Annual Report 2018 - 2019 by Georgetown University in Qatar

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H.E. Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani Q&A with the GU-Q community

H.E. Saad Al-Kaabi with GU-Q students and faculty

Contents Joint Advisory Board............................................................ 7 Deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Message.................................................................. 8 1. At a Glance 2018-2019............................................... 10 2. GU-Q 100................................................................... 12 3.

Research................................................................... Student Research........................................................ Faculty Research......................................................... Research Dissemination...............................................

Academics................................................................. 50 GU-Q Curriculum......................................................... 52 Experiential Learning................................................... 54 Academic Services.. ..................................................... 58 Academic Awards........................................................ 62

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5. Admissions................................................................ 66 Recruitment................................................................ 68 Admitted Class of 2023................................................ 72 6.

Building Community................................................... Student Life................................................................ Campus Life................................................................ Health & Wellness........................................................ Capacity Building . . .......................................................

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Alumni & Career Development.................................... Alumni Life.. ................................................................ Employer Engagement . . ................................................ Career Preparation . . .....................................................

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National & International Engagement......................... 98 Dialogue & Debate......................................................100 Strategic Visits...........................................................104 Cultural Events...........................................................106

9. Executive & Professional Education.. .........................108 GU-Q Programs.. .........................................................110 Executive Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. . ....................................................114 10. Faculty & Academic Professionals. . ...........................116 Faculty & Deans.........................................................118 CIRS & Library. . ..........................................................124

CIRS Lunch Talk with Massaab Al-Aloosy

New Student Convocation 2018

Model United Nations 2018

J OI NT A D V I S O RY BOA RD The Joint Advisory Board, formed by members appointed by Qatar Foundation and by Georgetown University, meets biannually for high-level strategic discussions. The following were members as of Spring 2019. Dean Joel Hellman, Sara Barclay, Dean Emad El-Din Shahin, Provost Robert Groves, H.E. Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khailfa Al Thani, H.E. Lolwah Rashid Al Khater, Dean Ahmad Dallal, and Dr. Ebrahim Moosa.

Qatar Foundation Appointed

Jointly Appointed

H.E. Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (Co-chair) Chairperson, Qatar Museums; Chairperson, Reach Out to Asia

Dr. Adnan A. Shihab-Eldin Director General, Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences

H.E. Lolwah Rashid Al Khater Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs; Official Spokesperson, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State of Qatar Dr. Emad El-Din Shahin Dean, College of Islamic Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University

Sir Tim Lankester, K.C.B. Former Chairman, Council of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Dr. Ebrahim Moosa Professor of Islamic Studies, University of Notre Dame

Dr. Robert Groves (Co-chair) Provost, Georgetown University

Sara Barclay Management Expert, CEO Office, Qatar Foundation

Dr. Joel Hellman Dean, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Dr. Ahmad S. Dallal Dean, Georgetown University in Qatar

Dr. Carol Benedict Faculty Chair, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Secretary Rita Roche Executive Assistant to the Dean, Georgetown University in Qatar

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Ex-Officio Members Georgetown University Appointed

Dean’s Message

eorgetown University in Qatar marked key milestones during the 2018-2019

academic year including the graduation

of our 11th class, the most successful recruitment season to date, and the publication of the 100th

book by GU-Q faculty and researchers since the Qatar campus opened in 2005.

GU-Q 100: A Celebration of Knowledge, our

signature event for the year, offered the opportunity to reflect on the research impact of our campus in

Qatar and of the region. Notably, it coincided with

the beginning GU-Q’s participation in the centennial celebrations of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service (SFS) in Washington, DC.

Highlights from this academic year, evidence of the rich research environment for students and

faculty, include the publication of 12 books, 17 book

chapters, 25 articles in peer reviewed journals, and the organization of 42 scholarly events. In addition, the

Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) initiated the Undergraduate Research Advancement program to further support student research.

Many of the research events were open to the

public, with cutting-edge research on policy, history, GE OR GETO W N UNIV ER SI TY I N QATAR

government, and economics made accessible to

the broader community in Qatar. GU-Q is also

a recognized venue for civil society engagement, offering numerous public events and lectures,

including student-led events, organized during the academic year. These events involved a number of prominent speakers, including government

ministers and officials, as well as distinguished foreign diplomats.

By leveraging the expertise and scholarly networks of our faculty, GU-Q engaged national leadership,

international experts, and the diplomatic community in productive dialogues with students and the

wider community on issues of topical concern and

relevance. In addition, GU-Q continued to extend community engagement through customized

education that supports professional development through a variety of on and off-campus courses.

Above all, GU-Q remained focused on providing an environment that fosters academic excellence.

GU-Q programs were enriched through continuous improvement of the curriculum, research on local and regionally relevant themes that inform the

teaching and learning experience, and a strategic enrollment framework designed to sustain both a strong Qatari presence and a genuine cohort

diversity in terms of nationality and socio-economic background. Academic program offerings during

the year were also enriched through the addition of

MI SS IO N The University is dedicated to promoting intellectual, ethical, and spiritual understanding through serious and sustained discourse among people of different faiths, cultures, and beliefs. Through education, research, and service, it aims to advance knowledge and to provide students and the community with a holistic experience that produces global citizens committed to the service of humanity. It seeks to build upon the world-class reputation of Georgetown University and its schools across a variety of disciplines, and work with its partner Qatar Foundation (QF) to support the Qatar National Vision 2030, and to help develop Qatar’s knowledge economy.

new content for 16 courses. Options for completing additional minors in Economics, Government,

History, Philosophy, and Theology, in line with

recent curricular changes at SFS, were also approved.

of the collective accomplishments of our dedicated faculty and staff, and inspiring students, who are

working together to build a better future for Qatar and the world.

Ahmad Dallal

Dean, Georgetown University in Qatar

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Graduates by Major Culture and Politics (CULP)............... 14 International Economics (IECO)........ 19 International History (IHIS)................. 5 International Politics (IPOL).............. 24

Students at Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) earn the same Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service (BSFS) degree as their peers on Georgetown University’s campus in Washington, DC.

graduates 2018-2019 Certificates & Minor American Studies (CAST) Arab and Regional Studies (CARS) Media and Politics (CMAP) Minor in Arabic

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62 students graduated in the Class of 2019, joining a network of GU-Q alumni living around the globe. GRADUATE S

skills classes taught

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one-to-one research consultations from librarians

LIBRARY The GU-Q library offers access to extensive physical and digital resources, including those of Georgetown University in Washington, DC. Dedicated professional librarians offer research and academic support for students, faculty, and staff. Learn more at library.georgetown.edu/qatar

RE S EARCH GU-Q faculty, CIRS affiliates, and students collectively produce scholarship that is contextually relevant for Qatar and the region.

GU-Q Publications (2018-2019) Books (authored & edited)...........12 Book Chapters...........................17 Journal Articles..........................25 CIRS Papers & Summary Reports.......................11

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46 full-time faculty members taught and contributed to the research environment at GU-Q this year.

The 2018-2019 student body at GU-Q included 289 students, representing varying academic backgrounds and 46 countries from the following regions: Middle East and North Africa.................. 17 Asia...................................................... 13 Africa...................................................... 7 Europe.................................................... 4 North & South America............................. 5

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institutions offered student & alumni internships

Executive Master’s programs

GU-Q’s research institution, the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS), conducts relevant research and engages with scholars, practitioners, and activists. Learn more at cirs.georgetown.edu

EPE Continuing Education In partnership with local and global experts and institutions, GU-Q offers a variety of professional development and executive programs, including: • • • •

Executive Master’s Programs Executive Courses Custom Skills Training Community Education

GU-Q’s Office of Executive and Professional Education (EPE) develops and supports programs that promote lifelong learning for the community in Qatar. Learn more at epe.qatar.georgetown.edu

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GU-Q 100 In the spring of 2019, GU-Q celebrated the publication of more than 100 books authored by affiliated faculty, staff, and researchers since the campus was established in Education City in 2005. A signature event included a moderated discussion on the significance of research in the humanities and social sciences, and the launching of a publication profiling the authors and their works. The event also marked the beginning of GU-Q’s participation in centennial celebrations for Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS), established in GE OR GETO W N UNIV ER SI TY I N QATAR

1919 in Washington, DC.

