Israa Al-Kamali, Class of 2017
Georgetown Graduate at QF, Co-founds First Iraqi Film Festival and Gives Voice to Iraqi Stories
Georgetown University in Qatar
New Agreement Between Georgetown, Education Above All, and African Leadership Academy Results in More Diversity and Access to Education at QF
Georgetown Alumnus Ibrahim Al-Derbasti
Georgetown Alumnus Ibrahim Al-Derbasti Reflects on How His Education Helped Him Deliver Solutions for the Blockade and the Pandemic
The Virtual Hub for Global Dialogue
Georgetown’s Virtual Hub for Global Dialogue Creates Constructive Connections in a Time of Disruption
Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis
New GU-Q Training Workshop Series at QF Offers Diplomats Critical Training for a Complex World
Palestine as Metaphor (Olive Branch Press)
Georgetown Professor’s Translation of Interviews Gives English Speaking Audience New Insight About Palestinian Poet Mahmoud Darwish
Dr. Haya Al-Noaimi, GU-Q’s First Postdoctoral Fellow
Georgetown Announces their First Qatari Postdoctoral Fellow at QF
Unite To Protect
Students Study Protecting Education in Conflict in Collaborative Course with Education Above All Foundation
Kamilah Idris (SFS’22)
Hoyas at QF Bring Georgetown Perspectives to ROTA Empower 2020 Youth Conference
Dr. Kelly Otter, Dean of SCS
Georgetown’s Newest Emergency and Disaster Management Graduates Find a World in Need of Their Help

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Sat Oct 3, 2020 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Oct 6 Tue

The 2022 World Cup in Qatar in Historical Perspective

Tue Oct 6, 2020 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Oct 20 Tue

Working Together During COVID-19: A Global Approach to Development

Tue Oct 20, 2020 12:45 PM - 01:45 PM
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Israa Al-Kamali, Class of 2017

Georgetown Graduate at QF, Co-founds First Iraqi Film Festival and Gives Voice to Iraqi Stories

Sep 30, 2020
Israa Al-Kamali, a graduate of QF partner, Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q), recently co-founded Iraq's first independent...
Georgetown University in Qatar

New Agreement Between Georgetown, Education Above All, and African Leadership Academy Results in More Diversity and Access to Education at QF

Sep 23, 2020
A new collaboration between Qatar Foundation (QF) partner Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) and Education Above All...
Georgetown Alumnus Ibrahim Al-Derbasti

Georgetown Alumnus Ibrahim Al-Derbasti Reflects on How His Education Helped Him Deliver Solutions for the Blockade and the Pandemic

Sep 21, 2020
If you drive about an hour and a half north of the towering skyline of Doha, you will find yourself in the quiet coastal city of...
The Virtual Hub for Global Dialogue

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

Sep 16, 2020
Continuing a commitment to public engagement despite the pandemic, QF partner Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) announces the...
Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis

New GU-Q Training Workshop Series at QF Offers Diplomats Critical Training for a Complex World

Sep 14, 2020
In response to a host of increasingly complex and interconnected global disruptions, diplomatic services around the world have...
Palestine as Metaphor (Olive Branch Press)

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

Sep 9, 2020
One of the greatest Arabic language poets of the 20th century, the late Palestinian author and cultural icon Mahmoud Darwish, is...
Dr. Haya Al-Noaimi, GU-Q’s First Postdoctoral Fellow

Georgetown Announces their First Qatari Postdoctoral Fellow at QF

Sep 7, 2020
Setting yet another historical milestone for Qatar’s higher education landscape, Dr. Haya Al-Noaimi, who was a member of QF...
Unite To Protect

Students Study Protecting Education in Conflict in Collaborative Course with Education Above All Foundation

Sep 2, 2020
Conflict and situations of insecurity deprives millions of young people of an education globally, a crisis that is the focus of a...
Kamilah Idris (SFS’22)

