Annual Report 2020-21 by Georgetown University in Qatar

Annual Report 2020-2021

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Annual Report 2020-2021

July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021

Contents Joint Advisory Board.............................................................. 7 A Message from the Dean...................................................... 8

Academic Resilience Student Achievements......................................................... 12 Admissions and Enrollment.................................................. 16 Education for Change........................................................... 18 Experiential Learning........................................................... 20 Multiversity......................................................................... 22 Alumni Achievements........................................................... 24 Academic Support............................................................... 26 Campus Life......................................................................... 28 Diversity and Inclusion......................................................... 31

Research Reimagined Student Research................................................................ 34 Faculty Research................................................................. 38 Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS)............ 44 Publications......................................................................... 50

Community Matters Community Engagement...................................................... 56 Collaborative Public Events.................................................. 58 Executive Programs............................................................. 60

Appendices Appendix I: Student Research.............................................. 63 Appendix II: Faculty Publications.......................................... 65 Appendix III: CIRS Research................................................. 68

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Joint Advisory Board Qatar Foundation Appointed

Georgetown University Appointed

H.E. Sheikha Al-Mayassa

Dr. Robert Groves (Co-chair)

Al-Thani (Co-chair)

Provost, Georgetown University

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Georgetown University in Qatar’s Spring 2021 board members:

Chairperson, Qatar Museums Board of Trustees; Chairperson, Reach Out to Asia Dr. Joel Hellman

Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs;

Dean, Walsh School of Foreign

Official Spokesperson, Ministry of

Service, Georgetown University

Foreign Affairs, State of Qatar

Dr. Emad El-Din Shahin

Dr. Carol Benedict

Dean, College of Islamic Studies,

Faculty Chair, Walsh School of

Hamad Bin Khalifa University

Foreign Service, Georgetown

Jointly Appointed

Ex-Officio Members

Sir Tim Lankester, KCB

Sarah Barclay

Former Chairman, Council of the

Management Expert, Office of the

London School of Hygiene and

CEO, Qatar Foundation

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H.E. Lolwah Rashid Al Khater

Tropical Medicine

Dr. Adnan A. Shihab-Eldin

Dr. Ahmad S. Dallal

Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Oxford

Dean, Georgetown University

Institute for Energy Studies; Former

in Qatar

Director General, Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences Dr. Ebrahim Moosa

Board Secretary

Mirza Family Professor in Islamic

Rita Roche

Thought and Muslim Societies,

Executive Assistant to the Dean,

University of Notre Dame

Georgetown University in Qatar

A Message from the Dean

ur students’ steadfastness in the face of unprecedented circumstances affecting their learning environment bore fruit in the form of a Rhodes Scholarship, significant student research outcomes, and impactful community-building collaborative events within Education City and beyond, and raised awareness about key topics around racial equity, global events, and the impact of the coronavirus.

Resilience, and a sustained effort to draw from our diverse strengths to achieve excellence were the key themes of the year.

The determination of faculty and staff to sustain students and advance the teaching and research missions of the university despite the pandemic resulted in a number of innovations in student support systems. These included flexible format internships with community partners and other virtual experiential learning opportunities, as well as extra programming during breaks. Club activities, the First Year Experience program, and Leadership Track activities, along with a solid foundation of library and Writing Center support, health and wellness activities, and tutoring, resulted in a comprehensive learning experience for students—whether they were in the classroom or attended class online. Beyond this, preparations for further improvements in the campus environment resulted in the peer tutor program earning College Reading and Learning Association’s (CRLA) International Tutor Training Program Certification, the launch of a student Campus Climate Survey, and the establishment of a Racial Equity Task Force.

Research was reconfigured to focus on leveraging faculty and researcher expertise to provide engaging insights on the U.S. presidential election, the Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022, and environmental concerns. Regional Studies were extended to include particular focus on circularities in the Indian Ocean world, women in the Gulf, and the impact of the Arab Spring. Research outcomes included 11 books, 27 journal articles, two journal special issues, and ten book chapters. The Center for International and Regional Studies served as a platform for 42 blogs, a number of podcasts and expert insights, and a white paper. Anatol Lieven’s book Climate Change and the Nation State received the Financial Times Book of the Year award in the environment category, and other faculty served as principal investigators on major collaborative national and international research grants. Community service and engagement through Executive and Professional Education (EPE) continued to support the development needs of Qatar. GU-Q, in collaboration with the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown’s Walsh School of Foreign Service in Washington, DC, developed an Executive Master in Diplomacy and International Affairs (EMDIA) for the Ministy of Foreign Affairs Diplomatic Institute. EPE also developed a bespoke version of the Executive Master’s in Emergency and Disaster Management for the Joaan Bin Jassim Joint Command and Staff College. GU-Q alumni raised the visibility of the university in diverse and distinct ways: by conceptualizing and organizing the first international Iraqi film festival; founding an online learning platform for underserved

It has been my great honor to have served in this role and I take pride in the fact that the institution will long continue to be a center of knowledge production and education in the region. —Ahmad Dallal

youth; receiving top honors on Pakistan’s Civil Service exam; and by winning the Waislitz Global Citizen Award. On a personal note, this is my final year as Dean of GU-Q. It has been my great honor to have served in this role and I take pride in the fact that the institution will long continue to be a center of knowledge production and education in the region. I am exceedingly proud of the many achievements of our talented students and graduates, and thank the faculty and staff who have contributed to our shared success. To our host nation, thank you for your belief in the power of education to make a better world for all. In reflection, the university’s accomplishments demonstrate how the unique value-based learning environment that is Georgetown, continues to build on a legacy of international collaboration for a lasting impact on global knowledge production, the community, and the students it serves.

Ahmad Dallal Dean, Georgetown University in Qatar

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Academic Resilience

Student resilience and excellence were the highlights of the 2020-2021 academic year. Whether classes were online or in a hybrid format, students, of academic excellence was maintained through faculty commitment to using instructional design and technology innovations supported by the

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faculty, and staff co-created a memorable educational experience. A culture

university’s Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship, and through Faculty Learning Days. With wellness and academic support systems ensuring their success in the classroom, students also remained diversity, culture, and politics.

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engaged socially and intellectually through a variety of activities around

I have made some of the most beautiful memories, taken some of the most fascinating classes, been exposed to an abundance of new experiences, and made some lifelong friends. It has not been an easy journey, but I am proud of the person I have become and everything that I have managed to accomplish, and each and every one of you should be too. We have all had to endure a lot, especially this year, but we were all able to persevere through it all. — Adam Polacco (SFS’21), Senior Speaker, Commencement 2021

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The success of students throughout the pandemic was a testament to their willingness to work hard, ask questions, and push past obstacles. Student accomplishments included winning both the Qatar University Debate League and the Debate Nationals, giving the keynote address at the THIMUN Qatar Leadership conference, speaking at the Reach Out To Asia Youth Conference, and winning a Volkswagen internship in Germany through the INJAZ Job Champions Competition. Their passionate commitment to their values and goals sets an important example of what it means to lead by example in order to determine a brighter future for their communities.

Student Achievements Dean’s Medal

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Tropaia Senior Awards

Adithi Sanjay Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali Faculty Award Natasha Vincent Katrina Quirolgico Award for Excellence in Culture and Politics

Virtual Celebrations of Graduates

As ambitious, global citizens with a commitment to scholarship and service, you represent the best of Qatar’s investment in its human capital, helping to drive Qatar towards its future. —H.E. Lolwah Al Khater, Assistant Foreign Minister and Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Commencement Keynote Speaker

Student Award Mustafe Axmed International History Outstanding Student Award Fiza Shahzad International Politics Outstanding Student Award Adithi Sanjay Certificate in Arab and Regional Studies Award Abeedah Diab

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The 2021 virtual Commencement ceremony recognized 71 seniors. Graduates of GU-Q are awarded a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service (BSFS) degree in one of four majors: Culture and Politics, International Economics, International History, and International Politics.

International Economics Outstanding

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Khansa Maria

Certificate in Media and Politics Award Irene Promodh Ambassador Award Chaïmaa Benkermi Blue and Gray Award Saoud Al-Ahmad; Amna Salatt Community in Diversity Award Irene Promodh

The Tropia Awards ceremony honored outstanding graduating seniors, including 56 National Honor Society inductees, 17 Latin Honors recipients, 14 Honors in the Major graduates, and 12 Certificate recipients. WAT C H T H E C E R E M O N I E S

Georgetown Engagement Award Khansa Maria; Fiza Shahzad Georgetown Leadership Award Malak Elmoh V I E W T H E T RO PA I A P RO G R A M

It’s six days a week of hard work on the pitch, but my professors have been really supportive and worked with my schedule to ensure that I can fulfill all of my classroom goals too. — Rabeea Al Mulla (SFS’21)

Qatar Sports Club Athlete International Economics major and student athlete Rabeea Al Mulla (SFS’21) is a football player with the Qatar Sports Club.

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Funding to Develop Chatbot-Based Online Course on Peace

Research Publication on Qatar Expatriates

Kartikeya Uniyal (SFS’23) received a $2,000 USD Penner Family Experiences Award from the Office of the Provost at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, for his educational social action project, Access Labs. The project is an innovative chatbot-based open learning platform he is developing in collaboration with the Peace Innovation Institute and the Peace Innovation Lab at Stanford University. He also received additional funding for the project through the Georgetown University Social Innovation and Public Service (SIPS) Fund.

Irene Promodh (SFS’21) published a research paper in the highly ranked Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies on “FM Radio and the Malayali Diaspora in Qatar: At Home Overseas.” READ THE JOURNAL ARTICLE

MOTC Digital Incubation Center for Startup “Nashariq” Abdul Rehmaan Qayyum’s (SFS’21) co-living services startup was accepted into the Ministry of Transport and Communication’s (MOTC) Digital Incubation Center program. The name, “Nashariq,” means “we share” in Arabic.

Named Best Thesis at the Media and Politics Senior Capstone Website Showcase

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Path to Inclusive Policy Making with Rhodes Scholarship

Syed Taha Kaleem (SFS‘22) explored Sufi shrines as sites of interfaith peacebuilding in Kashmir as an International Reporting Fellow for Summer 2021 through a partnership between Georgetown’s Berkley Center and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

Khansa Maria (SFS’21) was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to attend the University of Oxford, where she plans to pursue a master’s degree and gain the skills needed to contribute to the development of more inclusive policies in her home country of Pakistan.

The goal of this project is to highlight the importance of religious life in Kashmiri society and the profound impact it has on how the population deals with conflict and trauma on a daily basis. — Syed Taha Kaleem (SFS’22)

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Reporting Fellowship on Interfaith Peacebuilding

Blind since birth, Khansa’s personal experiences with social stigma and a lack of inclusive educational policies have driven her deep commitment to confronting the cultural and structural barriers that perpetuate the marginalization of people with disabilities. READ MORE

Admissions and Enrollment Class of 2024 In Fall 2020, 218 students were admitted, resulting in 131 enrolled students, an 18% increase over the previous year. The firstyear class represents a multitude of different academic, cultural, and socio-economic backgrounds hailing from 42 countries. 35 %

37 %

Qatar Nationals

International

28 %

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International Qatar Residents

PA RTN ER S HIPS IN DIVE RSIT Y Recruitment is focused on maintaining genuine diversity in terms of race, nationality, and socioeconomic background. A partnership through Education Above All with the African Leadership Academy allowed recruitment expansion to Kenya and Nigeria. Students from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zimbabwe were also enrolled for the first time.