From left to right: Dr. Mehran Kamrava, former interim dean, professor, and director of CIRS; Dr. Amira Sonbol, founding faculty member and professor of history; Dr. Joel Hellman, dean of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service; H.E. Lolwah Al-Khater, assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, official spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry, and GU-Q Joint Advisory Board member; Dr. James Reardon-Anderson, GU-Q founding dean and professor of history; and Dr. Gerd Nonneman,

former dean and professor of international relations and Gulf studies

H.E. Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani

A CELEBRATIO N O F KN O WLED G E The GU-Q 100: A Celebration of Knowledge event was held in recognition of the first 100 books published by affiliated faculty and staff, a major milestone in the collaboration between Qatar Foundation and Georgetown University that began with the founding of the Doha campus in 2005.

Through its wealth of research in the field of humanities and social sciences, Georgetown University in Qatar has made a significant contribution to the international profile of Qatar Foundation and Qatar as a hub of new knowledge, original thought, and intellectual courage in confronting issues which influence what our world is and what it can be. —H.E. Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani, Vice Chairperson and CEO of Qatar Foundation

Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation, was an honored guest at the event, which featured Her Excellency Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani, Vice Chairperson and CEO of Qatar Foundation, as the guest speaker. Attendees included deans, members of the diplomatic community, students, faculty, staff, and other members of the community. Dr. Joel Hellman, dean of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service (SFS), moderated a panel discussion on “The Regional and Global Impact of Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences.” The panel explored the development of the research infrastructure of Qatar, and how locally produced knowledge about economics, politics, culture, and history have helped to shape regional and global thought.

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SFS CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS), the oldest international affairs school in the U.S., initiated a celebration of 100 years of service and commitment to the global community in 2018-2019. GU-Q, initially established as the School of Foreign Service in Qatar, joined in marking this milestone by reaffirming its shared commitment to educating future leaders and engaged citizens. A series of events planned by SFS through 2020 include a centennial weekend in Washington, DC featuring distinguished lectures, faculty talks, and alumni gatherings. The rationale for QF’s choice of partnership with Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service more than a decade ago is even more compelling today—the most pressing problems are transnational and global. Solutions require internationalization and a sophisticated diplomacy that can only be gained from rigorous academic training, from guided practice, and from the readiness to search for common ground.

H.H. Sheikha Moza bint Nasser and Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia signing the agreement establishing in 2005, the Qatar campus of the

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School of Foreign Service (SFS-Q), now GU-Q.

One hundred years ago, Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service took on the mission to foster peace and stability through education rooted in a global perspective. I’m proud to see the continuation of that Georgetown tradition in today’s celebration of GU-Q’s contributions to multidisciplinary scholarship in Qatar and around the world. —Joel Hellman, dean of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service

—Dean Ahmad Dallal

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At Georgetown University in Qatar, we are setting an example of how to produce relevant research at a global standard, and training the next generation of knowledge producers to do the same.

CO MMEMO RATIVE P UBLICATIO N

GU-Q 100: A Celebration of Knowledge is a compendium of more than 100 books 12 published by GU-Q faculty, staff, and affiliates published in since its founding. It includes a brief synopsis 2018-2019 of each project, the cover art, and an author or editor biography. The collection, made possible with the support of Qatar Foundation, represents a landmark achievement for GU-Q and reflects a robust array of critical inquiry.

Publications by Discipline American Media & Soft Power American News Media in the Middle East Citizenship in the Information Age Digital Arab Culture Digital Connectivity Information Technologies in the Middle East Media Literacy Media & Politics Media & the Arab Spring New Media Platforms in the Middle East Network Societies in the Middle East Politics of Communication Social Media Technology & Tunisian Society

Gender & Colonialism Muslim Women in History Muslim Women & Orientalism Muslim Women in Society Non-Muslim Women in the Arab World Women in the Gulf Women in Islam Women in Sudan

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR S Liberation Nationalism Politics of Caste Secularization Security Studies Social Movements Sovereignty Trade Water Security

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PHILO S OPH Y Morality & Epistemology Ethical Theory American Philosophy Normativity Modern Political Philosophy

WORLD LITERATURE

CLIMATE CHANGE Climate Change Environmental Politics Sustainability & Water

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MEDIA & TECHNOLOG Y

Capitalism Colonialism Comparative Politics Conflict Empire Ethnic Separatism Geopolitics History International Law

Empire & Literature Ethics in Literature Francophone Literature Irish Literature Postcolonial Discourse

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books published by GU-Q faculty & staff 2005-2019

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Arabic Language & Literature THEOLOG Y

Christianity Christian-Muslim Relations Comparative Metaphysics Comparative Religions Contemporary Practice Interfaith Dialogue Metaphysics & Epistemology

EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT Children in Crisis Economic Reform Ethnography Gulf Strategies Higher Education International Contexts

Middle East Studies

Investment Property Permanent Fund Dividend Writing Research Universal Basic Income

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I SLAMIC S TUDIE S Abbasid Caliphate Islam in the 18th Century Islam & Modernity Islamic Belief Islamic Law Islamic Legal Traditions Islamic Philosophy Muslim-Christian Relations Muslim Scholarship Reform in Islam Spirituality Sufism U.S. & the Muslim World

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MIDDLE EAST STUDIES Art & Culture Community Politics Education Energy & Climate Change Food Security Geography Geopolitics Government & Politics History Intellectual Revolution International Relations Migrant Labor Political Economy Society Soft Power Sustainability Urban Development

Arabic Literary Analysis Arabic Translation Egyptian Literature & Film Folklore & Mythology Faculty Poetry Old Arabic Literature Poeticity Poetry as Narration Pre-Islamic Poetry Short Stories ARABIC LITERATURE

Acoustic Phonetics Amharic & Arabic Comparative Languages Cultural Communication Egyptian Colloquial Arabic Formal Arabic Grammar Listening Skills Modern Standard Arabic Multimedia Pronunciation Speaking Skills Vocabulary & Idioms

Humanities & International Affairs Publishers Palgrave Macmillan/Palgrave Pivot..................................... 10 Routledge..........................................................................7 Hurst Publishers.................................................................6 Pearson.............................................................................2 Peter Lang.........................................................................2 Brill. . .................................................................................1 Greenwood Press . . ..............................................................1 Rowman & Littlefield.. .........................................................1 Regionally-Focused Publishers Arab Institute for Research & Publishing...............................5 Gerlach Press. . ...................................................................3 African Books Collective. . ....................................................1 Center for International & Regional Studies...........................1 IB Tauris............................................................................1

French & Arabic Publishers Classiques Garnier . . ............................................................1 Dar Kunouz Al-Ma’refa........................................................1 Dar Nelson. . .......................................................................1 Infolio Éditions...................................................................1 L’Harmattan.......................................................................1

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University Presses Oxford University Press.. ..................................... 12 19 Cambridge University Press..................................5 University American University in Cairo Press........................4 Presses Columbia University Press.....................................3 Syracuse University Press.........................................3 Cornell University Press......................................................2 Edinburgh University Press..................................................2 Georgetown University Press...............................................2 HBKU Press/Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing........... 2. SUNY-Buffalo University Press.............................................2 University of California Press...............................................2 University of Chicago Press.................................................2 University of North Carolina Press........................................2 Yale University Press . . .........................................................2 Cork University Press..........................................................1 McGill-Queen’s University Press. . .........................................1 New York University Press...................................................1 Strategic Studies Institute/U.S. Army War College Press.........1 University Press of Colorado/WAC Clearinghouse...................1

Scientific Publishers Wiley Blackwell..................................................................1

Interfaith Publishers World Wisdom....................................................................4 Blue Dome Press................................................................1 Tughra Books.....................................................................1

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SECTION CONTENTS Student Research............. 20 • Student Support • CURA • Student Research Highlights • Honors Certificates & Theses

Faculty Research............. 28 • QNRF Grant Projects • Collaborative Research Groups

Research Dissemination...... 38 • Publications • CIRS Reports • Academic Activities & Initiatives • Faculty Research Infrastructure

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We hope that the presentations and conversations at the annual conference stimulate long-term scholarly engagement and collaboration. —Sohaira Siddiqui, Annual Faculty Research Conference Chair

Find more about GU-Q faculty publications on page 38

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• Faculty Mentorship • Writing Center & Tutoring • Research Workshops • CIRS Undergraduate Research Advancement (CURA) • Library Training • Research Funding (QNRF, internal, etc.)

• Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) • International Competitive Research Funding • Faculty Research Grants • CIRS Faculty Fellowships • Library Support

DI SS EMINATION • Publications • Research Events • CIRS Events • Academic Conference Presentations • Print & Digital Media Coverage

INFRA S TR UCTURE • Faculty Framework & Research Policies • Institutional Review Board (IRB) • Library Resources

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Student Research 16

Students at a CURA Workshop

students worked on QNRF projects this year

new QNRF grants

Undergraduate research offers numerous benefits: it leads to fantastic learning opportunities; it teaches problem solving and resilience; and it helps students to grow and get ready for graduate school and employment.

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—Dr. Kai Henrik-Barth,

Senior Assistant Dean for Research Support

S T U D E N T S U P P O RT Research is an integral component of the BSFS degree and students are fully supported from their first semester at GU-Q. The process of learning to become scholars supplements classroom learning, teaches students a new set of skills, and prepares them for future graduate studies and professional positions.

R E S EA R C H S K ILL S HOW DO STUDENTS GAIN RESEARCH SKILLS? B SF S CURRICULUM Built into the BSFS curriculum, extensive required reading and assigned research papers introduce students to academic writing and research publications. BE YOND THE HEADLINES GU-Q’s discussions, Beyond the Headlines, allow students to utilize their research and critical thinking skills. Students join panels with expert faculty from GU-Q and elsewhere to discuss links between history and current events.

CURA PROGRAM Launched The CIRS Undergraduate by CIRS in Research Advancement 2018-2019 (CURA) program prepares GU-Q students for successful research experiences by fostering their ability to: • identify and define research goals • interact professionally with faculty and other research partners • present research findings • publish original research FACULT Y RE S EARCH EVENT S Faculty research events present students with the opportunity to ask questions, gain insights, and learn from experience.

R E S E A R C H AT G U -Q A supportive research ecosystem is a key component in producing quality outcomes. Faculty and student research at GU-Q is supported through a number of mechanisms, which foster high quality and contextually relevant research.

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WHAT ARE THE KEY OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS? UREP PROJECTS The Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) provides students with the opportunity to pursue independent, faculty mentored research projects through the Undergraduate Research Experience Program (UREP).

MAJOR S & CERTIFICATE S In addition to the research papers assigned in the classroom, students aiming to earn honors must write a thesis that gets faculty recognition. Students participating in certificate programs must also complete a research thesis by their senior year.

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UNDERGRADUATE RE SEARCH FAIR At the inaugural Undergraduate Research Fair, students met with peers, faculty, and former students involved in funded research projects to learn about: • available resources • various forms of support and funding • research opportunities

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2,600 reference queries answered by library staff this academic year

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WHAT KINDS OF MENTORSHIP AND SUPPORT DO STUDENTS RECEIVE?

student research workshops offered through the library this year

1,270 OAS tutoring appointments made by 187 students this year

R E S O UR C E S WHAT ARE THE KEY RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS? ACADEMIC S ERVICE S The office of Academic Services (OAS) provides tutoring and other support to enable students to gain essential skills needed to undertake substantive research. WRITING CENTER The Writing Center—an extension of OAS—works with students at all stages of the writing process. Students may choose to work with members of the staff or with qualified and professionally trained peer tutors.

LIBRARY The library offers assistance and skills training, including: • workshops on topics like citations, finding resources, research ethics, and writing research papers • reputable collections, databases, and online tutorials • a new library search engine • course guides • individual research consultations

FU NDING HOW IS STUDENT RESEARCH FUNDED?

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Students at a CURA Workshop

QNRF- S PON S ORED GRANT S Students have access to UREP grants from QNRF, which awards funds to students and their faculty mentors to pursue topics relevant to Qatar’s national development.

OFFICE OF FINANCE & RE S EARCH COMPLIANCE Research grant search, writing, submission, and reporting assistance is organized through GU-Q’s Office of Finance and Research Compliance.

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R E S E A R C H I M PA C T WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF STUDENT RESEARCH? RE S EARCH COMMUNIT Y Dissemination of results is an integral part of conducting research. GU-Q’s Annual Undergraduate Research Conference (AURC) allows students to gain experience in presenting research findings to their peers from GU-Q and other leading international universities.

PROFE SS IONAL & PER S ONAL DEVELOPMENT Student researchers gain experience in professional settings, expand their networks, and aquire practical critical thinking skills. Exposure to research fosters self-confidence, independence, and lifelong curiosity.

CIRS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ADVANCEMENT (CURA) CIURA Workshop: Designing a Research Question

total CURA Fellows—17 GU-Q students and 2 from other universities

CURA EVENTS & STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS Launched in 2018-2019, the CIRS Undergraduate Research Advancement (CURA) program facilitates research experiences for GU-Q students through focused mentorship and the opportunity to present original research publicly througout the year. CURA LUNCH TALK S “The Marib Puzzle: A Case of Stability and Economic Activity in War-Torn Yemen” ............ Mohammed Al-Jaberi (SFS’19)

RE S EARCH FELLOW S • Ameena Almeer • Irakli Gobejishvili • Aiza Khan

“The History and Evolution of American Torture and Secret Prisons (1898-2008)” ........................ Ritica Ramesh (SFS’19)

PUBLICATION S FELLOW S • Shaza Afifi • Chaïmaa Benkermi • Younis Al-Agha • Hala Eid • Mohammed Al-Jaberi • Khansa Maria

CURA WORK S HOP S Designing a Research Question ....................... led by Mehran Kamrava, Professor and Director of CIRS

FACULTY RESEARCH FELLOWS • Najwa Al-Obaidli (Firat Oruc) • Anji Effat (Phoebe Musandu)

CURA S EMINAR S • Informal Politics in the Middle East • Science and Scientific Production in the Middle East

ADMINI STRATIVE FELLOW S • Riham Mansour • Khushboo Shah • Fatma Salari S UMMER FELLOW S • Suhile Darwish (Ohio State University) • Noor Shahzad (University of Toronto)

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Introduction to Research Methods ............................led by Justin Gengler, Qatar University’s Social and Economic Survey Research Institute

• Mehaira Mahgoub • Irene Promodh • Abdul Rehmaan Qayyum

S T U D E N T R E SEARCH H I G H LIG H TS UR E P 2 0 1 8 - 2 019 GU-Q students completed work on two projects from previous cycles, and were awarded three new Undergraduate Research Experience Program (UREP) grants from the Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) during 2018-2019. Breaking Down Stereotypes: Experimental Approach to Discrimination on the Basis of Nationality and Accent UREP PROJECT 21-103-5-011

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With a completion date of September 2018, this project extended literature on discrimination to the MENA region, using accents. By studying the decisions made in the Investment Game, researchers spent the past two years quantifying the extent of discrimination and deducing whether or not certain groups are more likely to discriminate.

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Student Researchers: ... Mohammad Taimur Ahmad ......................... Yara Alkahala ................... Yara Abdelmaged ..................... Awatif Al Habsi

UREP-sponsored research projects concluded in 2018

Faculty Mentors: ...........................Mongoljin Batsaikhan ............................... Sulagna Mookerjee

UREP PROJECT 21-099-6-009 With a completion date of December 2018, this project created an Arabic language comparison of the Qatari dialect used by elder generations and that used by younger generations. Using personal interviews, television, and radio records, the project aims to preserve the linguistic heritage of Qatar. Student Researchers: ........... AlMaha AlMohannadi ................... Fatima Al-Ansari .......................... Hissa Albadr ..................... Jassim Al-Thani ................ Maryam Al-Kuwari

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Faculty Mentors: ....................................Yehia Mohamed ................................. Rogaia Abusharaf Investigating the Resilience of Qatar’s Trade Network UREP PROJECT 23-148-5-036 This proposal seeks to investigate the resiliency of Qatar’s trade network using data from the United Nations’ Comtrade Database to detect products for which Qatar’s supply chain is potentially under-diversified.

