“GU-Q News” Posts

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  • Faculty Awards

    “Socialpreneur,” Comedian, Model, and Activist Nawaal Akram Takes on Georgetown Qatar

    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,…

  • Indian Ocean

    Two Campuses, One Island: Georgetown’s Global Education in Action

    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…

    Two people with backpacks stand smiling on a beach with a mountain and trees in the background. Another person is taking a photo near the shoreline. The sky is partly cloudy.
  • Faculty

    Why I Keep Volunteering for CEP

    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…

  • GU-Q News

    How Amira Zhanat is Exploring Environmental Policy Through Research and Fellowship

    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…

  • GU-Q News

    A 70-Year-Old Wrongful Execution and One Provocative Question: How Is He NOT a Victim?

    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…

  • GU-Q News

    “Like Coming Home”: Fr. Ryan Maher on Being the First Jesuit Assigned to Qatar, and His Return 20 Years Later

    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…

  • Students

    From Gulags to the Gulf: One Georgetown Student’s Mission to Research What Others Overlook

    Photos of prisoners including women and children. Photo Credit: Alzhir Museum/ Photo credit: Aibarshyn Akhmetkali/The Astana Times In the quiet halls of the ALZHIR Memorial in Kazakhstan, Raikhan Primbetova sifted…

  • Faculty

    Mohamed Zayani’s Award-Winning Scholarship is Redefining Global Digital Studies

    As debates over digital governance, AI, and social media’s role in shaping public life dominate headlines worldwide, Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) celebrates the continued global recognition of Dr. Mohamed…

  • Professional Education

    Japan, Jordan, and Georgetown: Advancing Regional Public-Private Partnerships

    How do you turn global expertise into national impact? By connecting people, policy, and practice. Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q), in partnership with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), brought…

  • Faculty

    With Dialogue Comes Understanding: Dr. El-Zein Offers New Insights Into Philosophy of Seyyed Hossein Nasr 

    As a young scholar and poet at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., Dr. Amira El-Zein found herself drawn to the work of Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr, a philosopher now recognized…