Hoyas at QF Bring Georgetown Perspectives to ROTA Empower 2020 Youth Conference

Sep 1, 2020
Two Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) students were invited to take part in v-Empower 2020, an annual youth conference...
Dr. Kelly Otter, Dean of SCS

Georgetown’s Newest Emergency and Disaster Management Graduates Find a World in Need of Their Help

Aug 31, 2020
The newest graduates of Georgetown’s International Executive Master’s in Emergency & Disaster Management (IEDM) degree...
International Politics senior Adithi Sanjay

Research Competition Engages Georgetown Students in COVID-19 Research During Summer at QF

Aug 26, 2020
Georgetown University in Qatar has announced the winners of their Summer Research Competition, an initiative designed to promote...
Representatives of Class of 2024

Georgetown’s Virtual Convocation Ceremony Blends Tradition and Technology to Start the New Year at QF

Aug 24, 2020
Georgetown University in Qatar, a QF partner, welcomed 131 first-year students at its annual New Student Convocation, a virtual...
“Keys to the Beyond: Frithjof Schuon's Cross-Traditional Language of Transcendence”

New Book by Georgetown Professor at QF Sheds Light on Religious Thinker Frithjof Schuon

Aug 23, 2020
The work of Frithjof Schuon (1907-1998), one of the most influential religious thinkers of the 20th century, is the focus of a...
Obadah Khaled Diab, Class of 2018

Georgetown Alumnus Applies a QF Education to a United Nations COVID-19 Humanitarian Data Project

Aug 17, 2020
A graduate of QF partner Georgetown University in Qatar, Obadah Khaled Diab, is working to provide the critical data needed to...
Danyel Reiche, Visiting Associate Professor, GU-Q

Why the Education City Stadium is Built to Last

Aug 12, 2020
Professor Danyel Reiche, Visiting Associate Professor at Georgetown University in Qatar, on why the World Cup venue in the heart...
GU-Q Seminar Room

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

Aug 10, 2020
At Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q), ongoing strategic capacity building with educational technology and a growing suite of...
“The Sand Catcher”

Georgetown Arabic Culture Scholar at QF Pens Debut Novel on the Complexity of Palestinian Memory

Aug 5, 2020
Author and scholar Omar Khalifah, an associate professor of Arabic literature and culture at Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q...
Hoyas for Each Other Program

At QF, the Hoyas for Others Program Brings Staff and Students Together for Community Building and Support

Jul 29, 2020
Despite the great hardships caused by the ongoing global pandemic, the health crisis has also brought out the best in individuals...
Karl Widerquist, Associate Professor at Georgetown University in Qatar

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

Jul 27, 2020
A new study by QF partner Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q), has found that the cost of a universal basic income (UBI)...
Dean Ahmad Dallal and Sheikha Mayes bint Hamad bin Mohammed bin Jaber Al-Thani

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

Jul 22, 2020
Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q), a QF partner, and the US-Qatar Business Council (USQBC) have signed a Memorandum of...

In The Media

Dr. Anatol Lieven on Nationalism and Patriotism, a Battle over Words and Ideas
The Christian Science Monitor
Dr. Marice Jackson in "What will halt Black Lives Matter protests in US?"
Al Jazeera
Dr. Uday Chandra on The Making of a Hindu India
Al Jazeera
Dr. Danyel Reiche on Sport, Politics, and Society in the Middle East
New Books in Middle Eastern Studies
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Thu Oct 8, 2020

Undergraduate First-Year Student Advisory Grades Due

Thu Oct 8, 2020

Mid-term break begins after last class

Sun Oct 11, 2020 - Thu Oct 15, 2020 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Mid-term holiday break, no classes

Sun Oct 18, 2020

Classes Resume

Mon Nov 9, 2020

Registration for Spring 2021 opens

Thu Dec 3, 2020

Classes end

Fri Dec 4, 2020 - Sat Dec 5, 2020 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

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Sat Dec 5, 2020

Last Day to Withdraw from Courses. Last day to request pass/fail grading option

Sun Dec 6, 2020 - Thu Dec 10, 2020 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

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