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GU-Q News, Sports, Students

Team Sports Are Vital to Academic Excellence and a Sense of Community at Georgetown Qatar

12 February 2024

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…

GU-Q News, Sports

Dean Safwan Masri Shares Bold Initiatives and Plans for Preeminence at Media Roundtable

8 June 2023

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…

Faculty, Research, Sports

Georgetown’s Research Raising Profile of Qatar’s World Cup Legacy

2 May 2023

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…

Sports, Students

Historic Georgetown Cricket Match Creates Stronger Bonds between Doha and DC Hoyas

4 April 2023

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…

Sports, Students

Georgetown Students Show Spirit of Service at the World Cup

14 December 2022

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…

Sports

Georgetown Brings World Cup Fever to Washington, DC

30 November 2022

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…

Publications, Research, Sports

Book Launch Highlights New Multiversity Research on Football’s Outsized Impact in the Middle East

24 September 2022

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…

Faculty, Publications, Research, Sports

Football Has Had a Dramatic Impact on Life in the Middle East Finds Georgetown Scholars

11 August 2022

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…

Faculty, Research, Sports

Georgetown Scholar Publishes First Academic Analysis of Qatar and the World Cup

4 August 2022

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)…

Sports, Students

The GU-Q Community Unites Through a Shared Passion for Football

2 August 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…

Research, Sports

Multidisciplinary Webinar Explores Mega Sports and National Identity

25 January 2022

Mega sporting events have placed a spotlight on the recruitment and naturalization of top foreign athletes, a practice that is making national dreams come true, but also stirring public debate…

Alumni, Research, Sports

GU-Q's Qatar FIFA World Cup Research Initiative Hosts Event on Football and Islamophobia

8 November 2021

According to a recently published study co-authored by Yale University professor and graduate of QF partner Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) Dr. Salma Mousa, footballer Mo Salah has driven a…