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Preserving The Linguistic Heritage of Qatar: Language Change and Documentation

Student Researchers: ....................... Alisha Kamran (SFS’19) ........................... Halak Sheth (SFS’18) Faculty Mentor: ....................................... Jack Rossbach

out of 14 AURC participants were GU-Q students

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Jidariya: Every Day is National Day in Qatar UREP PROJECT 22-120-5-030 This research project systematically examines the visual, linguistic, and anthropological significance of Qatar’s Tamim Al-Majd Jidariya (billboard) and how it serves to solidify the idea of the nation, particularly in the wake of the blockade. Student Researchers: ............ Mohammed Al-Jaberi ................... Saoud Al-Ahmad .................... Ousman Camara .........Mohammed Al-Khulaifi

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Faculty Mentors: ................................. Rogaia Abusharaf ........................................ Suzi Mirgani ....................................Yehia Mohamed Qatar’s Establishment of Infant Industries in Response to the Blockade UREP PROJECT 22-180-5-048

Student Researcher: ...................... Rafia Al-Jassim (SFS’18) Faculty Mentor: .................................Alexis Antoniades

Fourteen students presented their research at the 8th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference under the theme “Borders, Boundaries, and Identities: Tackling New Global Challenges.” Their research covered a broad range of global issues, including the changing dynamics in the Gulf, plurality of national identity, sovereignty and borders, a historical analysis of the evolution of religion, America and the politics of contestation, and new economic challenges in Asia.

S TU DE NT R E SE A R C H O U T C O ME S Yara Alkahala (SFS’18) presented her Honors in the Major thesis, “Discrimination, Voice, and Trust: An Experimental Approach,” at the 2018 International Research Meeting in Business and Management in Nice, France. Obadah Khaled Diab (SFS’18) completed his Honors in the Major thesis on education in emergencies, with a focus on his homeland of Syria. The thesis was included as a case study in a United Nations report.

The AURC is an essential training ground for the next generation of scholars who will contribute to the development of their countries both here and abroad. —Dr. Ahmad Dallal, Dean

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This project studies the establishment of infant food, beverage, dairy, medicine, and construction material industries in Qatar as a response to the blockade and discusses how the state can protect them from competition until they are able to mature and compete.

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H O N O R S & C ERTIFICATE TH ESES Twelve students wrote Honors in the Major or Certificate Project theses in 2018-2019. They were each mentored by one of nine different faculty members.

Writing my thesis completely changed the course of my life—especially the academic side. I gained so many skills in the process, including writing, critical thinking, personal expression, and the ability to organize my thoughts and arrange my priorities.

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The Certificate in Media and Politics is jointly offered with Northwestern University in Qatar

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CULTURE & POLITIC S Asma Al-Jehani. “ ‘Returned Maids for Sale’: The Commodification of Domestic Workers in the Gulf.” .....................Yehia Mohamed (mentor)

AMERICAN S TUDIE S Ritica Ramesh. “Secret Abusers: The Extent and Scope of Domestic Violence in Police Communities.” ......................Karine Walther (mentor)

Shereen Elsayed. “Beirut is Burning: Drag in the Creation of a Queer Lebanese Identity.” ............................. Firat Oruc (mentor)

ARAB & REGIONAL STUDIE S Muneera Alsada. “Piracy in the Gulf: A Pretext for British Intervention.” ...............Abdullah Al-Arian (mentor)

Jessamine Perez. “Suicide Memes: Internet Users’ Anti-Future Expressions.” ............................. Firat Oruc (mentor)

Haya Alwaleed Al-Thani. “The Spatial Distribution of Qatari Tribes: An Ethnographic Study.” ................... Gerd Nonneman (mentor)

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC S Obadah Khaled Diab. “Ramifications of Conflict on Education: Assessing Functionality of Schools and Estimating Welfare Costs in Syria.” ........................Jack Rossbach (mentor)

Hala Eid. “The Egyptian Authority’s Legitimacy through the Instrumentalization of Islam and Cultural Power.” ........................ Amira Sonbol (mentor)

INTERNATIONAL HI STORY Ritica Ramesh. “The History and Evolution of American Torture and Secret Prisons (1898-2008).” ......................Karine Walther (mentor)

Rawan Yousif. “Borders Between Secularism and Neo-Ottomanism: How a Political Divergence Swayed Turkish Drama.” .....................Yehia Mohamed (mentor)

INTERNATIONAL POLITIC S Shiza Abbasi. “The Changing Contours of Resistance in Kashmir.” ....................... Uday Chandra (mentor)

MEDIA & POLITIC S Normeanne Joyce Sison. “Digital Media Disruption and Religion: Is God Online or Is God on the Line?” ........................... Rory Miller (mentor)

Zaubash Shakir. “NGOs as Educators: Civil Society and Primary Education in Islamabad.” ....................... Uday Chandra (mentor)

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GU-Q faculty research reflects a wide variety of academic interests and issues of concern to Qatar and the wider region. Faculty engaged in multiple research collaborations that led to conferences, symposia, colloquia, publications, and research grants in 2018-2019.

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C O L L A B O R AT I VE C O NFE R E NC E S & C O LLO Q U IA CHRI S TIAN & MU SLIM PER SPECTIVE S ON PALLIATIVE CARE & END OF LIFE

RETURNING FOREIGN FIGHTER S : POLICIES & ACTIONS TO ADDRESS THE THREAT & PROTECT VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES

CO-ORGANIZERS: GU-Q and the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life The conference, opened by Dean Ahmed Dallal and the president of the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, initiated a multidisciplinary exchange on the issues surrounding the treatment of patients facing life-threatening illness and death. The conference focused on opportunities and barriers to care in Qatar and the region.

V I S I T I N G S C H O LA R S Rajnaara Akhtar, De Montfort University (Scholar in Residence) Karim El Taki, Cambridge University Naosuke Mukoyama, Oxford University Zhanar B. Abdikadyrova, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

CO-ORGANIZERS: The Soufan Center, GU-Q, Qatar University, and the Qatar International Academy for Security Studies The Soufan Center brought together international experts, policy-makers, and intelligence and counterterrorism officials to address the challenges posed by returning foreign fighters. GU-Q’s Rory Miller and Gerd Nonneman were panel presenters, and later took part in the launch of The Gulf Crisis: The View from Qatar, edited by Rory Miller, and including contributions from multiple Education City researchers.

GU-Q guest speakers, working group participants, and scholars represented:

Aix-Marseille University Akdemistanbul Language Center American University of Beirut Susan Karamanian, Dean of CLPP, HBKU

American University of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan Ashghal Public Works Authority, Qatar Ashoka University Autonomous University of Madrid Baylor University Binghamton University Boston University

RE-IMAGINING REGIONAL S ECURIT Y IN THE MIDDLE EA ST CO-SPONSORS: The Gerda Henkel Foundation and GU-Q This GU-Q conference brought together leading academics and experts working in the fields of mass media, international relations, and security studies, for fruitful discussions on regional security topics.

LEGAL & OTHER RE SPON S ES TO TARGETING POLITICAL KILLING S CO-ORGANIZERS: HBKU College of Law and Public Policy and GU-Q This colloquium explored the political underpinnings of targeted killings, and addressed the legal and other responses available to states to restrict and ultimately eliminate such events.

Bourse & Bazaar British Library Cambridge Muslim College Columbia University Cornell University Doha Institute of Graduate Studies Duke University Durham University Earlham School of Religion

I NS T I TU T I O N A L R E S E A R C H CO LLABO RATO RS • Kennedy School of Ethics, Georgetown University • Northwestern University in Qatar • Pontifical Academy for Life, Vatican • Qatar International Academy for Security Studies • Qatar University • Soufan Center • University of Arizona • University of Bradford • Western Sydney University

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• Cranfield University • Edmund D. Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics, Georgetown University Medical Center • Georgetown University School of Foreign Service • Gerda Henkel Foundation • Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva • Hamad Bin Khalifa University College of Law and Public Policy

European University at St. Petersburg George Mason University Georgetown University Hamad Bin Khalifa University Hamad Medical Corporation Hashemite University Indian School of Business Indiana University Iranian Space Agency Istanbul 29 Mayis University

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9 peer-reviewed journal articles, 5 book chapters and an online encyclopedia have been written as a result of the Islamic Bioethics research project

NPRP 8-1478-6-053 Since initial funding in 2009, the Islamic Bioethics Project, in coordination with the Kennedy Institute The project of Ethics at Georgetown University, has organized scholarly meetings, has contributed inspired academic activities, and received several other grants and awards entries on 45 through 2020. The project has been supported by grants from the topics to the Oxford National Priorities Research Program (NPRP) of the Qatar National Islamic Studies Research Fund (QNRF). The most recent grant, “Structure of the Online portal Nuclear Family in the Wake of Genetic and Reproductive Technologies,” explores the impact of biomedical technology on Islamic family regulations.

