When acclaimed author Pankaj Mishra stepped onto the GU-Q campus for conversations with Writer-in-Residence Kamila Shamsie, he opened with a confession: “It’s fantastic to find myself far away from what…
Class of 2024 Georgetown University in Qatar graduate Fatima Yunusa (SFS’24), has won the 2026 Rhodes Scholarship — the world’s oldest and most competitive international scholarship. A Nigerian development practitioner,…
When Dean Safwan Masri opened the second day of Georgetown Global Dialogues (GGD) in Barcelona with Homer’s Iliad, he was demonstrating what Georgetown University in Qatar brings to global conversations:…
When during the first week of November world leaders arrived in Doha for the Second World Summit for Social Development, the ideals of human-centered development and global solidarity weren’t just…
When Nawaal Akram (SFS’29) rolls into a room in her high heels, latte in hand, she brings with her a mix of humor, purpose, and unstoppable determination. A comedian, model,…
The UNESCO World Heritage sites were incredible. The museum collections, world-class. But Lucas Solomon’s favorite memory from Mauritius? Hours on bicycles with friends from both Georgetown campuses, stopping to talk…
Mysti Rudd, Associate Teaching Professor of English Composition and Rhetoric, reflects on her experience with the Community Engagement Program (CEP), which fosters the Jesuit values of service to others through…
From her first semester at Georgetown University in Qatar, Amira Zhanat (SFS’27) has sought to shape her degree in foreign service to specifically target issues around climate change. “I wanted…
The room at Georgetown University in Qatar hummed with anticipation as Booker Prize–shortlisted author Nadifa Mohamed revealed how writers make history matter. Her topic: A man executed for a crime…
Father Ryan Maher, SJ, EdD, spent two years in Qatar from 2005-2007 as a founding faculty member at Georgetown’s campus in Doha. A Jesuit priest and Georgetown alumnus, he has…