Applying to GU-Q was a given for me. Two of my siblings are alumni and I’ve always felt inspired by their experiences. I’m really looking forward to writing my own story here. — Hamad Althani (SFS’25)

Class of 2025 Recruitment Taking advantage of new admissions partnerships and the virtual recruiting environment to reach even more students, recruitment for the incoming class of 2021 resulted in a 17% increase in applications over the previous year, yielding 197 admitted students, of whom 109 enrolled for the Fall 2021 semester.

Enrollment at a Glance Total Enrollment

8:1

Student to Faculty Ratio

Active Student Clubs

33% Male

633

Nationalities

Female

Graduates

I was drawn to the Culture and Politics major because of the courses GU-Q offered, and now I know how my interests and my major fit into a career path. That has been an exciting part of the journey.

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—Lina Hajo Babikar (SFS’22)

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A culture of inquiry and reflection inspired the development of programs that reexamine geographical boundaries and recenter education around diverse viewpoints.

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Drawing on the university’s multiversity networks and strategic location, the newly offered minors in Africana Studies and Indian Ocean Studies seek to advance scholarship and education around identity, belonging, and exchange. Additionally, relationships with stakeholders including Teach for Qatar and Education Above All added relevance to the curriculum and provided new avenues for collaboration.

Africana Studies Minor

Indian Ocean Studies Minor

The new Africana Studies minor offers students the chance

Drawing on faculty expertise developed

to participate in centering people of African descent in their

through GU-Q’s Indian Ocean Working

academic studies by analyzing the people and cultures of Africa.

Group, the newly offered Indian Ocean

Offered jointly with Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q), the

Studies minor encourages students to think

minor offers students the benefit of faculty expertise from both

in transregional terms about key social and

institutions.

political questions of identity, belonging, hybridity, and globalization.

New Course Highlights There were 28 courses with new content this year, including a few on regionally relevant topics such as energy policy, sports, society, and education in conflict.

C O U R S E C OLLA B O R AT ION WIT H EDU CATI O N AB O VE A LL ( E A A ) An ongoing relationship with EAA resulted in the course Global Migration, Refugees, and Citizenship, introducing students to the process of creating and implementing projects to educate mobile demographics. The collaboration also led to a student talk on “Development and Diplomacy in the International Arena” with Jason Foley, Deputy Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for the Middle East at USAID.

Beginning a research and teaching fellowship during a pandemic has been challenging. But the determination and engagement of students has been wonderful, and through a combination of virtual and small in-person classes, we were able to come together for a host of intellectual activities and to work as a team.

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• H.E. Sheikh Abdulla Bin Saoud Al-Thani, Governor, Qatar Central Bank • H.E. Ambassador Sheikha Alya Ahmed Bin Saif Al-Thani, Qatar’s Permanent Representative to the U.N. • H.E. Yousuf bin Mohamed Al-Jaida, CEO and Board Member, Qatar Financial Centre Authority • H.E. Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, Chairman, Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah International Foundation for Energy and Sustainable Development; Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry

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C L A S S R O O M DIALOG U E WIT H D IS TI NG U I SH E D LE ADE R S The Small States Security Dialogue course engaged Qatar’s national security decision makers in classroom discussion, including:

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Education for Change

— Haya Al-Noaimi

QATARI SCHOL AR TEACHES GEN D ER, POWER, AN D POLITICS IN THE GULF GU-Q Qatari Postdoctoral Fellow Haya Al-Noaimi (SFS’09) spent her fellowship year teaching the course Gender, Power, and Politics in the Gulf, and conducting research on both the gendered phenomenon of militarization in the Gulf and the historical conceptions of male citizenship in the Gulf region, its contemporary application, and gendered negotiation.

Experiential Learning Internships

Model United Nations (MUN)

Over half of the student body participates in at least one internship during their education, gaining work experience prior to graduation.

Gaining large scale event organization experience, 21 students planned the 16th Annual GU-Q Model United Nations conference, virtually hosting 152 students from 17 schools in Qatar and across the world.

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 83 student interns worked 10-15 hours a week under the guidance of a mentor at a partner organization. Thirty-three students completed the International Affairs Internship course, receiving academic credit for experience gained at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority, the U.S. Embassy, Brookings Doha Center, Qatar Foundation, Education Above All, Teach for Qatar, or Qatar Reads.

The theme was “Imagining a Resilient Future: Equality, Safety, and Health,” and featured keynote speaker Faith Abiodun, Executive Director of Future Africa.

Conference Training In preparation for GU-Q’s 16th Annual MUN conference, 25 GU-Q student volunteers organized an additional three-day MUN event for 115 students from 12 high schools in Qatar under the theme “Diversity and

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Integration in a World of Conflict.”

Throughout this health crisis, young people have demonstrated inspiring leadership and resilience in adapting to online learning and engagement. GU-Q’s virtual MUN helped to ensure that participating students emerge from the pandemic globally connected and better prepared to take on their next challenge. — Zoya Farid (SFS’22), MUN Secretary General

— Alak Raad (SFS’23)

By shadowing the Chief of Mission, I learned more about the important work of the IOM. I’ve studied the planning of those projects in the classroom. Seeing it actually happen was an amazing experience. — Roudah Al-Neama (SFS’21)

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Thirty-five students took part in the annual Crisis Simulation diplomacy exercise organized in partnership with the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (ISD) at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, on “Resolving the Libyan Crisis.” Participating mentors included former U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia Gordon Gray, former U.S. Ambassador to Algeria John Desrocher, and Director of the Brookings Doha Center Tarik Yousef.

To commemorate International Women’s Day, ten students were invited to participate in the “Diplomat for a Day” mentorship program organized by the female Ambassadors of Austria, Canada, Ethiopia, Greece, Mexico, the Netherlands, Tanzania and the United States, and regional United Nations office heads for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the International Organization for Migration.

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I learned that coming up with solutions through diplomacy is something that takes time. The voices involved seek to integrate their selfinterested goals in this process, thereby neglecting the bigger picture of saving lives.

Diplomat for a Day

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Crisis Simulation

21 Shaikha Al-Obaidan (SFS’23) with H.E. Karin Fichtinger-Grohe, the Ambassador of Austria to the State of Qatar

Multiversity Joint Curricular Programs

Collaborative Events

GU-Q’s ongoing collaborative efforts resulted in a new joint

E DUCATION CITY

minor, Africana Studies with

Through the first Education City-wide Career Connect, students and

NU-Q, and beginning Fall 2021,

alumni met virtually with more than 40 local organizations to find

the expansion of the Certificate in

internships and explore job opportunities.

Media and Politics (CMAP) jointly offered by GU-Q and NU-Q to

Q ATAR FOUN DATION (QF )

include Carnegie Mellon University

Qatar Foundation Community Engagement Director Amy Johnson

(CMU-Q).

and Executive Director of City Operations Hamad Al-Kuwari spoke to students in the Georgetown Leadership Track program at a “Building

Multiversity Enrollment

Connections with Qatar Foundation” event.

Through cross registration

H AMAD BIN KHALIFA UN IVERSITY (HBKU)

agreements and joint programs,

Jawaher Al-Shamari (SFS’21), Mae Al Shebani (SFS’21), and

62 university students and two

Iman Ismail (SFS’21) were speakers at the HBKU Qatar Youth

students from the Academic

Empowerment conference.

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Bridge Program were enrolled in

courses at GU-Q, while 42 GU-Q

The Future is Female student group collaborated with the

students took courses at other

Georgetown Women’s Society and HBKU to host a panel discussion

universities. The Doha Seminar

on “Painting a Picture: Reconstructing Images of Women,” featuring

course, Behind the Headlines:

professors from Texas A&M University in Qatar (TAMU-Q).

Context and Meaning of Qatar on the World Stage, was again

T EXAS A&M UN IVERSITY IN QATAR (TAMU-Q)

co-taught by Sohaira Siddiqui

Associate Dean Anne Nebel was a panelist for the TAMU-Q Women’s

(GU-Q) and Zachary Wright (NU-Q).

Faculty Forum webinar on “Women in Leadership in Education City” that included speakers from HBKU, Carnegie Mellon University in

Peer Knowledge Sharing

Qatar (CMU-Q), and TAMU-Q.

GU-Q representatives on the

The Muslim Students Association at GU-Q and the TAMU-Q Peace

Education City Teaching and

Club collaboratively held a “Palestine and the Zionist Identity” panel

Learning Steering Committee

discussion.

contributed to policy discussions remote and hybrid teaching and

VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS QATAR (VCUARTS QATAR)

learning.

The Georgetown Women’s Alliance-Qatar hosted a movie discussion

and shared best practices for

moderated by Lina Noureldin (SFS’21) featuring Lakisha Tilman of VCUarts Qatar Student Affairs and Kimberly Underwood from Georgetown’s School of Continuing Studies.

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Alumni Achievements

Data Support for the U.N.’s Response to the Pandemic

Providing a Platform for Untold Stories about Iraq

Addressing the need for data informed decision-making during crises, Obadah Diab (SFS’19) joined the Data Partnerships team at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Centre for Humanitarian Data. Diab is working to provide the critical data needed to help save lives in vulnerable communities impacted by the global pandemic.

Israa Al-Kamali (SFS’17) co-founded Iraq’s first Independent Film Festival (IIFF) to shine a light on Iraqi stories and experiences. The festival was held over eight days in Summer 2020 and virtually showcased 13 Iraqi short- and featurelength films from emerging and established Iraqi filmmakers.

GU-Q’s graduates are working to address a host of global issues, including the challenges posed by the pandemic. Alumni received recent accolades and recognition for their successes. Dana Asaad (SFS’20) was awarded the prestigious Education Excellence Award by His Highness the Amir of the State of Qatar. Rana Tahir (SFS’18) was recognized as the top-score earner for Pakistan’s Federal Public Service Commission exams.

Tekla Gagoshidze (SFS’17)

Online Learning Course Assessment Platform Development

Haroon Yasin (SFS’15), co-founder and CEO of The Orenda Project, a nonprofit organization, won two prestigious awards this year. This included the $100,000 USD Waislitz Global Citizen Award in recognition for his humanitarian work for out of school children in Pakistan, as well as the GSMA Foundation’s Innovation Fund for Mobile Internet Adoption and Digital Inclusion Award. The GSMA funds will go towards expanding reach of Orenda’s Taleemabad education app and assist with launching a low-cost Enterprise Resource Planning system for underserved schools.

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Education Entrepreneur Receives Additional Awards and Support

With the explosion of online learning opportunities, consumers are often unsure which programs are worth the investment of time and resources. In response, Eman Zabi (SFS’16) developed a platform to assess the learning outcomes for every course it hosts. She is also the founder of The Scribesmith, a conversion copywriting and marketing firm that has employed several GU-Q students and graduates.

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Tekla Gagoshidze (SFS’17) and Alina Zaman (HBKU’19) started Qatra, a fair trade company focused on market access and pricing inequalities. Qatra aims to ensure disadvantaged artisans receive a fair price when selling their high-quality handmade products on the global market.

