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November 14, 2023
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Public Talk

Arabic Script Technologies: From Calligraphy to Unicode

J.R.Osborn is an award-winning author, scholar, and experimentalist of communication with Georgetown University’s Communication, Culture, and Technology Program and co director of the CCT Technology Design Studio.
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November 14, 2023
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Book Talk

Weaponizing Water: Water Stress and Islamist Extremist Violence in Africa and the Middle East

With Professor Marcus D. King.
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November 12, 2023
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Public Talk

Malcolm Gladwell in Conversation with Dean Masri

Auditorium, Georgetown University in Qatar Speaker Malcolm Gladwell Malcolm Gladwell is the author of five New York Times bestsellers – The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw, and David and Goliath. He has been named one of the 100 most influential people by TIME magazine and one of the Foreign Policy’s Top Global…
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November 12, 2023
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Conference

Sustaining the Oasis: Envisioning the Future of Water Security in the Gulf

This conference delves into the historical and future significance of water in the region, addressing both human and ecological needs.
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November 11, 2023
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Center for International and Regional Studies

Afghanistan Regional Symposium: Confronting the Impasse

Exploring and addressing the intricate challenges surrounding Afghanistan and its neighboring region.
Afghanistan Regional Symposium: Confronting the Impasse
November 9, 2023
3:30 AM – 7:00 PM
Public Talk

Global Governance in an Age of Fracture

Georgetown University in Qatar About The Lloyd George Study Group was launched by Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and LSE’s Phelan US Center in 2022, and has 10 core members with wide regional representation. The group focuses on global governance, broadly defined, and is currently working on a series of papers under the theme…
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November 8, 2023
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Public Talk

Practitioner’s Proposals for the Improvement of Diplomatic Practice

Ambassador Androulla Kaminara, GU-Q Distinguished-Diplomat-in-Residence for 2023-2024, is a former EU Ambassador to Pakistan.
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November 6, 2023
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Public Talk

Book talk by Ibrahim M. Jaidah: Discovering Arabian Deco: Early Modern Architecture in Qatar

The architectural journey through the three most significant decades (1950-1970s) of urban development since the discovery of oil.
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October 29, 2023
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Public Talk

The Environmental Drivers of Out-Migration in Bangladesh

With Katharine M. Donato.
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October 27, 2023
7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Lecture

Israel-Gaza War: A Conversation with Mouin Rabbani

The state of the war between Israel and Hamas and it’s impact on the people of Gaza and the broader Jewish and Palestinian diaspora.
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