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…
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…
Photos of prisoners including women and children. Photo Credit: Alzhir Museum/ Photo credit: Aibarshyn Akhmetkali/The Astana Times In the quiet halls of the ALZHIR Memorial in Kazakhstan, Raikhan Primbetova sifted…
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…
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…
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…
At Georgetown University in Qatar’s eleventh Hiwaraat conference, Decolonizing Energy: The Past, Present, and Future of Energy Justice, scholars and creatives offered key insights into the future of energy justice.…
Could international law still be humanity’s best hope for justice—or has it already failed? At Georgetown University in Qatar, students, faculty, and guests packed the auditorium for “Is International Law…
In order to confront global inequities and pave the way for a clean energy future, Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) will host a symposium on “Decolonizing Energy: The Past, Present,…
Think colonialism wiped out Islamic law in India? Think again. In her provocative new book, Islamic Law on Trial: Contesting Colonial Power in British India (University of California Press, 2025),…
By Daphne Soriano, Class of 2028 “Justice is rarely linear,” stated Dean Safwan Masri in his welcome to the recent public talk “Duterte at the International Criminal Court: Global Implications”…
At Georgetown University in Qatar’s Seeing Sudan Hiwaraat conference, art was not ornament but testimony—memory stitched into color, fantasy sharpened into line. Over three days, artists, musicians, and thinkers explored…