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Fair Trade Clothing and Home Decor Company Founded

Haroon Yasin (SFS’15)

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From orientation onwards, student success is ensured through careful mentorship and skill-building activities. During virtual and hybrid instruction, technical skill-building, social outlets, and access to health resources were more critical than ever to student success. GU-Q faculty and staff went the extra mile to ensure students had equitable access to all university services throughout the year. Available resources, such as the Writing Center and academic accommodations, were supplemented by programs that foster academic excellence.

Peer Tutor Program Certification

Aimed at supporting students’ transition from high school to university, the year-long First Year Experience (FYE) program was offered online to ensure continued support during the pandemic.

Students benefit from a variety of academic support, including GU-Q’s peer tutor training program, which recently earned internationally recognized certification from the College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA). GU-Q’s training program now offers tutors professional credentials they may take with them after graduation.

Workshops offered skill-building activities to support academic and interpersonal success, while virtual and in-person activities promoted connections, provided student mentorship, and familiarized students with available resources.

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First Year Experience Program

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Georgetown Leadership Track Recognizing that applied leadership skills are valuable both during the undergraduate years and beyond, the Georgetown Leadership Track program offered students more than 25 character and career development activities throughout the year.

The GU-Q peer tutor training program was beneficial to me as an economics teaching assistant. Now that I’ve graduated, I will be pursuing an MA in economics at Boston University in the fall, where I’ve also applied for a research assistant position. My teaching experience and professional CRLA tutoring credentials were definitely noted by faculty in the interview process, and made my application stand apart. — Jonah Samuel (SFS’21)

Whether online or on campus, students advocated for their chosen causes, engaged in sports and cultural activities, and performed acts of service throughout the year. Student clubs offered important avenues for constructive community engagement during this challenging period. Out of 40 clubs, six were new this year, including the Animal Welfare Society, Arabic Debate Club, Society of the Creative Arts, Southeast and East Asian Club, Technology and Video Games Club, and The Free Society. Student activities encompassed several themes, including pandemic resilience, cultural awareness, and social justice.

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Pandemic Resilience

“ T H E I M PA C T OF C O VID-1 9 O N E DU CATI O N I N AFRICA”

“THE RISE OF D OMESTIC VIOL EN CE AMID ST COVID -19”

Kamilah Idris (SFS’22), Heba Mohamednor (SFS’21)

Co-organized by members of the Georgetown

and other members of the African Student Association

Women’s Alliance in Qatar, GU-Q’s Women’s Center,

organized a panel discussion on education in

and the Future Is Female student initiative, this

African nations impacted by the pandemic featuring

event featured psychologists Shefa Obaid of Noor

ambassadors of several African countries.

Counseling, Evridiki Iliaki of HWWGLOBAL, and GUQ’s Director of the Student Wellness and Counseling

R E A D A B O U T T H E W E BI N A R

Center, Mahnaz Mousavi.

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Campus Life Cultural Awareness

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Q ATA R N AT IO NAL DAY Organized by the Al Liwan Student Club, this year’s virtual event featured the founder of Evergreen Organics Ghanim Al-Sulaiti, Qatar Airways pilot Sheikha Al Moudadi, public figure Abdulrahman Al-Lanjawi, and up-and-coming artists Ibrahim Al-Baker and Saad Al-Mslmani. We wanted to learn the stories of the individual members of the Qatari community who have contributed positively to the development of Doha.

L ATI N A M ERICA N A ND CAR R IB E AN S O C IETY EVE NT S WIT H DIPLOM ATS The Latin American and Carribean Society hosted two events, one with Mexico’s Ambassador to Qatar H.E. Graciela Gomez Garcia and another featuring H.E. Oreste Del Rio Sandoval, former Ambassador of Panama to Qatar. M U S L IM S T U DE NT ASSO C IAT IO N The Muslim Student Association hosted a number of events which engaged students in interfaith dialogue and discussions on topics around diversity, pedagogy, social justice, social issues, and the month of Ramadan.

Social Justice THE CRISIS IN PAL ESTIN E Students for Justice in Palestine organized several events including a Book Talk with Rashid Khalidi on his book The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonial Conquest and Resistance (Metropolitan Books 2020).

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—Dana Darwish (SFS’21), President, Al Liwan Student Club

“EN OUGH IS EN OUGH: BLACK LIVES MATTER AN D THE BL ACK EXPERIEN CE” Organized by the Black Student Association, this panel discussion featured Kamilah Idris (SFS’22), Iman Ismail (SFS’22), and Heba Mohamednor (SFS’21).

Creating A Healthy Environment

Learning from Alumni Students were connected to ten members of the alumni community

S U P P O RT AND WE LLNE SS AC T IVITIES Student support through the Student Wellness and Counseling Center continued virtually and in person and included an 8-week workshop on Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, health and exercise classes, and skills training workshops on resilience, emotional health, sleep, meditation, and grief management.

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I’ve been feeling a lot of pressure, and there is never enough time to settle down and breathe. But after this walk I feel more calm, focused, and ready to be more productive.

—Rejoice Onyenagubo (SFS’24), Georgetown Leadership Track Mindfulness Walk

Other activities organized through the Office of Student Affairs contributed to a safe campus and virtual environment through implicit bias training, a microaggression awareness campaign and workshop, and campaigns on gratitude and pandemic safety. Active student-focused organizations, such as the Equity and Title IX Working Group, a Racial Equity Task Force, and a dedicated Women’s Center are some of the ways in which inclusive practices are being studied and integrated into GU-Q’s policies and practices.

through this year’s Student-Alumni Mentorship Week. And with the support of the Women’s Center, Georgetown Women’s Alliance Qatar, and the Georgetown Leadership Track, alumni engaged with students on a number of topics, including: CAREERS IN FOREIGN SERVICE Talk by the Director of the Office of the State of Qatar to the World Trade Organization in Geneva Saleh Abdulla AlMana (SFS’14), and Second Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Qatar to the United Nations Office in Geneva Talal Al-Naama (SFS’15). CAREERS IN LAW Discussion by International Arbitration Associate at DWF Group Aya El Wadia (SFS‘14). CAREER JOURNEY Mentor Tea Talk by Senior Academic Quality Assurance Officer at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies Hala Sheikh Al Souk (SFS’10).

Saleh Abdulla AlMana (SFS’14), Talal Al-Naama (SFS’15), and Fariha Iqbal (SFS’23)

GU-Q fosters diversity on campus through resource sharing, events, support for student clubs, and courses about the history and current state of systemic oppression and economic disenfranchisement of African Americans and other communities of color.

Racial Equity Task Force

Title IX Working Group

This year the university launched the Culturally Engaging Campus Environments Survey designed to deepen understanding of the experiences of students in different campus settings. The survey, the first of its kind in the region, uses contextually customized questions from the questionnaire developed by the National Institute for Transformation and Equity. It was developed and implemented in close collaboration with Georgetown University’s Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity and Affirmative Action, and Office of Assessment and Decision Support. The survey in Qatar follows similar climate surveys for DC campus students conducted in 2020.

Sheikha Alanoud bint Hamad Al-Thani

Georgetown Women’s Alliance I was grateful to be able to hear from a woman in another male-dominated industry, and her personal anecdote of being the only female in the room resonated a lot with me.

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The Title IX Working Group, established in 2019, continued its efforts in close collaboration with students to maintain a safe and nondiscriminatory environment for the entire community.

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As part of university-wide diversity and equity efforts around racial justice and anti-racism, a Task Force on Racial Equity at GU-Q was convened. The Racial Equity Task Force is charged with engaging students, faculty, and staff to assess current institutional practices, identify structural gaps, and recommend actions that foster a more inclusive environment. Work began mid-year and will continue into the next academic year.

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—Sooin Jessica Choi (SFS’21)

The Georgetown Women’s Alliance in Qatar fosters a number of collaborative events during the year with Washington, DC, and Qatar constituents. One of these events included a Mentor Tea featuring Sheikha Alanoud bint Hamad Al-Thani, Managing Director of Business Development at Qatar Financial Centre Authority, who spoke about the important role women play in Qatar’s economy. READ MORE

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Research and a culture of restless inquiry undergirds the teaching, learning, and community engagement at GU-Q. In a year when lockdowns and of challenges for research, our community explored new opportunities for collaborating and communicating outcomes, and introduced practices that

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will endure beyond the pandemic. Capacity building through investments in our communication technologies supported learning and knowledge exchange with students and scholars across the globe that would not have digital library of resources that extends access to GU-Q’s scholarly work.

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been possible before. The virtual research landscape also resulted in a rich

Faculty at GU-Q are committed to mentoring their students, providing both time and expertise. The BSFS program is taught by scholars who are the best in their fields and equips students— technically and intellectually—to produce work of publishable calibre. — Reza Pirbhai, GU-Q Faculty Chair

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Students develop advanced original research and research proposals that are published and funded by organizations around the world. Student research is supported through faculty mentorship, scholarly events, library workshops and tutorials, the Writing Center, and funding for research-related travel. As a result, original research on understudied areas have become the scholarly focus of students at GU-Q. An interest in disability rights in Qatar was instrumental in Khansa Maria (SFS‘21) winning the Rhodes Scholarship, and research on expatriate workers garnered Irene Promodh (SFS‘21) a publication in a top peer reviewed journal. Syed Taha Kaleem’s (SFS‘22) selection as a Berkley Center-Pulitzer Center international reporting fellow for summer 2021 is another example of how original student research is capturing international attention.

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Tala Kammar (SFS’21) was awarded a $1,000 USD GU-Q research grant for her project, “Gender and Competition: The Role of Single-Sex and Co-ed Schooling in Determining Females’ Competitive Choices.”

The goal for the 2020 Summer Student Research Competition was to produce an original research paper on a topic related to the pandemic under the mentorship of a faculty member. The top seven submissions were supported by competitive research stipends.

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Adithi Sanjay (SFS’21) won first place for her paper “The Saffronization of Swadeshi in the COVID-19 Era: Modi’s Strategic Reimagination of Self-Reliance,” which applied critical discourse analysis to Prime Minister Modi’s speeches at the start of the pandemic.

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R E A D N ATA S H A’S BL O G P O S T

GU-Q’s Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) invited two students to write blog posts based on their honors theses for its Building a Legacy research project. Mashael Muftah’s (SFS’21) post focused on the dichotomy of Qatari women’s education and Qatar’s World Cup 2022 branding. Natasha Vincent’s (SFS’21) post analyzed football sponsorships through Qatar Airways as a foreign policy strategy.

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The socio-cultural and religious fabric of Indian society is multidimensional, and it is important to understand the impact of a disruptive black swan event such as COVID-19 on the domestic political climate of the world’s largest democracy. —Adithi Sanjay, SFS’21

Featured Research Projects Students have the option of completing a capstone project to earn Honors in the Major or Certificates in Arab and Regional Studies, American Studies, and Media and Politics. These projects can result in significant research contributions, such as Irene Promodh’s “FM Radio and the Malayali Diaspora in Qatar: At Home Overseas,” which was named Best Thesis at the Media and Politics Senior Capstone Inaugural Website Showcase. Other award winning and notable projects are highlighted below.

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Digital Activism and the Amazigh in Morocco Sarah Abdussalam’s (SFS’21) Certificate in Media and Politics research on “Digital Activism and the Amazigh in Morocco” fills a gap in current literature. Mentored by Joe Khalil (NU-Q), Abdussalam discussed the challenges facing the Amazighi identity across North Africa with representatives of the Amazigh communities in Morocco, Libya, Tunisia, and Algeria, and created a capstone e-portfolio examining the role of media and digital spaces in minimizing the Amazighi identity.

