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    Georgetown’s Virtual Hub for Global Dialogue Creates Constructive Connections in a Time of Disruption

    Continuing a commitment to public engagement despite the pandemic, QF partner Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) announces the launch of The Virtual Hub for Global Dialogue: Engaging Communities, Finding Solutions….

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    Georgetown Professor’s Translation of Interviews Gives English Speaking Audience New Insight About Palestinian Poet Mahmoud Darwish

    One of the greatest Arabic language poets of the 20th century, the late Palestinian author and cultural icon Mahmoud Darwish, is the focus of a recent book titled Palestine as…

    Palestine as Metaphor (Olive Branch Press)
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    New Book by Georgetown Professor at QF Sheds Light on Religious Thinker Frithjof Schuon

    The work of Frithjof Schuon (1907-1998), one of the most influential religious thinkers of the 20th century, is the focus of a new book by Professor at QF partner Georgetown…

    Keys to the Beyond Book Cover
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    Summer Competition Engages Georgetown Students in COVID-19 Research

    Georgetown University in Qatar has announced the winners of their Summer Research Competition, an initiative designed to promote research training and create new knowledge on issues surrounding COVID-19 for students…

    International Politics senior Adithi Sanjay
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    Why the Education City Stadium is Built to Last

    Professor Danyel Reiche, Visiting Associate Professor at Georgetown University in Qatar, on why the World Cup venue in the heart of Qatar Foundation’s environment in knowledge can set a new…

    Danyel Reiche
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    Georgetown’s Innovative EdTech Tools Ensure Learning Never Stops at QF

    At Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q), ongoing strategic capacity building with educational technology and a growing suite of digital teaching tools allowed the QF partner to continue delivering its rigorous…

    GU-Q Seminar Room
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    Georgetown Arabic Culture Scholar at QF Pens Debut Novel on the Complexity of Palestinian Memory

    Author and scholar Omar Khalifah, an associate professor of Arabic literature and culture at Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q), a QF partner, published his debut novel titled “The Sand Catcher”,…

    “The Sand Catcher”
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    Dartmoor and the Origins of Prison Segregation

    Dr. Nicholas Guyatt, a Reader in North American History at the University of Cambridge, gave a public talk at GU-Q titled “Dartmoor Prison and the Origins of Carceral Segregation” where he presented his research for a forthcoming book on the early history of racial segregation policies in American penal systems.

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    Basic Income Could Virtually Eliminate Poverty in the UK at the Cost of 3.4% of the GDP, Says New Research from Georgetown

    A new study by QF partner Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q), has found that the cost of a universal basic income (UBI) program large enough to virtually eliminate poverty in…

    Karl Widerquist
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    The US-Qatar Business Council Signs MoU with QF partner Georgetown

    Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q), a QF partner, and the US-Qatar Business Council (USQBC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop a collaborative educational partnership and to promote…

    Dean Ahmad Dallal and Sheikha Mayes bint Hamad bin Mohammed bin Jaber Al-Thani