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…
Kartikeya Uniyal (SFS’23) comes from a Brahmin family. An inherited privilege and legacy of India’s ancient caste system, it is an identity that has inspired him to take on a…
From a Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) classroom, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) diplomats enrolled in Georgetown’s graduate-level EMDIA program had the valuable experience of learning about nuclear diplomacy from…
Dr. Yehia A. Mohamed, Associate Professor of Arabic at QF partner Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q), is the author of a new textbook titled Reading the Arab World (Routledge, 2021)…
Creating a sustainable future beyond fossil fuels will need creative solutions inspired by the work of social scientists who study how energy shapes culture, politics, and economics. This was the…
When the movie Star Wars was released in 1977, it redefined cinematic history and introduced generations of audiences to a classic storytelling structure called the monomyth, where a hero goes…
At the campus of QF partner Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q), members of the Executive Master’s in Diplomacy and International Affairs (EMDIA), a custom one-year program designed for the Diplomatic…
Few things are as iconic in Qatar as the sight of dozens of traditional wooden sailing vessels bobbing in the water along the Corniche. An important part of Qatar’s maritime…
Mastering the art of Arabic calligraphy can be a challenge even for native speakers, who venerate the art form for its ability to convey meaning while avoiding figurative imagery. Sargis…
Filmmaker and researcher at QF partner Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) Suzi Mirgani has put Qatar on the Academy Award shortlist ballots in December 2021 with her short film about…
Professor of Arabic at GU-Q, Dr. Mahmoud Al-Ashiri, has co-published a new reference guide titled A Frequency Lexicon of Standard Arabic Used in Children’s TV Programs: A Corpus-based Lexicon (Dar…
The War in Darfur has been covered by international media as a long-held ethnic conflict between Arab and Black African Sudanese. But in her newly published book titled Darfur Allegory…