National Approaches to Foreign Branding

Co-winner! Best Translation of Research

Fatima Al-Emadi’s (SFS’21) Certificate in Media and Politics research explores the little understood area of national branding. Mentored by Rory Miller, her thesis “National Approaches to Foreign Branding: Two Middle East Case Studies” identifies marketing for airlines, entertainment, news outlets, international mediation, and nonprofit organizations as avenues through which national branding is being played out. The certificate project provided me with the tools to critically investigate and examine phenomena around me and better understand them. —Fatima Al-Emadi, SFS’21

The Water Crisis in the Middle East Fatima Al-Emadi (SFS’21) earned Honors in the Major in International Politics for her thesis “The Water Crisis in the Middle East: Exploring the Relationship between Water Insecurity and Political Instability,” mentored by Gerd Nonneman.

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Abeedah Diab (SFS’21), mentored by Amira Sonbol, earned Honors in the Major in International History for her thesis, “A Social History of the Qatari Nutrition Transition,” providing insight on the social and political changes in Qatar through the lens of food.

This thesis is an accumulation of three years of undergraduate research. Aside from being an Honors thesis, it is a representation of my journey as an undergraduate student at Georgetown University in Qatar. —Saoud Al-Ahmad, SFS’21

Fatima Al-Naimi’s (SFS’21) Honors in the Major thesis in International History focuses on “Examining the Effects of Far-Right Parties’ Anti-Immigration Ideologies on Immigration Legislation in Great Britain.” Mentored by Sonia Alonso, Al-Naimi’s research reviews influencing factors that have led to far-right legislation. Winner! Best E-Portfolio

Social Movements and Activism in the Digital Age Fatima Al-Naimi (SFS’21) also earned

a Certificate in Media and Politics for, “Social Movements and Citizen Activism in the Digital

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Anti-Immigration and the Far-Right

Reimagining Narratives of Identity and Heritage in Qatar

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A Social History of the Qatari Nutrition Transition

Saoud Al-Ahmad’s (SFS’21) Culture and Politics Honors in the Major thesis under faculty mentor Amira Sonbol is titled “Jeel Al-Taybeen: Reimagining Narratives of Identity and Heritage in Qatar. ” His research provides a nuanced analysis of Qatari identity and heritage by unpacking the construction of this identity through reference to a monolithic past. He adds to the literature by providing alternative narratives based on analysis of the history of Qatari clothing, the museum and heritage industry, and his own interviews.

Age: The Role of the Media in the Campaign for Women’s Right to Drive in Saudi Arabia.”

Scholars at GU-Q embraced this historically significant time by developing resource sharing hubs and convening research groups online.

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Faculty focus on current challenges resulted in impactful, regionally relevant research that is promoting understanding and contributing to the development of Qatar as a knowledge hub for the region and the world.

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Faculty Research Managing National Security Risk during and after the Blockade Rory Miller is the lead investigator on the “Managing National Security Risk during and after the Blockade: Strategic Challenges and Opportunities for Qatar’s Energy Sector” project (NPRP 12S-0210-190067).

Financial Times Best Books of 2020: Environment Anatol Lieven’s book Climate Change and

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This project will provide an unprecedented resource for Qatari policymakers as they engage with key regional and international energy partners, specifically China, Japan and South Korea, the U.S., U.K. and Russia, and Turkey and Iran.

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Collaborators include the University of Warwick, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Sakarya University, and the Qatar General Retirement and Social Insurance Authority.

the Nation State: The Realist Case (U.K.: Penguin Books, Ltd, and USA: Oxford

—Rory Miller

University Press, 2020) was named a Financial Times Book of the Year in the environment category.

P R O J EC T O U T C OM E S Miller, Rory. “Qatar, Energy Security and Strategic Vision in a Small State” in Journal of Arabian Studies, 10, no. 1. Wright, Steven. “Advancement of Environmental Sustainability through LNG: The Case of Qatar–China Relations” in Green Finance, Sustainable Development and the Belt and Road Initiative (Routledge 2020).

His book argues that only drastic measures enacted by nation states and publicly adopted through an appeal to patriotism have the power to drive the changes needed to prevent environmental disaster. Meeting the challenge requires matching the same level of human energy mobilization that was necessary to get through the industrial revolution, major wars, and mass migration.

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India’s Politics in Its Vernaculars

Building a Linguistic Map of Qatar

Uday Chandra is one of three investigators awarded a $1.67 million USD European Research Council grant (2020-2025) to record and analyze the conceptual vocabulary of India’s political life across seventeen Indian languages.

Arabic Instructor Hany Fazza is Co-Principal Investigator for a threeyear National Priorities Research Project (NPRP) grant, titled Building a Linguistic Map of Qatar (NPRP 12S-0301-190189). Collaborators include Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, the Doha International Family Institute, Qatar University, and Wayne State University. The project aims to map the social, geographical, and generational variations of the Qatari dialect, and create a digital tool for exploring pronunciation, usage, and expressions.

The India’s Politics in Its Vernaculars project involves 24 scholars of Indian culture, politics, and languages working to build a theoretical vocabulary for analyzing Indian politics—not in the exogenous terms of Western Political Theory, but in its own terms—using concepts through which Indian political actors themselves conduct and reflect on their politics.

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To provide better access to resources, GU-Q launched an Islamic Bioethics Project website (ibp.qatar.georgetown.edu) to compile resources around Islamic bioethics and guide research in the field. It includes the outcomes of several nationally funded research grants, including:

The resource sharing website Firij has continued to evolve. Its 100 Women project recording the lived experience of Arab women has been expanded under the name Ismaha. Launched in Summer 2021, it now also provides access to hundreds of hours of research events around women, and serves as a clearinghouse of information on women centered research and events at GU-Q and the region.

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I S L A M IC ME DICAL A ND SC IE NT IF IC ETH IC S DATA B A SE The Islamic Medical and Scientific Ethics database (NPRP 08-783-6-017) catalogs and indexes relevant multilingual and multiformat resources with special attention given to Arabic resources, for which detailed citations including multiple layers of subject keywords and translated abstracts are provided.

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ENC Y C L O P EDIA OF ISLAM IC B IO ETH IC S The Encyclopedia of Islamic Bioethics (NPRP 5-1390-6-043) is a valuable resource for Islamic ethical thought on a wide range of bioethical questions and dilemmas covering medical ethics, ethics in the life sciences and scientific research, and environmental ethics. FA M ILY S T R U C T U RE IN T HE WA K E O F G EN ETIC AND RE PRO DU C T IVE TEC H NO L O G IE S The Family Structure in the Wake of Genetic and Reproductive Technologies (NPRP 8-1478-6-053) project expanded existing resources and used them to explore the impact of new genetic and reproductive technologies on Islamic conceptualizations of the nuclear family.

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Ajyal Film Festival Premiere Suzi Mirgani’s short film Al-Sit premiered at the Ajyal Film Festival. The film was funded by the Doha Film Institute and tells the story of a 15 year-old Sudanese girl named Nafisa and her grandmother Al-Sit, the powerful village matriarch. READ MORE

“Piracy in Somalia” discussion with Phoebe Musandu (GU-Q), Afyare Elmi (QU), and author Awet. T. Weldemichael

Faculty Research Events “ I DIO S Y N C R AT IC HIST ORY OF A M ER I CA N PA SSPO RT S” CIRS Faculty Fellow Edward Kolla shared his research for a forthcoming book outlining freedom of movement and international law through the lens of the passport. The work is a culmination of five years of visits to archives in France, the U.K., Switzerland, the U.S., and online. WAT C H T H E W E BI N A R

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The COVID lockdowns have reminded a lot of people of the freedom a passport represents, but for others, it’s still a symbol of difficulty. In theory, all people have a right to freedom of movement but in practice, that doesn’t exist. That mobility is more often based on an unfair and hierarchical system—a reality that most of us take for granted.

—Edward Kolla

“A R M ENIA N S IN M O DE R N T U RK ISH L I TER ATU RE ” Ian Almond held a public discussion with Mehmet Fatih Uslu of Istanbul Sehir University on the topic, “Armenians in Modern Turkish Literature: The Case of Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar.” The discussion was moderated by Almond’s GU-Q World Literature colleague, Firat Oruc. WAT C H T H E DI S C U S S I O N

We're casting our glance further east because Southeast and East Asia are part of the Indian Ocean World. Throughout history, there have been so many interactions between these two regions, Eastern Africa, and the Gulf. We hope to gain a better understanding of those complex interactions. —Phoebe Musandu

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Working Group Lecture Series: Book Discussions:

By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah, University of Kent at Canterbury

Captured at Sea: Piracy and Protection in the Indian Ocean by Jatin Dua, University of Michigan Imperial Mecca: Ottoman Arabia and the Indian Ocean Hajj by Michael Christopher Low, Iowa State University Piracy in Somalia: Violence and Development in the Horn of Africa by Awet T. Weldemichael, Queens University Reel Pleasures: Cinema Audiences and Entrepreneurs in Twentieth-Century Urban Tanzania by Laura Fair, Michigan State University

“Human Mobilities across the Indian Ocean: Prospects and Challenges” explored labor migration, COVID-19, and migrant policies in the region. The discussion was moderated by Uday Chandra and included panelists Abdurahman Warsame, Al Jazeera; Vani Saraswathi, Migrant-Rights.org; and Malini Sur, Western Sydney University.

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Buying Time: Debt and Mobility in the Western Indian Ocean by Thomas F. McDow, Ohio State University

“Indian Ocean Humanities, Current State and Future Directions,” was moderated by Firat Oruc. Panelists included Ananya Kabir, Kings College; Ari Gautier, author; Jeremy Prestholdt, University of Califonia San Diego; and Vilashini Cooppan, University of California, Santa Cruz.

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Watch recordings of the group’s lectures and other research on GU-Q’s YouTube channel.

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I NDIA N O C E AN WO R K ING GR O U P The Indian Ocean Working Group hosted webinars, symposia, and monthly reading group meetings, bringing together scholars from around the world. In October, the working group announced the Loiy Hammad Memorial Lecture Series in honor of the late Loiy Hammad (SFS’21).

“South East Asia and East Asia in Studies of the Indian Ocean World: Past, Present and Future,” was moderated by Anto Mohsin, Northwestern University in Qatar, and included panelists R. Michael Feener, Kyoto University; Weihsin Gui, University of California; Tansen Sen, New York University Shanghai; and Hideaki Suzuki, Japan’s National Museum of Ethnology. READ ABOUT THIS EVENT

Responding to pandemic-inspired changes to research collaboration and dissemination methods, this year CIRS reorganized and significantly expanded its scope. Adding to existing research on the Gulf and the Middle East, the center launched two timely thematic areas of study: Environmental Studies, and Race and Society. These new themes support faculty whose research addresses important knowledge gaps around establishing a just and sustainable future.

RACE AN D SOCIETY Examining race, ethnicity, religion, and cultural and national identity and belonging in multiple global contexts and geographies, including the Middle East, CIRS supports original research production on diverse topics such as citizenship, migration, labor and employment, the family, education,

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technology and communication, as well as

arts and cultural production.

