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With National Sport Day approaching, students at Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) reflected on the importance of campus sports in creating community and helping them to achieve goals on and…
Dr. Safwan Masri, dean of GU-Q, hosted an exclusive media roundtable with leading media organizations, where he unveiled his ambitious vision for the future of the institution and showcased groundbreaking…
The fans have long gone home and posters of a beaming La‘eeb have been taken down, but the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ research continues at QF partner Georgetown University…
A recent cricket tournament hosted by Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q), pitted student athletes from the university’s Doha and Washington, DC, campuses in a fierce but friendly 3-game match that…
Football is deeply rooted in Latin American Culture. But for Santiago Rubio-Henao, a Colombian international student at QF partner Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q), football fever began in Qatar, and…
As sports fans from across the globe began streaming into Doha, GU-Q brought a range of student athlete activities, academic lectures, and World Cup kickoff celebrations to Georgetown University in…
The Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) at GU-Q invited the Qatari public to learn about the fascinating history of football in Qatar and the region at a book…
A new book by QF partner Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) titled Football in the Middle East: State, Society, and the Beautiful Game (Oxford University Press/Hurst, 2022) provides groundbreaking analysis…
As excitement builds for the start of the Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022, a new book titled “Qatar and the 2022 FIFA World Cup: Politics, Controversy, Change” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022)…
As the World Cup approaches, a focus on football has infused the campus community from the classroom to the pitch. But the unique potential of sports to develop and reinforce…
