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  • Georgetown Student Leaders Host Inspirational Workshops at Qatar Youth Power Conference
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    Georgetown Student Leaders Host Inspirational Workshops at Qatar Youth Power Conference

    August 1, 2021  ·  By team3

    Demonstrating the Georgetown values of Cura Personalis and Contemplation in Action, students at QF partner GU-Q Iman Ismail (SFS’22), Jawaher Al-Shamari (SFS’22), and Mae Al Shebani (SFS’22), served as inspiring role models by hosting workshops during the 2021 Qatar Youth Power (QYP) Conference that took place virtually in partnership with Maker Majlis, a platform under the College of Islamic Studies (CIS) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU). 

  • Danyel Reiche
    Research

    Sports Scholars Host Global Discussion on the Politics of the Tokyo Olympics

    August 1, 2021  ·  By team3

    Only days before the start of the summer Olympic games in Japan, Visiting Associate Professor at GU-Q Dr. Danyel Reiche hosted a webinar on “The Politics of the Tokyo Olympics”, presented by The Political Studies Association (PSA) Sport and Politics Working Group. Dr. Reiche,  who heads GU-Q’s Building a Legacy: Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022 research  initiative at GU-Q’s Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS), is also the chair of the PSA working group.

  • Admissions

    High School Students Prepare for University Success Through Georgetown’s Pre-College Summer Program

    July 14, 2021  ·  By team3

    Taking advantage of a unique academic enrichment opportunity, 40 high school students in Qatar enrolled in QF partner Georgetown University in Qatar’s (GU-Q) Pre-College Summer (GPS), a three-week long preparatory…

  • Lina Hajo Babiker
    Students

    Georgetown Student Applies International Affairs Degree to Business Competition and Wins

    July 7, 2021  ·  By Nahla El Sherif

    Lina Hajo Babiker, a senior majoring in Culture and Politics at QF partner Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q), was named one of the winners of INJAZ Qatar’s "The Job Champions" 2020-2021 competition sponsored by Volkswagen and organized in partnership with the German Embassy in Qatar.  

  • Ayman Shabana
    Research

    Georgetown Scholar Publishes Research on the Historical Roots of Islamic Responses to COVID-19

    July 1, 2021  ·  By Nahla El Sherif

    When the pandemic swept across the globe, impacting the lives of millions, one of the topmost priorities was to develop health protection measures to curb the spread of the virus and manage its impact. The historical background of these measures within the Muslim context is the focus of a newly published research article by Dr. Ayman Shabana, Associate Research Professor of Theology at QF partner Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q).

  • Alumni

    GU-Q Graduate Brings the Alumni Community Together for a Conversation with the U.S. Ambassador to Bulgaria

    June 22, 2021  ·  By Nahla El Sherif

    Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) alumnus Sami Wehbe (SFS‘17) recently organized a unique opportunity for Georgetown’s international alumni community to connect with a fellow graduate, who is also a representative…

  • Ian Almond
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    New Book by Georgetown Scholar Offers a Look at Global Literature Beyond the West

    June 16, 2021  ·  By Nahla El Sherif

    World literature is often understood as a category within a wider field of literature rooted in European culture and history. But a new book  by QF partner Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) scholar of literature, Dr. Ian Almond, flips this script by asking the reader a provocative question: What would world literature look like if we stopped referring to the “West”?

  • Syed Taha Kaleem (SFS'22)
    Students

    Georgetown Student Wins Fellowship to Study Peacebuilding in Kashmir

    June 2, 2021  ·  By Nahla El Sherif

    Syed Taha Kaleem, a senior at QF partner Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q), has been selected as the Berkley Center-Pulitzer Center international reporting fellow for summer 2021. His project will explore the important role of religious shrines in Kashmiri society and examine the ways they foster peacebuilding.

  • Dean Dallal and Nasser Yousef Al Jaber
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    New MoU between GU-Q and Teach for Qatar Opens New Avenues for Collaboration in Education

    May 26, 2021  ·  By Nahla El Sherif

    QF partner Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) and Teach for Qatar (TFQ) recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to underscore their long-standing and increasingly diverse partnership and to further…

  • Research

    Scholars Discuss the Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture in South Asia at Georgetown

    May 20, 2021  ·  By Nahla El Sherif

    Climate change has already had a significant impact across South Asia and will continue to affect the region at an even higher rate in the coming decades, said experts at…