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Our global future looks bleak. Existential threats crowd the horizon, from climate disaster and pandemics to runaway AI and nuclear annihilation. Failing domestic politics and international diplomacy, driven by destructive power politics, are not meeting our shared global challenges. Without a change of direction we may face a future of environmental collapse, public health crises, technological dystopia, and cataclysmic war.
Kiran Desai is the Booker Prize winning author of three novels, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, The Inheritance of Loss, and Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard.
Having been born and raised in the Middle East, and living a significant amount of her adult life in the US, Dana constantly challenged what it meant to be an Arab female artist who was making music that represented her authentic self as opposed to the stereotypical expectations of Arab female artists. Against the odds, when Dana moved to the U.S. for college, and upon graduating, she turned to the neighborhoods of Brooklyn, and started making music, DJ’ing and founded her artistry as King Deco.
In the year 2026, Latin America and the Caribbean will continue to face high global uncertainty and structural transformations in the world economy. As countries in the region contend with slow global growth, shifting financial conditions, geopolitical fragmentation, and evolving trade and investment patterns, both policymakers and markets are reevaluating the region’s prospects for growth, stability, and reform.
Exploring the intersection of international living and cultural preservation within the African Diaspora
This lecture exploring the paintings of Abdülmecid Efendi
Marking the 10th anniversary of the UNSC resolution 2250 on YPS and the 25th anniversary of the UNSC resolution 1325 on WPS
Moderated by Abdullah Al-Arian, Associate Professor at Georgetown University Qatar
How is artificial intelligence reshaping labor markets? Who stands to win—or lose—from the AI revolution, and what are the broader implications for youth, societies, and inequality?
Introduction by Jeta Kreka (SFS'23), Georgetown University Qatar