REGION AL STUD IES Research in Regional Studies considers the Middle East and Gulf region’s quickly changing geopolitics, as well as historical, social, economic, and cultural developments in the region.

EN VIRON MEN TAL STUD IES The Environmental Studies cluster addresses important questions related to the political economy of natural resources and issues of ecological concern such as desertification, water, and climate change.

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EC O N O M IC M IG R AT IO N TO TH E U NIT E D STAT E S R ES EA R C H PRO JE C T This research covers the fluidity of migration categories, skilled migration, and the changing spectrum of U.S. immigration policy, migrants and employment in the U.S., the H-1B visa program, international student mobility and migration, and gender and migration in the U.S. Outcomes included a virtual working group on the topic.

“T HE GOSPEL OF WORK AN D MON EY: GL OBAL HIST ORIES OF IN D USTRIAL ED UCATION ” Led by Karine Walther and Oliver Charbonneau, University of Glasgow, this research explores industrial education via various disciplinary lenses, with the aim of developing an edited volume on the topic addressing geographic and thematic gaps. In the first working group meeting, 14 scholars presented their preliminary chapter abstracts, while subsequent meetings discussed each chapter in depth. This project explores the role of industrial education in maintaining and enforcing economic and racial hierarchies around the world, shedding light on the construction of current inequalities and the lasting impact of historical injustice on the economy today. —Karine Walther

Regional Studies F I FA W O R LD C U P QATAR 2 0 2 2 L EC TU R E SE R IE S Four lectures gathered World Cup experts, including sociologists, journalists, and bestselling authors, to speak about the upcoming FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. Lectures included: “The 2022 World Cup in Qatar in Historical Perspective” by David Goldblatt, sociologist, journalist, and bestselling author.

Building a Legacy: Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022 Under the guidance of Visiting Associate Professor Danyel Reiche, the project examines the implications of staging the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 on the social, political, and economic development of Qatar as well as on regional and global affairs. The project does this through lectures with experts, blogs,

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“Qatar’s Football Journey: From First Games on Sand to Hosting the World as Asian Champions” by Matthias Krug, author and journalist. “The Away Game: Qatar’s Search for Football’s Next Superstars” by Sebastian Abbot, former Associated Press reporter and author. “The FIFA World Cup: Football, Citizenship, and National Identity 1930– 2022” by Gijsbert Oonk, Director of the Sport and Nation research program at Erasmus University Rotterdam.

The research we are doing at CIRS on Qatar’s role as host will be beneficial for future work on the intersection of global sporting events and society, for example as related to the FIFA 2026 World Cup in the Americas. — Danyel Reiche

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W O R L D C UP PODCAST S Podcasts with experts provide insights into various aspects of staging the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. Moderated by Danyel Reiche, these informal conversations touch upon different impacts of the World Cup on the social, cultural, and political fabric of Qatari society. S E E F U L L L I S T I N A P P E N DI X III

The Arab Uprisings: Ten Years On CIRS worked with a consortium of universities on a year-long series of

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W O R L D C UP BLOG S Through this blog series, CIRS invites scholars and experts to write about some of the important issues around the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. Topics cover stadium construction, team national identity, sports and regional geopolitics, women’s football, the pandemic, migrant labor, calls for a boycott, and the end of the blockade.

events focused on the legacy of the Arab uprisings, which aims to produce resources for educators, researchers, students, and journalists to understand the last decade of political upheaval historically and in the present. Abdullah Al-Arian gave a talk on “Islamists and the Arab Uprisings” at Stanford University as part of these events. The project is organized by the Arab Studies Institute, Princeton’s Arab Barometer, and George Mason’s Middle East and Islamic Studies Project. GU-Q’s participation in the project is guided by an oversight group of faculty, researchers, and Dean Ahmad Dallal. LEARN MORE

Environmental Studies “A NEW P OLIT ICA L ST RAT E GY T O L I M I T C L IM AT E C H A NGE ” This moderated discussion with Anatol Lieven proposed new a political strategy that involves convincing states and citizens that climate change poses an immediate threat to their survival. WAT C H T H E DI S C U S S I O N

“EVERYDAY EN ERGY: APPROACHES TO LIVED EXPERIEN CE” Moderated by GU-Q faculty project leads Firat Oruc, Trish Kahle, and Victoria Googasian, this Energy Humanities research initiative launch event explored a variety of research approaches to the study of energy and humanities. The discussion also featured expert panelists Dominic Boyer, Rice University; Sara B. Pritchard, Cornell University; and Jennifer Wenzel, Columbia University.

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While international movements are valuable, in the end their purpose is to get states to act because, as the pandemic response demonstrated, only states can take measures and mobilize the resources required. For this to happen, states have to be convinced that climate change is not just a threat to humanity in general, but a danger to the vital interests and the long term survival of their own nations. —Anatol Lieven

“THE IMPACT OF CL IMATE CHAN GE O N AGRICULTURE IN SOUTH ASIA” This panel discussion moderated by Anatol Lieven identified research gaps in the field and featured economist Vaibhav Chaturvedi, Fellow from the Council on Energy, Environment and Water, and N.H. Ravindranath from the Center for Sustainable Technologies at the Indian Institute of Science. WAT C H T H E DI S C U S S I O N

“GAME-BASED L EARN IN G AN D CLIMATE CHAN GE IN QATAR” Moderated by Dean Ahmad Dallal and Sonia Alonso, this collaborative project with researchers from ten institutions including relevant stakeholders in Qatar aims to explore and demonstrate the effectiveness of game-based learning solutions to nurture the type of environmental commitment and collaborative civic engagement required to move Qatari society closer to climate neutrality.

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This research initiative focuses on how a subset of Middle Eastern countries—Iraq and the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) monarchies—were affected by and are responding to the ongoing global health crisis.

This web-based research project aims to provide scholarly insight on some of the key issues related to the field of energy humanities through moderated podcasts and webinars with global and regional scholars and experts. The project webpage also provides resources to aid research and teaching on topics related to energy humanities.

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The unprecedented impact of the current crisis will require a multidisciplinary approach to the complex issues that will continue to emerge over time. And by leveraging our in-house expertise as well as GU-Q’s network of regional and international scholars, we hope to draw attention to the issues that will become increasingly important in the coming period.

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Scholars and experts were invited to take part in interviews and panel discussions, and to write online briefs about the pandemic’s impact on Europe’s asylum system, employment in the GCC, and the application of climate change theory. Experts also discussed whether labor migrants are being neglected in COVID-19 measures and containment in the U.S.

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Scholarly approaches to energy have often been concerned with issues of state security, political stability, and global economic relations that arise out of the production and consumption of energy. Our goal for this project is to use our position as humanities scholars to add another layer of nuance and texture to that study of energy by bringing the scale of everyday life of individuals and communities into focus. —Victoria Googasian

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GU-Q faculty and staff have made important contributions to research—on current events and major global issues—from published volumes and refereed journal articles to engaging podcasts. Contributions include 11 books, 27 journal articles, two journal special issues, 11 book chapters, and 42 blogs, podcasts, and expert insights for this year. The collection of work covers topics such as the Darfur crisis and Western bias in literature, filling gaps in knowledge about Arabic education, migration and citizenship, Islamic governance of pandemics, and the development of the field of Arab Gulf Studies. S E E F U L L L I S T O F P U BL I C AT I O N S I N A P P E N DI X II

Historical Roots of Islamic Responses to COVID-19

The first-ever comprehensive survey of the global development of Gulf and Arabian Studies titled “The Journal of Arabian Studies and the Development of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies”—co-authored by Gerd Nonneman and James Onley, Director of Historical Research and Partnerships at Qatar National Library—was published in the Journal of Arabian Studies.

Ayman Shabana’s article, “From the Plague to the Coronavirus: Islamic Ethics and Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic” was published in the Journal of Islamic Ethics.

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I am particularly pleased at the increasing number of authors from Qatar and the Gulf itself whose research we have been able to publish.

In the article Shabana argues that Islamic responses to the COVID-19 pandemic are based on scriptural text interpretation as well as practical lessons gained from actual occurrences of epidemics and pandemics, an analysis which offers contemporary religious guidance on prevention and treatment of the novel coronavirus, and modifications of funerary rites and rituals.

—Gerd Nonneman

The article finds that Qatar-based research and institutional support have played a prominent role in the global development of the field of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula studies in recent years, and the field has experienced a meteoric rise, especially in the last decade. R E A D T H E P R E S S S T O RY

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Studying the history of Islamic ethical discussions on pandemics provides a very important perspective into how Muslims have interacted with previous incidents and also how much this tradition adapts to new developments in Muslim societies. —Ayman Shabana

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Rogaia Abusharaf explains the competing narratives which have informed international responses to the humanitarian crisis in Darfur in her book, Darfur Allegory (University of Chicago Press, 2021). Abusharaf critiques the pseudoscientific notions of race and ethnicity that posit divisions between “Arab” northerners and “African” Darfuris, highlighting the power of words to heal or perpetuate civil conflict.

Mahmoud Al-Ashiri and his co-authors offer a linguist’s insight into the most commonly used words on television in Modern Standard Arabic for children aged four to nine in their book, A Frequency Lexicon of Standard Arabic used in Children’s TV Programs: A Corpus-based Lexicon (Dar Kunuz al-Ma’rifah al’ilmiyah, 2021).

Ian Almond decenters Eurocentric discourses of global literature and history by actively providing an alternative in his book, World Literature Decentered: Beyond the “West” through Turkey, Mexico and Bengal (Routledge, 2021). The book argues that the West represents a global minority, a fact which should change the way scholars and readers analyze world literature.

The word for allegory in Arabic is ibra, which literally means ‘the lesson learned.’ The ibra of Darfur lies in its ‘lessons’ about the impact of multiple and intersecting levels of violence stemming from colonial rule, environmental degradation, and crimes against humanity. —Rogaia Abusharaf

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Mobility and Forced Displacement in the Middle East (Oxford University Press/Hurst, 2020) edited by Zahra Babar. Informal Politics in the Middle East (Oxford University Press/Hurst, 2021) edited by Suzi Mirgani. 2021 Routledge Handbook of Citizenship in the Middle East and North Africa (Routledge, 2021) edited by Roel Meijer, James Sater, and Zahra Babar. C I R S - S P O N SO R E D PU BLICAT IO NS Water and Conflict in the Middle East (Oxford University Press/Hurst, 2020) edited by Marcus Dubois King.

Journal Special issues “The Political Economy of the Contemporary Middle East” for The Muslim World (Issue 111, 2021) edited by Adel Abdel Ghafar. “The GCC Crisis: Qatar and Its Neighbors” for the Journal of Arabian Studies (Issue 10, no. 2, 2020) edited by David Roberts.

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Drawing on faculty expertise, GU-Q provides relevant programming and advanced educational opportunities aligned with national priorities and were further driven by the understanding that a connected community is a resilient community.

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university provided a platform for the consideration of national concerns.

A perfect example that illustrates the importance of having disaster management skills at this time is COVID. The world is already facing multiple hazards and disasters, even before COVID, and we have to be prepared for the next one. — Ali Mohammed Al-Hammadi, Captain, Qatar Ministry of Interior (IEDM’21)

GU-Q leverages Georgetown University’s world-class expertise and international reach to provide the high impact skills, knowledge, and solutions needed in the global marketplace.