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• Marcia Claire Inhorn, professor of medical anthropology, Yale University • Inmaculada de Melo-Martin, professor of medical ethics, Cornell University • Mohammad Fadel, shari’a law expert and associate professor, University of Toronto New articles for the Encyclopedia of Islamic Bioethics are periodically published by the project on the Oxford Islamic Studies Online portal.

Shabana, Ayman. 2019. “Transformation of the Concept of the Family in the Wake of Genomic Sequencing: An Islamic m Perspective.” In Ay Islamic Ethics and the Genome Question, edited by Mohammed Ghaly. Leiden: Brill. 80-110.

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In October 2018, scholars from across the humanities and social sciences gathered to discuss this critical topic, as well as religious and secular approaches to Islamic bioethics. Conference presenters included:

BOOK CHAPTER S Monroe, Kristin. 2019. “Muslims and Assisted Reproduction.” In Handbook of Contemporary Islam and Muslim Lives, edited by Mark Woodward and Ronald Lukens-Bull. Cham: Springer. 1-19.

FAMILY S TR UCTURE IN THE WAKE OF GENETIC & REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIE S CONFERENCE The twentieth century has witnessed many life-changing scientific and technological breakthroughs that touch almost all aspects of human life at the individual and collective levels.

Though genetic and reproductive technologies have introduced solutions to many problems, they have equally raised challenging social, legal and ethical questions.

JOURNAL ARTICLE Serrano-Ruano, Delfina. 2018. “Redefining Paternal Filiation through DNA Testing: Law and the Children of Unmarried Mothers in the Maghreb.” Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies, 14 (3). 292-313.

GU-Q guest speakers, working group participants, and scholars represented:

Istanbul Şehir University

L E GAL I N N O VAT I O N T O E M POW E R D E V E L O P M EN T: DE S I GNI N G & B U I L D I N G A N ONL I NE “ T R A D E L A B ” I N Q ATAR NPRP 7-1815-5-272 The Trade Lab project leverages internet technologies to broaden access to legal expertise on the World Trade Organization, free trade, and investment protection treaties, and their implementation in Qatar and the region. The three-year NPRP grant is helping to develop tradelab.org, and involves researchers from: • Georgetown University • Georgetown University in Qatar • Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva • Qatar University • University of Arizona 2018-2019 OUTCOMES BOOK Pauwelyn, Joost and Mengyi Wang, eds. 2019. Building Legal Capacity for a More Inclusive Globalization. Geneva: The Graduate Institute. JOURNAL ARTICLE S Brummer, Chris, and Joost Pauwelyn, eds, 2018. Trade Lab Special Issue. Journal of International Review of Law, 2018 (1).

Pauwelyn, Joost. 2019. WTO Dispute Settlement Post 2019: What to Expect? Journal of International Economic Law, 22(3). 297–321. Puig, Sergio. 2019. International Indigenous Economic Law. U.C. Davis Law Review, 52 (3). 1243-1316.

Jagiellonian University, Poland KEDGE Business School

S A FE G U A R DING FO O D & E NVIR O NME NT IN Q ATA R ( S A FE -Q ) NPRP 7-1103-5-156 The SAFE-Q research project is a three year collaborative investigation into how and why food is wasted in Qatar. Concluded this year, the NPRP project was funded by QNRF in 2015 and involved researchers from: • Georgetown University in Qatar • Cranfield University • University of Bradford • Western Sydney University 2018-2019 OUTCOMES JOURNAL ARTICLE Irani, Zahir et al. 2018. “Managing Food Security Through Food Waste and Loss: Small Data to Big Data.” Computers & Operations Research, 98. 367-383. CONFERENCE PAPER Shamsul, Huda. “Methodology that Combined Structured Expert Judgement and Delphi Techniques.” Paper presented at the International Conference on Applied Analysis and Mathematical Modeling, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2018.

KIMEP University King’s College London Koç University Leiden University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Michigan State University Middle Tennessee State University Ministry of Education and Science, Kazakhstan Moscow State Institute of International Relations National Defense Academy, Austria Nazarbayev University Northwestern University in Qatar Notre Dame University Nottingham Trent University Qatar Ministry of Public Health Qatar University Real News Network Risk Advisory Group, U.K. Russian State University for the Humanities Rutgers University S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies Sabancı University Sakarya University

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Pauwelyn, Joost and Weiwei Zhang, 2018. Busier than Ever? A Data-Driven Assessment and Forecast of WTO Caseload. Journal of International Economic Law, 21 (3). 461–487.

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The Indian Ocean World working group meets regularly to discuss books, and plan conferences, symposia, and other events that promote research around connectivities in the Indian Ocean World. One of the group’s aims is to provide a “re-mapping” of the region through case studies that offer a variety of perspectives on circularities and identities forged in the wider Indian Ocean region. The working group features two major projects:

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Symposium 2018-2019 This year’s symposium, Towards a Re-Mapping of Diasporic Circularities in the Indian Ocean World, explored and redefined the diverse cultural, economic, and historical ties between countries in the Gulf region and Africa. Featuring a panel of scholars from core team members and experts from institutions in India, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa, and the U.S., presenters explored the following issues through case studies from cities in Qatar, India, Madagascar, Tanzania, and others including: • oil and wages • pre-modern histories • Islamic revivalism networks in the Malay-Indonesian world • the role of sheikhs as community builders • mobility, race, and slavery • interracial unions and colonial ethics • turn-of-the-century maritime military history

AL-FIRIJ Taken from the Qatari word for neighborhood, the Al-Firij website provides an opportunity for discussion and open exchange between faculty, students, and the wider community.  Join the Al-Firij conversation at http://firij.georgetown.domains/ Re-Mapping Africa and the Indian Ocean Created by members of the working group, the focus of Al-Firij is an interactive map-sharing platform that gives scholars the opportunity to share their research with others and hold open discussion about the subject.

Al-Firij provides a platform for additional research projects: TRACING WAQF Tracing Waqf is a resource and manuscript sharing website, that aims to reshape the meaning of waqf to its original intention. 100+ WOMEN 100+ Women is a biography sharing website that features Arab women’s lived realities of the past and present.

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San Diego State University

CI R S W OR K I N G G R O UP S CIRS brings experts together to discuss relevant topics, hold meetings about potential research, and publish the results of those discussions. Each project typically holds two sessions, giving scholars the chance to present and receive feedback from their peers ahead of publication. THE GCC CRI S I S : QATAR & IT S NEIGHBOR S Working Group I This project aims to better understand the causes of the dynamics at work through examining the social, political, and economic consequences of the ongoing crisis in the GCC—the land, maritime, and airspace blockade on Qatar that began in 2017. HEALTHCARE ACCE SS FOR S INGLE MALE LABORER S IN QATAR Working Group II CIRS brought together scholars and government entities to investigate single male laborers’ access to healthcare and formulate policy recommendations for improvements of the state of migrant health in Qatar.

NATION BUILDING IN CENTRAL A S IA Working Group II This research examines how Central Asian states have navigated their early dilemmas, what their 30-year path towards nation building has been

POLITICAL ECONOM Y OF THE CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EA ST Working Group I This working group explores a variety of topics, including globalization since 2011, post-uprising neoliberal policies, military-private sector relations, development policies, the shifting boundaries of economic integration, state bureaucracy, mechanisms and instruments of informal economies, and the dilemma of foreign direct investments. R U SS IA & THE MIDDLE EA S T Working Group I This research looks at Russia’s increasingly proactive and consequential involvement in the Middle East, including the drivers behind partnerships, economic cooperation, Islamic extremism and Russian foreign policy, and contemporary migration patterns. S CIENCE & S CIENTIFIC PRODUCTION IN THE MIDDLE EA S T Working Group I & II This research examines Islamic ethics and the legitimacy of scientific innovation in the Middle East by contrasting issues such as social inequality, the role of women, economic policies, the military-industrial complex, consumerism, and sanctions with scientific production in the Arab World.

Save the Children School of Oriental and African Studies Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) Southeastern University of Sri Lanka Towson University Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) Research Center University College London University of Bonn University of California, Los Angeles University of Cambridge University of Chicago University of Exeter University of Jyvaskyla University of Kashmir University of Lille University of Manchester University of Manouba University of Massachusetts-Amherst University of Michigan University of Milan University of Oregon University of Oxford University of Peshawar University of Pretoria University of Tartu University of Tübingen

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INFORMAL POLITIC S IN THE MIDDLE EA S T Working Group II Since the Arab Spring there has been an increasing academic and policy interest in studying the role and influence of informal spaces where networks of activism might develop. This research focuses on the historical roots of such networks in the Middle East and their capacity for political engagement.

like, and what the consequences for particular strategies adopted for the different states have been.

