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A new original film by Suzi Mirgani, a researcher from Georgetown University in Qatar’s Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS), recently premiered at the Doha Film Institute’s Ajyal Youth…
In recent years, the countries of the Gulf have witnessed massive transformations in infrastructure, rapid economic growth, and significant population changes. But how has this impacted the healthcare provided in…
Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) Professor Mohamed Zayani has been awarded the 2017 Sue DeWine Distinguished Scholarly Book Award from the National Communication Association (NCA) for his book Networked Publics and Digital Contention (Oxford University Press, 2015). The book…
Are contemporary political philosophers unknowingly spreading unverified beliefs about prehistoric societies? Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) Professor Karl Widerquist believes so, and explains why in a new book. Written in…
The challenges and prospects for Arab reform were on the agenda at a recent talk at Georgetown University in Qatar’s Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS). Political columnist and…
She’s called the “Mother of the Nation” by the people of Pakistan, but how much is really known about the life of Fatima Jinnah? A new book from Georgetown University…
Is it brainwashing and malevolence that drives ordinary people to become suicide bombers? Or are there more factors at play? Professor David B. Edwards delved deeper into these questions at…
Georgetown University in Qatar Professor Mohamed Zayani has been awarded the 2017 Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology Book Award from the American Sociological Association (ASA) for his work titled…
Experts from across the region gathered to share their insights about the Gulf crisis at an event hosted by Georgetown University in Qatar’s premier research institute, the Center for International…
A new free app from Georgetown University in Qatar’s (GU-Q) Arabic language program aims to make it easier for expatriates and tourists to strike up conversations with locals in Qatar….