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In addition to executive education, GU-Q facilitated and participated in a variety of events including six Diplomatic Education Workshops taught by senior distinguished fellows at Georgetown’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (ISD). The university also organized a number of collaborative public events on U.S. elections, sports diplomacy, and development.

Diplomatic Education Workshop Six Diplomatic Education Workshops taught by senior distinguished fellows were offered in collaboration with Georgetown’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (ISD) in Washington, DC.

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“Intelligence and Diplomacy” Ellen Laipson, former Vice Chair of the U.S. National Intelligence Council. “Small Powers: Diplomatic Strength” Ambassador Anne Anderson, former Ambassador of Ireland to the U.S.

Arabic Literary Analysis of the Coronavirus Offering philosophical insight into the

“Fragile States and Post Conflict” Uzra Zeya, former U.S. diplomat, current CEO of The Alliance for Peacebuilding, and President Biden’s nominee for Undersecretary for Human Rights.

current global pandemic, the Executive

“What the Start of the Arab Spring Taught Me about Diplomacy” Ambassador Gordon Gray, distinguished ISD Fellow and former Deputy Commandant at the National War College.

pandemic on human society.

“Multilateral Diplomacy: How to Succeed at the U.N.” Ambassador Jeffery DeLaurentis, distinguished ISD Fellow and former Chargé d’Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Havana under President Obama.

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“Africa’s Place on the World Stage” Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs and President Biden’s nominee for U.N. Ambassador.

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Community Engagement

Education Certificate Course “Literature of Being: Possession in the Time of Corona” was offered in Arabic. The course explored Arabic literature dealing with the social, philosophical, and spiritual impact of a

Participants learned how to extract the intended meaning from the texts by reading some of the most important works that criticize contemporary consumer lifestyle. —Abdul Rahman Chamseddine

Collaborative Public Events Sports Webinars

Webinars on Development

S P O RTS DIPLOM AC Y A U.S. Embassy webinar on “Sports Diplomacy: Exploring the Role of Sports in Developing International Relations,” was moderated by one of the 2020-2021 CIRS interns, Khansa Maria (SFS’21). The webinar featured guest lecturers:

COL LABORATIVE EVEN TS WITH ED UCATION ABOVE AL L (EAA) Jason Foley, Deputy Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for the Middle East at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), shared his experience and insight with GU-Q students and Education Above All (EAA) Foundation staff on “Development and Diplomacy in the International Arena.”

• Danyel Reiche, GU-Q • Craig LaMay, NU-Q • Amal Mohammed Saleh, Qatar National Basketball Team • Kathleen Bates, Qatar Foundation

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F R O M Q ATAR 2 0 2 2 T O T H E A M ER I CA S 2 0 2 6 A webinar titled “From Qatar 2022 to the Americas 2026: Creating Connections and Opportunities between FIFA World Cup Tournaments” was held in collaboration with the U.S.-Qatar Business Council. The research we are doing on Qatar’s role as host will be beneficial for future work on the intersection of global sporting events and society. —Danyel Reiche The talk featured GU-Q’s Danyel Reiche and Simon Chadwick, the Director of Eurasian Sport at Emlyon Business School. WAT C H T H E L E C T U R E

The partnership between GU-Q as a provider of foreign service education and Education Above All, as a leading global development foundation focusing on education, has productively illustrated how synergies across multiple sectors can positively result in desirable tangible outcomes. — Fahad Al Sulaiti, CEO, Education Above All

GU-Q and EAA also collaborated with Joe Cerrell, the Managing Director of Global Policy and Advocacy for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to discuss “Working Together During COVID-19: A Global Approach to Development.” The webinar highlighted the challenges to human development initiatives posed by climate change, conflict, and a global pandemic.

From the top, left to right: Amanda Garett, Anatol Lieven, Clyde Wilcox, Trish Kahle, and Dean Dallal.

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U.S. Election Panel Discussions O U TC O M ES A ND IM PLICAT IO NS IN AN ER A O F U N C E RTA INT Y A panel discussion on “U.S. Election 2020: Outcomes and Implications in an Era of Uncertainty” featured government and policy experts and GU-Q professors including Clyde Wilcox, Trish Kahle, Amanda Garett, and Anatol Lieven giving a critical examination of key election issues impacting America and the world, and offering possible outcomes and their implications.

THE F UTURE OF AMERICAN D EMOCRACY After the inauguration in January, a second panel discussion on “The U.S. Presidential Election and the Future of American Democracy” was hosted and featured further insights from the same faculty members who spoke at the pre-election event.

Executive Programs Diplomacy and International Affairs (EMDIA)

International Emergency and Disaster Management (IEDM)

GU-Q developed a new custom Executive Master’s in Diplomacy and International Affairs for the Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Diplomatic Institute.

The International Emergency and Disaster Management professional degree offered through Georgetown’s School of Continuing Studies educated its fourth cohort in 20202021. September of 2020 saw the third cohort of 20 graduates from the Ministry of Interior, Hamad Medical Corporation and diverse private sector organizations complete the program.

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The program draws from the experts at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy and the School of Foreign Service. It has received program approval through Georgetown University and the Qatar Ministry of Education and Higher Education for a one-year executive program with 18 courses and one capstone residency in Washington, DC.

The success of the program assisted in the development of a customized emergency management degree for the Joaan Bin Jassim Joint Command and Staff College.

GU-Q facilitates a number of executive master’s degrees and custom programs, drawing from experts at Georgetown University. In addition to Executive Master’s programs, the university provides targeted programs that respond to specific institutional needs of both public and private entities.

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Custom Programs

Outreach Using a Qatari Dialect Phrasebook App

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EX P O RT D E VE LOPM E NT WE B INARS GU-Q helped to facilitate a series of webinars for Qatar Development Bank taught by faculty from the McDonough School of Business (MSB) and the Walsh School of Foreign Service. There were five two-hour webinars aimed at training QDB clients, Qatari entrepreneurs, and SME executives on export development. Topics included supply chain management, marketing, the global economy, future of global business, and innovation.

The Qatari Phrasebook, a free mobile application for Android and iOS devices developed through GU-Q’s Arabic language program under the guidance of Arabic Language Instructor Hany Fazza, has been

Under QLC’s Rising Leaders Program, MSB offered a module on Political Advocacy and Trade Development in Qatar delivered by Baratta Chair in Global Business Ricardo Ernst and Jeff Peck. Recruitment efforts for QLC’s Executive Master’s in Leadership included a webinar with Brooks Holtom discussing “Human Capital and High Performing Teams” and an online interactive session on “Business, Governance and Global Economy” by Mark Busch, the Karl F. Landegger Professor of International Business Diplomacy at Georgetown.

the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

updated with a new French language interface, and other layout enhancements. The Qatari Phrasebook app is a quick reference guide that provides users with both

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PROGRAMS FOR QATAR LEADERSHIP CENTER (QLC) The McDonough School of Business taught a module on Strategic Analysis of Qatar’s Political and Economic Effectiveness on the Global Stage delivered by Professor Emeritus Stanley Nollen and Associate Professor Raj Desai for the QLC Executive Leaders program.

the written and spoken form of more than 1500 common Arabic words and phrases in the Qatari dialect which has over 40,000 downloads and is expected to be used during

Fazza also used the app to train FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020 match volunteer hosts on commonly used Arabic phrases in Qatar.

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I. Student Research Certificate Programs The optional certificate programs allow students to deepen their knowledge around a specific content area through class work and a research project. Senior students who received certificates upon graduation are listed below with their thesis project titles and faculty mentors. A R A B A ND R E GIO NAL ST U DIE S Dana Darwish, “Contemporary Gulf Politics: Political Reform in the Gulf.” Faculty Mentor................. Mehran Kamrava Abeedah Diab, “Theorizing Civil Society in Syria.” Faculty Mentor............................Firat Oruc Fiza Shahzad, “Arab and Jewish Responses to British Policy Making in Palestine: Anti Imperial Insurgency during the Later Mandate Period 1936-1944.” Faculty Mentor..........................Rory Miller INDEP ENDE NT C E RT IFICAT E S Certificate in Finance

Talal Abdul Naseer, “Staying Positive and Testing Negative: The Impact of Five Major Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Returns and Volatility of the GCC, U.S., and Chinese Markets.” Faculty Mentor................... Toka Mohamed Certificate in Gender and Politics

Fiza Shahzad, “The Political Economy of Marriage in Contemporary India.” Faculty Mentor......................Uday Chandra

MED IA AN D POL ITICS Sarah Abdussalam, “Digital Activism and the Amazigh in Morocco.” Faculty Mentor.................Joe Khalil, NU-Q Fatima Al-Emadi, “National Approaches to Foreign Branding: Two Middle East Case Studies.” Faculty Mentor..........................Rory Miller Fatima Al-Naimi, “Social Movements and Citizen Activism in the Digital Age: The Role of the Media in the Campaign for Women’s Right to Drive in Saudi Arabia.” Faculty Mentor..........................Rory Miller Khemara Chhorn, “Portrayal of the Cambodian Genocide in National and International Media Narratives.” Faculty Mentor............................Firat Oruc Bouthaina El-Kheshn, “Egyptian Talk Shows as Instruments of Government Manipulation.” Faculty Mentor.................. A. Chamseddine Khansa Maria, “Exploring the Intersection: Migration and Identity Formation and the Role of Media in the Postcolonial World.” Faculty Mentor......................Uday Chandra Irene Promodh, “FM Radio and the Malayali Diaspora in Qatar: At Home Overseas.” Faculty Mentor......................Uday Chandra

Honors in the Major C U LTU R E AND PO LIT IC S Saoud Al-Ahmad, “Jeel Al-Taybeen: Reimagining Narratives of Identity and Heritage in Qatar. ” Faculty Mentor...................... Amira Sonbol Khansa Maria, “Re-visioning Identities: Tracing Disability in Pakistan and India through the Lens of the Novel.” Faculty Mentor......................... Ian Almond Mashael Muftah, “The Paradox of Qatari Females’ Education.” Faculty Mentor.....................Amira El-Zein

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Ngoc Nguyen, “From Slavery to Kafala British Colonialism and Labor Governance in the Persian Gulf.” Faculty Mentor......................... Ian Almond

I NTER N ATIONAL H IST ORY Sarah Abdussalam, “A History of the National Front for the Salvation of Libya: 1981-2012.” Faculty Mentor.................... Karine Walther Abeedah Diab, “A Social History of the Qatari Nutrition Transition.” Faculty Mentor...................... Amira Sonbol Fiza Shahzad, “Women in the Khoja Muslim Community: Disinheritance, Agency, and the Colonial Legal System.” Faculty Mentor........................ Reza Pirbhai

IN TERN ATION AL POLITICS Fatima Al-Emadi, “The Water Crisis in the Middle East: Exploring the Relationship between Water Insecurity and Political Instability.” Faculty Mentor..................Gerd Nonneman Fatima Al-Naimi, “Anti-immigration and the Far-Right: Examining the Effects of Far-Right Parties’ Anti-Immigration Ideologies on Immigration Legislation in Great Britain.” Faculty Mentor....................... Sonia Alonso Fatima Farooqui and Sara Lidetoft, “The Impact of Diversity on Gender Bias in Student Evaluations of Teaching (SET).” Faculty Mentors...................... Sonia Alonso ......................................and Karine Walther Malak Elmoh, “The Question of Belonging: Naturalized East Africans in the Washington Metropolitan Area.” Faculty Mentor...................Amanda Garrett Irene Promodh, “The Politics of Translocal Religiosity: An Ethnography of South Indian Christians in Qatar.” Faculty Mentor......................Uday Chandra Mona Saif, “Iran Under American Economic Sanctions: A Case Study from 2010 to 2020.” Faculty Mentor................. Mehran Kamrava Natasha Vincent, “Small States and National Civil Aviation: From StateBuilding to International Branding.” Faculty Mentor................. Mehran Kamrava

II. Faculty Publications Faculty Authored and Edited Books

Journal Articles

Abusharaf, Rogaia. 2021. Darfur Allegory. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Akinade, Akintunde E. 2020. “Holy Dilemma: Engaging Prayer and Power in African Pentecostalism.” Journal of World Christianity, 10, no. 2: 147–169.