Sapienza University of Rome

Warwick University World Innovation Summit for Health

C I R S S UP P O RT FO R FA C U LT Y CIRS provides a number of research opportunities for faculty at GU-Q, including fellowship opportunities, engagement with international scholars, publication workshops, lectures, discussions, and grants for original fieldwork on issues related to the Gulf, the Middle East, and Asia. Activities include dissemination of faculty research, and inviting top scholars to GU-Q to further develop research in relevant fields.

C E NT ER F O R I N T E R N AT I O NA L & RE GI O N A L S T UD I E S ( C I R S ) CIRS is devoted to the academic study of regional and international issues through dialogue and the exchange of ideas, research, and scholarship. The center also facilitates engagement with national and international scholars, opinion-makers, practitioners, and activists. EACH Y EAR, CIR S…

Initiatives involve up to 20 scholars

S PON S OR S RE SEARCH INITIATIVE S CIRS sponsors research initiatives on topics including international relations, political economy, and regional politics. Initiatives are typically sponsored for 18–24 months.

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S UPPORT S LOCAL S CHOLAR S HIP CIRS Faculty Fellowships are offered annually to GU-Q and Qatar University faculty who present their research and engage with students and faculty.

PROMOTE S S TUDENT RE SEARCH CIRS supports student scholarship through the CIRS Undergraduate Research Advancement (CURA) program and by offering student participation in faculty-fellow research workshops, publications, and other research activities. ORGANIZE S COMMUNIT Y ENGAGEMENT CIRS has welcomed more than 15,000 members of the community to public events since it was founded in 2007.

FACULT Y FELLOW S HIP S CIRS annually awards a Faculty Fellowship to one faculty member from GU-Q and one from Qatar University to encourage original research. Fellows are invited to present their research at a lecture sponsored by CIRS. Faculty Fellows for 2018-2019 were: • Phoebe Musandu, GU-Q • Alanoud Al-Maadeed, Qatar University FACULT Y LECTURE S CIRS invites faculty from GU-Q to deliver a variety of public lectures in the form of dialogues and focused discussions for the wider community in Qatar. The work of GU-Q faculty members is often featured at CIRS community outreach events. CIRS also contributed to the research environment by hosting seven scholars from local institutions, including: • Qatar University • Doha Institute for Graduate Studies • National Defense University • VCUarts Qatar • Al Jazeera

Phoebe Musandu was one of four faculty members featured at CIRS community outreach events this academic year

FOCU S ED DI S CU SS ION S CIRS Focused Discussions provide an intellectual forum for academics, artists, diplomats, and opinion leaders to engage with students and the public on topics of interest. This year, the series included:

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Access Denied: Banning Qatari Ships from Blockading States Muna Al-Marzouqi, Qatar University

Fundamentalist Metamorphosis: Hezbollah’s Ideological Evolution from Idealism to Pragmatism Massaab Al-Aloosy, Al Jazeera Network Prospects for a Peaceful Democratic Transition in Sudan Abdelwahab El-Affendi, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

Taking Measure of U.S. Foreign Policy Richard L. Russell, National Defense University

lectures and talks involving GU-Q faculty members hosted by CIRS between 2007 and 2019 FACULT Y PUBLICATION WORK SHOP S CIRS faculty publication workshops bring together scholars and experts in a particular field to critique a manuscript authored by a GU-Q faculty member. This year, Firat Oruc’s manuscript “Postmodernity and Film: A Cultural History of the Moving Image in the Arabian Peninsula” was the subject of a one-day workshop.

The Impact of Business and Political News on the GCC Stock Market Alanoud Al-Maadeed, Qatar University

DIALOGUE S ERIE S BOOK LAUNCHE S Kamrava, Mehran. 2018. Troubled Waters: Insecurity in the Persian Gulf. Cornell University Press.

Western Higher Education in Global Contexts Mohana Rajakumar, VCUarts Qatar

Verhoeven, Harry. ed. 2018. Environmental Politics in the Middle East. Hurst.

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“Serve... As Best We Can:” A Local East African Newspaper vs. the State and Market Forces Phoebe Musandu, GU-Q

CIRS Faculty Fellowships 2012−2019: 7 to GU-Q faculty and 7 to Qatar University faculty

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Rogaia Abusharaf: Omani-Zanzibari Identity at the Intersection of Political Violence and Forced Migration.

Alexis Antoniades: Price Dispersion Across Regions, Retailers, and Countries: Comparing the UAE, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Bahrain.

Mongolijn Batsaikhan: Gender Inequity, Social Capital, Economics, and Discrimination in Developing Countries.

Jose Asturias: The Collapse of Internal Trade During the Great Recession: The Case of Spain.

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Jack Rossbach: Understanding International and Regional Trade Dynamics.

Mahmoud Al-Ashiri: Towards a Word List of the Most Frequent Words of Standard Arabic Heard by Arab Children in an Annotated Corpus.

Karl Widerquist: Basic Income: Essential Knowledge.

Abbas Al-Tonsi: From Reading to Writing.

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Abdul Rahman Chamseddine: Handbook for Formal Spoken Arabic.

M. Reza Pirbhai: Indo-Arabia: The History of a Lost Region; An Autobiography of Pakistan.

Hany Fazza: Employersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Perceptions and Expectations of the GU-Q Arabic Language Graduates. Yehia Mohamed: Analysis of Heritage Language Learner Error in Written Arabic. Hana Zabarah: Arabic as a Heritage Language in the U.S.; Arabic Grammatical Textbooks in the Islamic Middle Ages.

Max Oidtmann: Qing Colonialism and the History of Tibetan Law. James Reardon-Anderson: A History of Qatar and the Arabian Gulf in the 19th Century. Amira Sonbol: Tying the Knot: History of Marriage in Islam.

Karine Walther: American Christians for Palestine/Spreading the Faith: American Missionaries, Aramco, and the Birth of the U.S.-Saudi Special Relationship, 1889-1953. Karl Widerquist: The Prehistory of Private Property.

PO LITIC S Sonia Alonso: Responsiveness vs. Representation in Democracies: The Mainstream Right in Spain. Uday Chandra: Religious Nationalism, Populism, and Democracy in India.

Ayman Shabana: Legal Status of Medical Treatment.

Mehran Kamrava: Righteous Politics: Power and Legitimacy in Iran.

Sohaira Siddiqui: Rise, Reformulations and Resistance: Anglo-Muhammadan Law.

Anatol Lieven: Climate Change and the Nation State: An Alliance for the Future.

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Rory Miller: The Last Temptation: External Intervention in Palestine.

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Ian Almond: Decentering World Literature: Mexico, Turkey, and Bengal.

Harry Verhoeven: Africa’s Illiberal State Builders. Clyde Wilcox: Research into Millennial Political Attitudes.

Omar Khalifa: The Kanafani Plot: Staging the Palestinians’ Return in Contemporary Palestinian Literature.

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Karine Walther

Amira El-Zein: A Tribute to the Work of the Arab American Writer and Artist, Etel Adnan.

Akintunde Akinade: Engaging Pentecostal Power in Africa and in the Diaspora. Abdullah Al-Arian: Islamism/ Nationalism Project; American Muslims Project.

Firat Oruc: Cinema and Visual Representation in the Arabian Peninsula.

Jeremy Koons: The Ethics of Wilfrid Sellars.

Mohamed Zayani: The Middle East’s Evolving Information Ecosystem.

Patrick Laude: Studies on Ramana Maharshi, 1879-1950.

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Phoebe Musandu: The Business and Politics of a Postcolonial East African Print Media Sector: 1960-1990.

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Edward Kolla: History of the Passport and Change in International Law.

Amanda Garett: Political Opportunism and “Racially” Coded Campaigns: How the European Refugee Crisis Impacts the Right’s Anti-Immigrant Message in the U.K. and Germany.

Research Dissemination PU B L I C AT I O N S GU-Q faculty and CIRS researchers produce scholarship across a range of disciplines. Their work addresses topics that include economics, literature, bioethics, history, law, media, politics, and religion, with a particular focus on Qatar and the wider region.

