News – Georgetown University in Qatar

Alumni, GU-Q News

GU-Q Announces Fatima Yunusa as Third Alumna in Five Years to Receive Prestigious Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University

18 November 2025

Class of 2024 Georgetown University in Qatar graduate Fatima Yunusa (SFS’24), has won the 2026 Rhodes Scholarship — the world’s oldest and most competitive international scholarship. A Nigerian development practitioner,…

GU-Q News, Students

Transforming not Translating: GU-Q’s Approach to Global Education, and Why it is Hosting the Next Georgetown Global Dialogue

18 November 2025

When Dean Safwan Masri opened the second day of Georgetown Global Dialogues (GGD) in Barcelona with Homer’s Iliad, he was demonstrating what Georgetown University in Qatar brings to global conversations:…

GU-Q News, Students

Leading Under Fire: Georgetown Qatar Global Diplomacy Masterclass in Session

18 November 2025

When during the first week of November world leaders arrived in Doha for the Second World Summit for Social Development, the ideals of human-centered development and global solidarity weren’t just…

Faculty Awards, GU-Q News

“Socialpreneur,” Comedian, Model, and Activist Nawaal Akram Takes on Georgetown Qatar

10 November 2025

When Nawaal Akram (SFS’29) rolls into a room in her high heels, latte in hand, she brings with her a mix of humor, purpose, and unstoppable determination. A comedian, model,…

GU-Q News, Indian Ocean, Students

Two Campuses, One Island: Georgetown's Global Education in Action

10 November 2025

The UNESCO World Heritage sites were incredible. The museum collections, world-class. But Lucas Solomon’s favorite memory from Mauritius? Hours on bicycles with friends from both Georgetown campuses, stopping to talk…

GU-Q News, Students

Why I Keep Volunteering for CEP

6 November 2025

Mysti Rudd, Associate Teaching Professor of English Composition and Rhetoric, reflects on her experience with the Community Engagement Program (CEP), which fosters the Jesuit values of service to others through…

GU-Q News

How Amira Zhanat is Exploring Environmental Policy Through Research and Fellowship

3 November 2025

From her first semester at Georgetown University in Qatar, Amira Zhanat (SFS’27) has sought to shape her degree in foreign service to specifically target issues around climate change. “I wanted…

GU-Q News

A 70-Year-Old Wrongful Execution and One Provocative Question: How Is He NOT a Victim?

3 November 2025

The room at Georgetown University in Qatar hummed with anticipation as Booker Prize–shortlisted author Nadifa Mohamed revealed how writers make history matter. Her topic: A man executed for a crime…

GU-Q News

“Like Coming Home”: Fr. Ryan Maher on Being the First Jesuit Assigned to Qatar, and His Return 20 Years Later

2 November 2025

Father Ryan Maher, SJ, EdD, spent two years in Qatar from 2005-2007 as a founding faculty member at Georgetown’s campus in Doha. A Jesuit priest and Georgetown alumnus, he has…

Faculty, Faculty Awards, GU-Q News

Mohamed Zayani’s Award-Winning Scholarship is Redefining Global Digital Studies

26 October 2025

As debates over digital governance, AI, and social media’s role in shaping public life dominate headlines worldwide, Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) celebrates the continued global recognition of Dr. Mohamed…

GU-Q News, Professional Education

Japan, Jordan, and Georgetown: Advancing Regional Public-Private Partnerships

22 October 2025

How do you turn global expertise into national impact? By connecting people, policy, and practice. Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q), in partnership with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), brought…

Faculty, GU-Q News

With Dialogue Comes Understanding: Dr. El-Zein Offers New Insights Into Philosophy of Seyyed Hossein Nasr

13 October 2025

As a young scholar and poet at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., Dr. Amira El-Zein found herself drawn to the work of Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr, a philosopher now recognized…