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  • Students

    Muslim Student Association at Georgetown Discusses Ramadan in a Time of Crisis

    The GU-Q Muslim Students Association (MSA) recently hosted Imam Omer Bajwa, the Director of Muslim Life at the Yale University Chaplain’s Office, for an online presentation on “Preparing for Ramadan.”…

    Imam Omer Bajwa
  • Alumni

    GU-Q Grad Turns School Project at QF into National Teleschool Curriculum in Pakistan

    A digital education program that began as a student project at Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q), a QF partner university, is now part of a nationally broadcast TV channel in…

    Haroon Yasin
  • Students

    Georgetown Student’s Winning T-Shirt Design Invokes Fighting Spirit in a Crisis

    With a closed fist raised in strength and defiance, the winning t-shirt design for a fun competition launched by Qatar Foundation (QF) partner university Georgetown University in Qatar, was an…

    T-shirt design by Freshman Aisha Tariq Al Muhannadi’s
  • Research

    Georgetown Professor’s Economics Award Win Puts QF Research on a Global Stage

    Jose Asturias, Assistant Professor of Economics at Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q), along with co-authors Manuel García-Santana, a professor at Barcelona Graduate School of Economics, and Roberto Ramos, an economist…

    José Asturias
  • Research

    Qatar’s Blockade Response Contributed to Qatar’s Resiliency in the Pandemic Says GU-Q professor

    The coronavirus pandemic that has spread across the globe has triggered a massive healthcare crisis. But it has also severely affected the global supply chain network, leaving countries and companies…

    Professor Alexis Antoniades
  • Students

    Georgetown Workshop Gives QF Students the Tools for Academic Success

    For busy college students, time management is already a challenge, but the coronavirus pandemic is making it even harder. To give students at QF-partner Georgetown University in Qatar the self-management…

    Afsha Kohli
  • Research

    How Humor Can Combat Coronavirus Anxiety

    With lockdown measures keeping people away from their normal activities, social media has become a lifeline for human connections in a time of crisis. And a good part of that…

    Mahnaz Mousavi
  • Research

    Georgetown Provides Coronavirus Info Session for QF Community

    Experts from the front lines of the Coronavirus pandemic in Qatar were featured panelists for Georgetown University in Qatar’s recent online event titled “Dealing with Covid-19 in Qatar: A Panel…

    GWAQ Panel
  • Research

    Qatar’s Blockade Strategy is the Needed Framework to Combat Climate Change Says Professor at Georgetown, a QF Partner University

    The speed and scale of Qatar’s state-led response to the blockade is a lesson in the national resilience and adaptation needed to change the devastating course of climate change around…

    Anato lLieven
  • Research

    Georgetown Professor’s New Book Gives Context and Cross Discipline Insight into the Thought of one of the Most Influential Classical Muslim Scholars

    In her new book, “Law and Politics under the Abbasids: An Intellectual Portrait of al-Juwayni” (Cambridge 2019), Sohaira Siddiqui Associate Professor at Qatar Foundation partner university Georgetown University in Qatar,…

    Sohaira Siddiqui