“GU-Q News” Posts

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  • Energy Studies

    Five Important Lessons on Pursuing Energy Justice From The “Decolonizing Energy” Conference

    At Georgetown University in Qatar’s eleventh Hiwaraat conference, Decolonizing Energy: The Past, Present, and Future of Energy Justice, scholars and creatives offered key insights into the future of energy justice….

  • GU-Q News

    Things We Learned from Asking “Is International Law Dead?”

    Could international law still be humanity’s best hope for justice—or has it already failed? At Georgetown University in Qatar, students, faculty, and guests packed the auditorium for “Is International Law…

  • Energy Studies

    Taking Back Power: Georgetown in Qatar To Host Energy Justice Conference

    In order to confront global inequities and pave the way for a clean energy future, Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) will host a symposium on “Decolonizing Energy: The Past, Present,…

  • Faculty

    New Book Reveals Islamic Law Wasn’t Erased Under the British Raj—It Fought Back

    Think colonialism wiped out Islamic law in India? Think again. In her provocative new book, Islamic Law on Trial: Contesting Colonial Power in British India (University of California Press, 2025),…

  • GU-Q News

    POV: The Surprising Way the Duterte ICC Case Inspired Me To Embrace My Role in the Filipino Diaspora 

    By Daphne Soriano, Class of 2028  “Justice is rarely linear,” stated Dean Safwan Masri in his welcome to the recent public talk “Duterte at the International Criminal Court: Global Implications”…

  • Hiwaraat

    Art as History, Art as Future: Sudan Retold at Georgetown’s Seeing Sudan Conference

    At Georgetown University in Qatar’s Seeing Sudan Hiwaraat conference, art was not ornament but testimony—memory stitched into color, fantasy sharpened into line. Over three days, artists, musicians, and thinkers explored…

  • Students

    Anwesha Nath and Other Student Advocates Take Charge on Climate, Host UN Local Council of Youth

    When Anwesha Nath first began her climate journey at the age of 15, she could not have imagined that within just a few years she would be addressing world leaders,…

  • Hiwaraat

    Historic Gathering of Sudanese Artists and Thinkers Sheds Light on Crisis, Offers Hope

    As war rages on in Sudan, Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) convened a landmark Sudanese intellectual and cultural gathering on “Seeing Sudan” to shed light on the urgent crisis. Together…

  • Hiwaraat

    Arts Generate Action When Politics Fail: How GU-Q Drew Attention to Sudan

    While the world averts its eyes from the humanitarian crisis in Sudan, Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) opened its Hiwaraat conference season with an urgent reminder: See Sudan Now. In the face…

  • Research

    Suzi Mirgani, Boundary-Breaking Filmmaker Representing Sudanese Women on Screen

    With Cotton Queen winning international attention, the GU-Q scholar-artist shines a spotlight on Sudan’s stories—on screen and in Academia Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) scholar and filmmaker Dr. Suzi Mirgani…