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books facilitated by CIRS this year (two were edited by GU-Q faculty members)

B O O K S ( A UT H OR E D & E DIT E D) Gómez, Braulio, Laura Cabeza, and Sonia Alonso Sáenz de Oger, eds. 2019. En busca del poder territorial. Cuatro décadas de elecciones autonómicas en España. Madrid: Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas. Kamrava, Mehran. 2018. Inside the Arab State. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Koons, Jeremy. 2018. The Ethics of Wilfrid Sellars. New York: Routledge.

Miller, Rory, ed. 2018. The Gulf Crisis: The View from Qatar. Doha: HBKU Press. Mirgani, Suzi, ed. 2018. Art and Cultural Production in the GCC. New York: Routledge. GE OR GETO W N UNIV ER SI TY I N QATAR

books authored or edited by GU-Q scholars in 2018-2019

GU-Q’s annual research output constitutes a robust body of work, which in turn, contributes to Qatar’s emergence as a global center of knowledge production.

Meadows, Patrick. Le Testament D’Allan Berg. Paris: Infolio, 2018.

Musandu, Phoebe. 2018. Pressing Interests: The Agenda and Influence of a Colonial East African Newspaper Sector. Canada: McGill-Queen’s University Press.

Siddiqui, Sohaira. 2019. Law and Politics under the Abbasids: An Intellectual Portrait of al-Juwayni. London: Cambridge University Press. Siddiqui, Sohaira, ed. 2019. Locating the Shari’a: Legal Fluidity in Theory, History and Practice. Boston: Brill. Widerquist, Karl. 2018. A Critical Analysis of Basic Income Experiments for Researchers, Policymakers, and Citizens. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

CIR S FACILITATED BOOK S Buehler, Matt.* 2018. Why Alliances Fail: Islamist and Leftist Coalitions in North Africa. Ithaca: Syracuse University Press. Oruc, Firat, ed. 2019. Sites of Pluralism: Community Politics in the Middle East. London: Oxford University Press/Hurst. Verhoeven, Harry, ed. 2018. Environmental Politics in the Middle East. London: Oxford University Press/ Hurst.

* Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Tennessee

BOOK CH A P T E R S Almond, Ian. 2018. “Looking at Myth in Modern Mexican Literature.” In Language and Literature in a Glocal World, edited by Sandhya Rao Mehta. Singapore: Springer. 139-161. Babar, Zahra. 2018. “Enduring ‘Contested’ Citizenship in the GCC.” In The Middle East in Transition: The Centrality of Citizenship, edited by Nils A. Butenschøn and Roel Meijer. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. 115-132. Laude, Patrick. 2018. “A Gnostic Concept of the Avatāra: Meditating Frithjof Schuon’s ‘Divine Anthropology.’” In Oikosophia - From the Intelligence of the Heart to Ecophilosophy, edited by Daniela Boccassini. Milan, Italy: Mimesis Edizioni. 285-307.

Lieven, Anatol. 2019. “The Afghan Peace Process.” In Comparing Peace Processes, edited by Alpaslan Ozerdem and Roger MacGinty. New York: Routledge. 37-56. Miller, Rory. 2018. “Introduction.” In The Gulf Crisis: The View from Qatar, edited by Rory Miller. Doha: HBKU Press. 9-16.

Professor of Critical Theory, Mohamed Zayani, won the International Communication Book Award from the International Studies Association for his book, Networked Publics and Digital Contention—the fifth major award the book has received to date. Zayani’s book narrates the story of the co-evolution of technology and society in Tunisia, explores the emergence of digital media and new forms of online engagement, and charts how all of this has impacted the relationship between the state and its subjects.

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Lieven, Anatol. 2019. “Pakistan’s Counter-Insurgency Victory.” In Countering Insurgencies and Violent Extremism in South and Southeast Asia, edited by Shanthie Mariet D’Souza. New York: Routledge. 166-190.

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Shabana, Ayman. 2018. “Custom in the Islamic Legal Tradition.” In Oxford Handbook of Islamic Law, edited by Anver Emon and Rumee Ahmed. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 231-248.

Nonneman, Gerd. 2018. “The Qatar Crisis Through the Lens of Foreign Policy Analysis.” In The Gulf Crisis: The View from Qatar, edited by Rory Miller. Doha: HBKU Press. 90-100.

Shabana, Ayman. 2019. “The Place of Custom in Islamic Law: Past and Present.” In Routledge Handbook of Islamic Law, edited by Khaled Abou El Fadl, Ahmad Atif Ahmad, and Said Fares Hassan. New York: Routledge. 286-300.

Nonneman, Gerd and John E. Peterson. 2018. “Saudi Arabia: History.” In The Middle East and North Africa 2019, 65th ed., edited by Europa Publications. London: Routledge. 991-1005. ba

Miller, Rory. 2018. “Qatar, the Gulf Crisis and Small State Behavior in International Affairs.” In The Gulf Crisis: The View from Qatar, edited by Rory Miller. Doha: HBKU Press. 89-97.

Pirbhai, Mohammed Reza. 2018. “A Historiography of Islamic Law in the Mughal Empire.” In The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Law, edited by Anver M. Emon and Rumee Ahmed. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 493-510. Ruiz-Rufino, Rubén and Sonia Alonso Sáenz de Oger. 2019. “Gobiernos impotentes, ciudadanos desconcertados: la percepción ciudadana de la autonomía de los gobiernos en la Eurozona (20022014).” In Política de la Unión Europea: crisis y continuidad, edited by Cristina Ares and Luis Bouza. Madrid: Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas. 1-17. Shabana, Ayman. 2019. “Transformation of the Concept of the Family in the Wake of Genomic Sequencing: An Islamic Perspective.” In Islamic Ethics and the Genome Question, edited by Mohammed Ghaly. Leiden: Brill. 80-112.

Shabana, Ayman. 2019. “Bioethics and Islamic Law.” In Routledge Handbook of Islamic Law, edited by Khaled Abou El Fadl, Ahmad Atif Ahmad, and Said Fares Hassan. New York: Routledge. 112-124. Siddiqui, Sohaira. 2018. “Religious Arguments and Counter Arguments During the Gulf Crisis.” In The Gulf Crisis: The View from Qatar, edited by Rory Miller. Doha: HBKU Press. 49-57. Verhoeven, Harry. 2018. “The Other Gulf Cold War: GCC Rivalries in Africa.” In The Gulf Crisis: The View from Qatar, edited by Rory Miller. Doha: HBKU Press. 136-144.

A RTIC LE S IN R E FE R E E D JO U R NA L S Akinade, Akintunde E. 2018. “Compassion: Loving Our Neighbor in an Age of Globalization.” Religions, 11. Aktas, Emel, Hafize Sahin, Zeynep Topaloglu, Akunna Oledinma, Abul Kalam Samsul Huda, Zahir Irani, Amir M. Sharif, Tamara van’t Wout, and Mehran Kamrava. 2018. “A Consumer Behavioural Approach to Food Waste.” Journal of Enterprise Information Management, 31 (5).

Almond, Ian. 2018. “Divine Needs, Divine Illusions: Preliminary Observations on the Comparative Study of Meister Eckhart and Ibn Al’ Arabi.” Philosophy of Religion: Analytic Researches, 2 (3). Babar, Zahra, Michael Ewers, and Nabil Khattab. 2019. “Im/mobile Highly Skilled Migrants in Qatar.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 45 (9). Chandra, Uday. 2018. “Review EssayMegan Moodie, ‘We Were Adivasi: Aspiration in an Indian Scheduled Tribe ’.” Journal of South Asian Development, 13 (3). Fahy, John. 2018. “International Relations and Faith-based Diplomacy: The Case of Qatar.” The Review of Faith & International Affairs, 16 (3). Hassan, Islam. 2018. “Review of Modernity and the Museum in the Arabian Peninsula by Karen Exell.” Museum and Society, 16 (3). Hassan, Islam. 2018. “Social Stratification in Qatari Society: Family, Marriage, and Khalījī Culture,” HAWWA: CIRS Special Issue, 16 (144–169).

Laude, Patrick. 2018. “Qu’est-Ce Que L’absolu?” Ultreia!, 15. Miller, Rory and Harry Verhoeven. 2019. “Overcoming Smallness: Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Strategic Realignment in the Gulf.” International Politics, 56 (4). Musandu, Phoebe. 2018. “Tokenism or Representation? The Political Careers of the First African Women in Kenya’s Legislative Council (LEGCO), 1958– 1962.” Women’s History Review, 28 (4). Nonneman, Gerd. 2019. “Europe and the Middle East in the Face of Regional Shifts and U.S. Policy Under Trump.” Chuto Dokobunseki, 17 (10). https://jime.ieej.or.jp/en/report_detail. php?article_info__id=10818 Oruc, Firat. 2018. “Rewriting the Legacy of the Turkish Exile of Comparative Literature: Philology and Nationalism in Istanbul, 1933–1946.” Journal of World Literature, 3 (3). Oruc, Firat. 2019. “Transoceanic Orientalism and Embodied Translation in Sayyida Salme/Emily Ruete’s Memoirs.” HAWWA, 17 (1).

