the Critical Ottoman and Post-Ottoman Studies initiative at Cornell University.

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  • Freedom is a Place: The Struggle for Urban Land in South Africa

    October 1, 2024

    This presentation examines Fanon’s thinking about collective movement, of being in a shared political movement.

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  • Book Launch: Universal Basic Income by Karl Widerquist

    September 11, 2024

    An accessible introduction to the simple (yet radical) premise that a small cash income, sufficient for basic needs, ought to be provided regularly and unconditionally to every citizen.

    A book titled Universal Basic Income by Karl Widerquist, featuring a red hot air balloon with a dollar sign on its black cover. The book is part of the MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series.

  • Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah in Conversation with Kamila Shamsie

    September 4, 2024

    Qalam: Great Writers in Conversation with Kamila Shamsie

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  • Jazz Concert with Nasar Abadey & Supernova

    April 14, 2024

    We pay tribute to one of America’s and the world’s greatest composers and musicians.

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  • Qatar’s Key Contribution: Upholding International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law in Times of Crisis

    April 14, 2024

    His Excellency Dr. Turki bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud is the Director of the Human Rights Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Qatar.

    Headshot for Dr. Turki Al Mahmoud

  • Safeguarding the Laws of War: The Role of the International Committee of the Red Cross

    April 11, 2024

    What role do international organizations have in upholding international humanitarian law?

    Event poster with photos of two women, Basma Tabaja and Yara Khawaja, for a talk titled Safeguarding the Laws of War: The Role of the International Committee of the Red Cross at Georgetown University Qatar, April 24, 1–2 PM.

  • Latinx (Literary) Imaginings and Our (Un-)Knowable Futures or, Are We Post-Latinx Yet?

    March 19, 2024

    With Professor Ricardo Ortiz.

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