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For decades, there was an expectation that many living along the Gulf and around the world could count on: the Strait of Hormuz would remain open. “And as anybody who…
Following Oxford Maqam’s two-day visit to Georgetown University in Qatar, a look at how, for generations, you could feel you knew Cairo without ever having been there. In Casablanca in…
On Dec. 8, 2024, news of the fall of the Assad regime rippled through the vast Syrian diaspora. There was laughter, there were tears and there was euphoria. But amid…
In 1954, Israel abolished the death penalty for murder. Haim Cohn, the country’s attorney general at the time and later a Supreme Court justice, was among the strongest supporters of…
For Ambassador Fahad Al Attiyah, sustainability is not a modern concept imported into the Gulf in response to climate change. Its foundations, he argued, are deeply rooted in Islamic understandings…
What does an international relations degree even look like in a world being reshaped by AI, climate change, volatile economies and more? At GU-Q, that question is part of a…
When you look at headlines about Afghanistan and Pakistan over the past few weeks, you’ll find coverage of the fifth anniversary of the U.S. evacuation from Afghanistan and the Taliban’s…
Zahra Babar, executive director of GU-Q’s Center for International and Regional Studies, has been selected for the prestigious CERC Scholars of Excellence program at Toronto Metropolitan University’s Global Migration Institute….
International History (IHIS) major Ayah Mohammed (GU-Q ’24) has a hard time explaining what she does in just one sentence. One day, she is advising on investment opportunities, trade and…
Georgetown University in Qatar is pleased to welcome 150 students in its incoming Class of 2030. The talented cohort was among just 9.4% of all applicants selected. All are bilingual,…