Al-Ashiri, Mahmoud, Abdelati Hawwari, and Mohamed Al-Badrashiny. 2021. ‫ قامئة معجمية لرصيد مسموع الطفل العريب‬:‫الرصيد اللغوي املسموع‬ ‫من الفصيحة بنا ًء عىل مدونة محوسبة‬ [A Frequency Lexicon of Standard Arabic Used in Children’s TV Programs: A Corpus-based Lexicon ]. Amman: Dar Kunuz al-Ma’rifah al-’ilmiyah. Almond, Ian. 2021. World Literature Decentered: Beyond the “West” through Turkey, Mexico, and Bengal. New York: Routledge. Laude, Patrick. 2020. Clefs métaphysiques de la Sophia Perennis. Comprendre le langage inter-religieux de Frithjof Schuon [Keys to the Beyond: Frithjof Schuon’s Cross-Traditional Language of Transcendence]. Lagorce, Ardèche: Editions Hozhoni. Laude, Patrick. 2020. Keys to the Beyond: Frithjof Schuon’s Cross-Traditional Language of Transcendence. New York: SUNY Press. Khalifah, Omar. 2020. ‫قابض الرمل‬ [The Sand Catcher]. Amman: Al-Ahliyya li al-Nashr wa al-tawzi’. Widerquist, Karl, and Grant McCall. 2021. The Prehistory of Private Property: Implications for Modern Political Theory. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Akinade, Akintunde E. 2020. “Reviewed Work: Asian Christianities: History, Theology, Practice by Peter C. Phan.” Journal of World Christianity, 10, no. 2: 242–244. Al-Arian, Abdullah. 2020. “Practicing Islam in Egypt: Print Media and Islamic Revival by Aaronrock-Singer.” Journal of Islamic Studies, 31, no. 3: 420–423. Alonso Sáenz de Oger, Sonia, and Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca. 2020. “EU Intervention vs. National Autonomy: Do Citizens Really Care?” European Politics and Society, 22: 1-19. Antoniades, Alexis, and Charles W. Calomiris. 2020. “Mortgage Market Credit Conditions and U.S. Presidential Elections.” European Journal of Political Economy, 64. Dolatabadi, A. B., and Mehran Kamrava. 2021. “Medical Diplomacy and Iranian Foreign Policy.” Sociology of Islam, 9, no. 1: 1-17. Fazza, Hany and Mohamed Mahgoub, 2021. “Student Engagement in Online and Blended Learning in a Higher Education Institution in the Middle East: Challenges and Solutions.” Studies in Technology Enhanced Learning, 1, no. 2: 1-27.

Feenstra, Robert C., Mingzhi Xu, and Alexis Antoniades. 2020. “What Is the Price of Tea in China? Goods Prices and Availability in Chinese Cities.” The Economic Journal, 130, no. 632: 2438–2467.

Laude, Patrick. 2021. “The Garden of God and the Triple Time: Reflections on René Guénon (1886-1951) and D.T. Suzuki (1870-1966).” Gandhi Marg Quarterly 42, no. 4: 339-362.

Garrett, Amanda, 2020, Fall. “The End of Kafala? Evaluating Recent Migrant Labor Reforms in Qatar.” Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, 21, no. 1: 201-208.

Miller, Rory, and Sarah Cardaun. 2020. “Multinational Security Coalitions and the Limits of Middle Power Activism in the Middle East: The Saudi Case.” International Affairs, 96, no. 6: 1-18.

Jedlicka, Scott R., Spencer Harris, and Danyel Reiche. 2020. “State Intervention in Sport: A Comparative Analysis of Regime Types.” International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 12, no. 4: 563-581. Kahle, Trish. 2020. “The Front Lines of Energy Policy: The Coal Mining Workplace and the Politics of Security in the American Century.” American Quarterly, 72, no. 3: 627649.

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Kamrava, Mehran. 2020. “Cities, Globalized Hubs, and Nationalism in the Persian Gulf.” Middle East Journal, 74, no. 4: 521-537.

Kolla, Edward. 2020. “Review of A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution, by Jeremy D. Popkin.” H-Net Reviews in Humanities and Social Sciences. Laude, Patrick. 2020. “Intimations of a Perennial Wisdom.” Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte, 112, no. 3: 357370.

Nonneman, Gerd. 2020. “European Policies towards the Gulf: Patterns, Dynamics, Evolution, and the Case of the Qatar Blockade.” Journal of Arabian Studies, 10, no. 2: 278-304. Onley, James, and Gerd Nonneman. 2020. “The Journal of Arabian Studies and the Development of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies.” Journal of Arabian Studies, 10, no. 1: 1-50. Oruc, Firat. 2020. “Petrocolonial Circulations and Cinema’s Arrival in the Gulf.” Film History: An International Journal, 32, no. 3: 10-42. Oruc, Firat. 2020. “‘Cinema Programmes’ of the British Public Relations Office in the Persian Gulf, 1944–1948.” Film History, 32, no. 3: 197-209. Shabana, Ayman. 2021. “From the Plague to the Coronavirus: Islamic Ethics and Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Journal of Islamic Ethics, 5: 1-37. Usova, Tatiana and Robert Laws. 2021. “Teaching a One-credit Course on Data Literacy and Data Visualization.” Journal of Information Literacy, 15, no. 1: 84-95.

Rozell, M.J. and Clyde Wilcox. 2020. “Federalism in a Time of Plague: How Federal Systems Cope with Pandemic.” The American Review of Public Administration, 50, no. 6-7: 519-525.

Zayani, Mohamed. 2021. “Digital Journalism, Social Media Platforms, and Audience Engagement: The Case of AJ+.” Digital Journalism, 9, no.1: 24-41.

Book Chapters Abusharaf, Rogaia. 2020. “Diasporic Circularities: Omani-Zanzibaris Narrate Experiences in and out of the Archipelago, 1964.” In Mobility and Forced Displacement in the Middle East, edited by Zahra Babar, 79-102. London: Oxford University Press/ Hurst. Al Thani, Haya, Abdulrahim AbuHusayn, Saif Al-Murikhi, Abdul Rahman Chamseddine, Tobias Scheunchen, David A. Michelson, William L. Potter, and Mario Kozah. 2021. “A Toponymical Survey of Beth Qatraye.” In Beth Qatraye, edited by Mario Kozah and George Kiraz, 127-194. Piscataway: Gorgias Press. Chandra, Uday. 2020. “Primitive Accumulation and ‘Primitive’ Subjects in Postcolonial India: Tracing the Myriad Real and Virtual Lives of Mediatised Ingenuity Activism.” In Media, Indigeneity, and Nation in South Asia, edited by Markus Schleiter and Erik de Maaker, 107-121. NY: Routledge.

Koons, Jeremy. 2021. “Sellars on Rational Agency as Presupposing Collective Attitudes.” In Groups, Norms and Practices: Essays on Inferentialism and Collective Intentionality, edited by Ladislav Koreň, Hans Bernhard Schmid, Preston Stovall, and Leo Townsend, 189-214. Dordrecht: Springer. Laude, Patrick. 2020. “Prologue.” In Poesie by Louise Labé, translated by Maria Àngels Gardella i Quer, 19-24. Palma de Mallorca: José J. Olañeta Editor Publishing. Schiwietz, Christine and Jacqulyn Ann Williams. 2020. “Current Understandings of Global Competency in Shaping Globally Engaged Citizens.“ In Leadership Strategies for Promoting Social Responsibility in Higher Education, Vol. 24, edited by Enakshi Sengupta, Patrick Blessinger and Craig Mahoney, 45-62. Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited. Walther, Karine. 2020. “The Greek War of Independence and the Ideological Manifestations of the Clash of Civilizations Theory in the United States, 1821-1830.” In American and Muslim Worlds before 1900, edited by John Ghazvinian and Arthur Mitchell Fraas, 18-32. London: Bloomsbury Publishing.

III. CIRS Research Publications and Research A U TH O R ED A ND E DIT E D BO O K S Babar, Zahra, ed. 2020. Mobility and Forced Displacement in the Middle East. London: Oxford University Press/Hurst.

CIRS SPECIAL ISSUES (J OURN AL S) Ghafar, Adel Abdel, ed. 2021. The Political Economy of the Contemporary Middle East. The Muslim World, 111, no. 1.

King, Marcus Dubois, ed. 2020. Water and Conflict in the Middle East. London: Oxford University Press/Hurst.

Roberts, David B., ed. 2020. The GCC Crisis: Qatar and Its Neighbors. Journal of Arabian Studies, 10, no. 2.

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Meijer, Roel, James N. Sater, and Zahra Babar, eds. 2021. Routledge Handbook of Citizenship in the Middle East and North Africa. New York: Routledge.

Mirgani, Suzi, ed. 2021. Informal Politics in the Middle East. London: Oxford University Press/Hurst.

BOOK CHAPTERS AN D WHITE PAPERS Babar, Zahra. 2020. “Labor Migration in the Persian Gulf Monarchies.” In The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of the Middle East, edited by Armando Salvatore, Sari Hanafi, and Keiko Obuse. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

J O U R N A L ART IC LE S Babar, Zahra. 2020. “Migrant Workers Bear the Pandemic’s Brunt in the Gulf.” Current History 119, no. 821: 343–348.

Babar, Zahra, Roel Meijer and James Sater. 2021. “Introduction.” In Routledge Handbook of Citizenship in the Middle East and North Africa, Roel Meijer, James Sater, and Zahra R. Babar, eds. London and New York: Routledge: 1-16.

Babar, Zahra. 2020. “The Vagaries of the In-between: Labor Citizenship in the Persian Gulf.” International Journal of Middle East Studies, 52, no. 4: 765-770. Ewers, Michael, Nabil Khattab, Zahra Babar, and Muznah Madeeha. 2021. “Skilled Migration to Emerging Economies: The Global Competition for Talent beyond the West.” Globalizations, February.

Babar, Zahra. 2021. “Economic Migrants and Citizenship in the GCC.” In Routledge Handbook of Citizenship in the Middle East and North Africa, Roel Meijer, James Sater, and Zahra R. Babar, eds. London and New York: Routledge: 410-421. Babar, Zahra. 2021. “Pandemic Mobilities in the Persian Gulf: Unpacking the ‘Crises’.” Arnold Bergstraesser Institute Working Paper. Mirgani, Suzi. 2021. “Overview.” In Informal Politics in the Middle East, edited by Suzi Mirgani, 1-18. London: Oxford University Press/Hurst.

