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  • Georgetown University in Qatar
    Research

    New Agreement Between Georgetown, Education Above All, and African Leadership Academy Results in More Diversity and Access to Education at QF

    A new collaboration between Qatar Foundation (QF) partner Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) and Education Above All Foundation (EAA) aims to further a shared mission of human development through the…

  • Alumni

    Georgetown Alumnus Ibrahim Al-Derbasti Reflects on How His Education Helped Him Deliver Solutions for the Blockade and the Pandemic

    If you drive about an hour and a half north of the towering skyline of Doha, you will find yourself in the quiet coastal city of Ras Laffan, home of…

  • Ambassador DeLaurentis
    Research

    New GU-Q Training Workshop Series at QF Offered Diplomats Critical Training for a Complex World

    In response to a host of increasingly complex and interconnected global disruptions, diplomatic services around the world have been required to widen their scope of expertise to take on new…

  • Research

    Georgetown’s Virtual Hub for Global Dialogue Creates Constructive Connections in a Time of Disruption

    Continuing a commitment to public engagement despite the pandemic, QF partner Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) announces the launch of The Virtual Hub for Global Dialogue: Engaging Communities, Finding Solutions….

  • Palestine as Metaphor (Olive Branch Press)
    Research

    Georgetown Professor’s Translation of Interviews Gives English Speaking Audience New Insight About Palestinian Poet Mahmoud Darwish

    One of the greatest Arabic language poets of the 20th century, the late Palestinian author and cultural icon Mahmoud Darwish, is the focus of a recent book titled Palestine as…

  • Dr. Haya Al-Noaimi
    Alumni

    Georgetown Announces their First Qatari Postdoctoral Fellow at QF

    Setting yet another historical milestone for Qatar’s higher education landscape, Dr. Haya Al-Noaimi, who was a member of QF partner Georgetown University in Qatar’s (GU-Q) first graduating class in 2009,…

  • Kamilah Idris (SFS’22)
    Students

    Hoyas at QF Bring Georgetown Perspectives to ROTA Empower 2020 Youth Conference

    Two Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) students were invited to take part in v-Empower 2020, an annual youth conference organized by Reach Out to Asia (ROTA), a program of the…

  • Unite To Protect
    Students

    Students Study Protecting Education in Conflict in Collaborative Course with Education Above All Foundation

    Conflict and situations of insecurity deprives millions of young people of an education globally, a crisis that is the focus of a new course at QF partner Georgetown University in…

  • Dr. Kelly Otter
    Alumni

    Georgetown’s Newest Emergency and Disaster Management Graduates Find a World in Need of Their Help

    The newest graduates of Georgetown’s International Executive Master’s in Emergency & Disaster Management (IEDM) degree program were recognized at a Virtual Closing Ceremony amidst a global pandemic that has put…

  • Keys to the Beyond Book Cover
    Research

    New Book by Georgetown Professor at QF Sheds Light on Religious Thinker Frithjof Schuon

    The work of Frithjof Schuon (1907-1998), one of the most influential religious thinkers of the 20th century, is the focus of a new book by Professor at QF partner Georgetown…