Building a Legacy: Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022 Project Outcomes W O R L D C UP BLOG POST S “Avoiding White Elephants: Why the Education City Stadium Is Built to Last,” October 25, 2020. Danyel Reiche, Visiting Associate Professor at GU-Q, examines the legacy of purpose-built football stadiums. “National Identity in the Qatar Men’s National Football Team,” October 25, 2020. Ross Griffin, Assistant Professor of Postcolonial Literature at Qatar University, discusses notions of belonging regarding foreign players in the Qatar men’s national team. “The Qatar World Cup: Dreaming of Bridging the Gulf Rift,” October 27, 2020. James M. Dorsey, Senior Fellow, Nanyang Technological University’s S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies; National University of Singapore’s Middle East Institute, highlights how the 2022 World Cup fits within the geopolitics of the region. “FIFA World Cup 2022: Increased Opportunities for Qatar’s Women Footballers?” November 2, 2020. Charlotte Lysa, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo, examines how Qatar’s World Cup football tournament is paving the way for increased inclusion of women in the sport.

“The Qatar World Cup 2022 Stadiums Are Built, but Will Pandemic-Era Fans Still Come?” November 16, 2020. Simon Chadwick, Director of Eurasian Sport, Professor of the Eurasian Sport Industry and Director of the Centre for the Eurasian Sport Industry, Emlyon Business School, discusses how the pandemic has affected football fandom. “How Powerful Has Qatar Become in Elite Sport?” December 1, 2020. Nadim Nassif, Associate Professor in Physical Education and Sports, Notre Dame University– Louaize, explains why Qatar’s investments in mega-sport events are not reflected in the performance of its national teams in international competitions. “Why Media Liberalization in Qatar Would Serve an Important 2022 Legacy,” December 16, 2020. Craig L. LaMay, Professor at Northwestern University in Qatar and Dean and Director of the journalism program, argues that media liberalization is not an end in itself but is key to ensuring other social legacies of the tournament to which Qatar and FIFA have committed. “The Ongoing Struggle for a Qatar 2022 Narrative,” January 11, 2021. Paulino R. Robles-Gil Cozzi, Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University, examines how international focus on Qatar’s World Cup has intensified and various explanatory discourses have multiplied in popular media, academic research, and political rhetoric.

“The Impact of the Lifting of the Blockade on the Qatar World Cup,” January 24, 2021. Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Fellow for the Middle East, Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, discusses how lifting the blockade will help make the Qatar World Cup a tournament for the entire region, as was pledged by the bid team in 2010.

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“Not the 2022 World Cup, Joe Biden Paved the Way for Ending the Qatar Blockade,” January 31, 2021. Hilal Khashan, Professor of Political Science at the American University of Beirut, argues that ending the blockade and regional engagement in the World Cup is unlikely to resolve the GCC countries’ recurring problems unless there is more effort to maintain sustained and mature regional relationships.

“Qatar’s 2022 World Cup Has Put the Spotlight on Migrant Workers, but What Legacy Will It Deliver?” February 21, 2021. James Lynch, Director of FairSquare, argues that there can be no room for complacency regarding labor issues, given the scale and depth of the problems Qatar’s government has committed to addressing. “Can Qatar Show FIFA the Way? Towards More Flexible Eligibility Rules in International Football,” March 15, 2021. Gijsbert Oonk, Founding Director, the Sport and Nation Network, argues that at the 2022 World Cup, Qatar may take the lead in a debate about the legitimacy of foreign-born players representing the country.

“Why the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar Should Not Be Boycotted,” March 18, 2021. Danyel Reiche, Visiting Associate Professor at GU-Q, offers insight into how Qatar is leading the region in human rights reform. “Citizenship vs. Identity: What a Passport or Football Jersey Can and Cannot Show,” March 29, 2021. GU-Q Assistant Professor of History Eddie Kolla talks about the unequal treatment of foreigners based on their passport and country of origin. “Qatar’s Labor Rights Legacy: Between a Rock and a Hard Place,” April 11, 2021. Andreas Krieg, Assistant Professor of Security Studies at King’s College London, discusses how the Qatar government must balance international calls for labor rights reforms with local business owners who need time to implement them. “Qatar’s Empowered Sportswoman Narrative May Obscure Inequalities,” April 25, 2021. Geoff Harkness, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rhode Island College, talks about how funding and branding around elite female athletes is not the reality of support for Qatari women’s everyday fitness. “How the World Cup Impacts Sustainability in Qatar: Which Challenges Remain after the Tournament?” May 11, 2021. Katrin Scholz-Barth, Principal of Katrin Scholz-Barth Consulting and President of SustainableQATAR, talks about her role as part of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar program from 2012–2015 in helping to define and create the program-wide sustainability and innovation strategies, and her insights about sustainability after the tournament is over.

“Qatar Airways’ Football Sponsorships as a Foreign Policy Strategy,” May 26, 2021. Alumna Natasha Vincent (SFS’21), incoming Investment Banking Analyst at J.P. Morgan in London, draws from her International Politics honors thesis research on foreign policy branding in the Persian Gulf to discuss Qatar Airways’ investment in football. “Leveraging the Opportunities from Qatar’s 2022 FIFA World Cup: Lessons from the 2010 South Africa FIFA World Cup,” June 7, 2021. Kamilla Swart, Associate Professor in the College of Science and Engineering at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, breaks down the strategy needed and pitfalls to avoid when planning for the Qatar FIFA World Cup legacy. “The Dichotomy of Qatari Women’s Education and Qatar’s World Cup 2022 Branding,” June 20, 2021. Alumna Mashael Muftah (SFS’21) draws on research from her Culture and Politics Honors thesis on contradictions in Qatari female education to talk about how the next World Cup is being branded. W O R L D C UP PODCAST S “Introduction to the Research Project,” October 2020. In this introductory episode, Visiting Associate Professor at GU-Q Danyel Reiche speaks with Dean Ahmad Dallal about the overall aims and objectives of the project. “Women’s Football,” October 2020. Monika Staab, former German football player and coach of the national teams of Bahrain, Pakistan, and Qatar, discusses the status of women’s football in Qatar, the Middle East, and around the world.

“Domestic Football Development in Qatar,” November 8, 2020. Ahmed Khellil Abbassi, Executive Director of Competitions and Football Development, Qatar Stars League, discusses the history of football in Qatar, and the ongoing developments leading up to the World Cup tournament in 2022. “Media and the World Cup,” November 23, 2020. David Harding, International Editor for The Independent, speaks about local and international media coverage of issues related to the World Cup 2022. “World Cup Legacy Program: Generation Amazing,” December 8, 2020. Nasser Al Khori, head of local and international programs, Generation Amazing, discusses the organization’s program and its commitments to the legacy of the World Cup. “Football Fandom in Qatar,” January 3, 2021. Ahmed Hashim, a Doha-based football writer, highlights how fans and spectators in Qatar engage with the game. “Migrant Labor and the Qatar 2022 World Cup,” January 20, 2021. Producer Anne Sobel and director Adam Sobel talk about their documentary film, The Workers Cup, as well as their own experiences living and working in Qatar. “Experiences of Qatari Women Football Players,” February 7, 2021. With a focus on the experiences of Qatari women footballers who love playing the game and are working to establish it in the country, this talk included current students and graduates of GU-Q, Haya Abdulrahman, Haya AlKaabi, Maryam Al-Saiqal, and Dana Darwish.

“Labor Market Reforms and the World Cup 2022,” March 7, 2021. Houtan Homayounpour, Head of the International Labor Organization (ILO) Project Office for the State of Qatar, discusses the recent labor market reforms in Qatar and the role the ILO played in the process. “Women Coaches and Referees in Qatar,” April 2021. Amal Mohammad, a Federation of International Basketball licensed referee, and Hajar Saleh, a Qatari football coach discuss the opportunities and challenges of female sports leadership in Qatar.

“Football Talent Development in Qatar,” May 2021. Valter Di Salvo, Director of Football Performance and Science at Aspire Academy, talks about Qatar’s investment in developing its talent pool. “The World Cup and Women’s Rights in Qatar,” June 2021. Amal Al Malki, Founding Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at HBKU talks about progress and remaining challenges for Women’s Rights in Qatar, and Education City’s contribution to the development of Qatar.

“The World Cup in the Local Media,” April 2021. Faras Ghani, Digital Editor of Al Jazeera English, talks about Al Jazeera’s coverage of the World Cup.

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Environmental Studies Outcomes

EV ERY DAY E NE R G Y PODCAST S “Ways of Seeing: Tracing Lived Energy in Archive, Film, and Fiction,” June 2021. GU-Q professors Trish Kahle, Vicky Googasian, and Firat Oruc revisit primary sources they use in their own scholarly work through the lens of the lived experience of energy and showcase how different disciplines interact with sources. “How Everyday People Electrified Mexico City,” June 2021. Trish Kahle speaks with Washington University Assistant Professor Diana Montaño about how a varied group of Mexicans made sense of a new technology, as well as sources and methods for conducting historical research about everyday life.

“Electricity and Everyday Life in Doha,” June 2021. Firat Oruc speaks with Northwestern University in Qatar Assistant Professor Anto Mohsin on electrical energy in everyday urban life in Doha and its intersections with the city’s history, cultural memory, development, and future. “Reading for Oil,” June 2021. Vicky Googasian speaks with Elizabeth Barrios, Assistant Professor of Spanish and Latin American & Latino/a Studies at Albion College about Venezuelan oil literature, what fiction has to say about everyday energetic life, and oil industry propaganda.

COVID-19 Project Outcomes O NL INE B RIE FS “How the U.S. Failed to Contain COVID-19,” July 9, 2020. Mark J. Rozell, Dean of the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University, and Clyde Wilcox, Professor of Government at GU-Q, outline the failures of the U.S. to stem the virus as the nation faced a wave of increasing infections. “COVID-19 and the Erosion of Europe’s Asylum System,” July 26, 2020. Amanda Garrett, Assistant Professor of Political Science at GU-Q, examines the haphazard policies regarding refugees, including uncoordinated lockdowns and border closures, during the pandemic period.

EXPERT IN SIGHTS “Are Single Male Labour Migrants Being Neglected?” October 11, 2020. This panel, organized by the University College London (UCL)’s Center for Gender and Global Health, was part of the Borderings: Migration, Gender and Health webinar series. The panelists included Kolitha Wickramage, Global Migration Health Research and Epidemiology Coordinator, IOM Health Division; Zahra Babar, Associate Director for Research, CIRS; and Wafa Aftab, Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University. The panel was moderated by Kristine Onarheim, Research Fellow at the UCL Center for Gender and Global Health.

“Asymmetric Impact of COVID-19 on Employment in the GCC,” August 11, 2020. Bilal Tahir (SFS’22) CURA Student Research Fellow and Misba Bhatti, Research Analyst at CIRS, highlight how the economies of the GCC have been particularly affected by the pandemic due to the decreased global demand for oil and gas. “What Can the Theory and Philosophy of Climate Change Teach Us about COVID-19?” August 24, 2020. Victoria Googasian, Assistant Professor of American Literature at GU-Q, argues that now is the time to ask what aspects of our climate predicament have been underlined by the events of 2020, and to jettison belief in human exceptionalism and technological prowess.

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