Kamrava, Mehran. 2018. “Oil and Institutional Stasis in the Persian Gulf.” Journal of Arabian Studies: CIRS Special Issue, 8 (S1).

Siddiqui, Sohaira. 2019. “Navigating Colonial Power: Challenging Precedents and the Limitation of Local Elites.” Journal of Islamic Law and Society, 26 (3).

Koons, Jeremy. 2018. “Theism and the Criminalization of Sin.” European Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 10 (1).

Van Parijs, Philippe, and Karl Widerquist. 2019. “Why Private Property?” Raisons politiques: études de pensée politique, 1.

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Kamrava, Mehran. 2018. “Multipolarity and Instability in the Middle East.” Orbis, 62(4).

Siddiqui, Sohaira. 2018. “Sunni Authority’s Legitimate Plurality.” Oasis: Christians and Muslims in the Global World, 27. https://www.oasiscenter.eu/ en/sunni-islam-many-authorities

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faculty book launch events in 2018-2019

Verhoeven, Harry. 2018. “The Gulf and the Horn: Changing Geographies of Security Interdependence and Competing Visions of Regional Order.” Civil Wars, 20 (3). Wanucha, Elizabeth, and Zahra Babar. 2018. “Guest Editors’ Introduction; Family in the Arabian Peninsula: An Analytical Framework.” HAWWA: CIRS Special Issue, 16 (1–25). Widerquist, Karl and Thomas Straubhaar. 2018. “Universal Basic Income–New Answer to New Questions for the German Welfare State in the 21st Century.” CESifo Forum, 19 (3). Widerquist, Karl. 2018. “The Devil’s in the Caveats: A Brief Discussion of the Difficulties of Basic Income Experiments.” CESifo Forum, 19 (3). Widerquist, Karl. 2019. “The Pursuit of Accord: Toward a Theory of Justice with a Second-Best Approach to the Insider-Outsider Problem.” Raisons politiques: études de pensée politique, 1.

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Wolf, Michael P. and Jeremy Koons. 2018. “The Ordinary Language Case for Contextualism and the Relevance of Radical Doubt.” Contemporary Pragmatism, 15 (1).

CIR S S PECIAL I SS UE S Wanucha, Elizabeth, and Zahra Babar, eds. 2018. “CIRS Special Issue: Family in the Arabian Peninsula.” HAWWA, 16. Kamrava, Mehran, ed. 2018. “CIRS Special Issue: The Resource Curse in the Persian Gulf.” Journal of Arabian Studies, 8 (S1).

K -10 Q ATA R A R A B IC T E X T B O O K S E R IE S Associate Professor of Arabic, Mahmoud Al-Ashiri, led the curricular development and testing of the official Arabic Textbook series for Native Arabic speakers, grades K-10, in Qatar. Sponsored by the Qatar Ministry of Education and Higher Education, the textbook series includes scannable barcodes that allow users to download video and audio content.

FA C U LT Y B O O K LA U NC H E VE NT S Faculty book launches showcase the successful publication of books authored or edited by faculty, and involve members of the community. • Arabic Textbooks K-10, edited by Mahmoud Al-Ashiri • A Critical Analysis of Basic Income Experiments, by Karl Widerquist • Forging the Golden Urn: The Qing Empire and the Politics of Reincarnation in Tibet, by Max Oidtman • Environmental Politics in the Middle East, by Harry Verhoeven, ed. • Troubled Waters: Insecurity in the Persian Gulf, by Mehran Kamrava

CI RS RE P O RT S CIRS facilitates and publishes research of regional and international significance in the form of peer-reviewed occasional papers and summary reports in Arabic and in English. This work is available to the public and includes:

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(Translated by Naser Dumairieh). Occasional Paper Series, no. 21. Doha: CIRS.

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‫العدالــة االنتقاليــة يف الرشق األوســط‬ .٢٠١٨ ،‫وشــال أفريقيا‬

[Transitional Justice in the Middle East and North Africa.] Summary Report, no. 16. Doha: CIRS.

.٢٠١٨ ،‫اللعبــة الكــرى يف غرب آســيا‬

‫اإلنتــاج الفنــي والثقــايف يف دول مجلس‬ .٢٠١٨ ،‫التعــاون الخليجــي‬

[Art and Cultural Production in the GCC.] Summary Report, no. 18. Doha: CIRS.

.٢٠١٩ ،‫ديناميكيــات األمــن املتغــرة يف الخليج‬

[ The Changing Security Dynamics of the Persian Gulf.] Summary Report, no. 19. Doha: CIRS.

‫ الصــن و الرشق‬:‫النجمــة الحمــراء والهــال‬ .٢٠١٨ ،‫األوسط‬

[The Red Star and the Crescent: China and the Middle East.] Summary Report, no. 21. Doha: CIRS.

.٢٠١٨ ،‫الرشق األوســط الرقمي‬

[Digital Middle East.] Summary Report, no. 22. Doha: CIRS

.٢٠١٨ ،‫التيّــارات االجتامعيــة يف شــال أفريقيا‬

[Social Currents in North Africa: Culture and Governance after the Arab Spring.] Summary Report, no. 23. Doha: CIRS.

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[The Great Game in West Asia.] Summary Report, no. 17. Doha: CIRS.

[Critical Issues in Healthcare Policy and Politics in the GCC States.] Summary Report, no. 20. Doha: CIRS.

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—Yehia Mohamed, Associate Professor of Arabic

A N N UA L FA C U LT Y R E S E A R C H C ONFE R E NC E Transformations and Continuities in Islamic Intellectual Thought, this year’s faculty research conference, brought together leading scholars involved in research on Islamic intellectual thought between the 16th and 18th centuries. The two-day conference featured research on topics in social and intellectual history, law and politics, reason and ethics, and culture and literature, all in the Muslim world across these centuries. The conference involved the British Library and leading universities from Qatar, the U.S., Europe, and more.

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The Arabic language faculty organized the first annual conference, Arabic Heritage Education: Pedagogy, Challenges, and Prospects. The two-day conference held in April 2019, convened leading scholars and educators to address the special learning requirements of students who speak colloquial Arabic and/or have a cultural connection to the language yet often lack proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). GU-Q offers robust Arabic programming including MSA Foreign Language, MSA Heritage Language, and the option of a minor in Arabic.

Gábor Ágoston, Faculty Research Conference

The Arabic Heritage Education Conference is the first of its kind in the region at the academic level. It tackles the issues of Arabic heritage learners, a group rapidly growing in the Arab world due to cultural and social changes in recent years.

Faculty research and expertise is disseminated through participation in conferences, symposia, workshops, study groups, and other similar activities in Doha and around the world. GU-Q hosts a variety of academic events for its faculty, staff, and students, as well as for the broader community in Qatar. Events include the faculty seminar series, faculty book launches, and conversations with colleagues from leading global institutions. In 2018-2019, GU-Q hosted the following events:

CA MB R IDG E U NIVE R S IT Y B O O K S E R IE S W O R K S H O P This year, GU-Q hosted a launch workshop for the Cambridge University Press Book Series on Intelligence and National Security in Africa and the Middle East. GU-Q professors Rory Miller and Harry Verhoeven collaborated with professor Clive Jones of Durham University to recruit talented authors to the project. The workshop featured experts from GU-Q and: • Durham University • Qatar University • King’s College London • University of Pretoria • Austrian National Defense Academy • Paris Institute of Political Studies

Sohaira Siddiqui, Faculty Seminar Series

9 GU-Q faculty members were moderators for events in the 2018-2019 Faculty Seminar Series

FACU LT Y S E MI N A R S E R I E S The Faculty Seminar Series provides a forum for discussion and offers GU-Q faculty the opportunity to present research, receive feedback from peers, and connect with colleagues from various regional and international universities. This year’s series incuded the following presentations: Current Approaches to World Literature: Reviewing the Debates Presenter: Ian Almond, GU-Q The Past as Prologue: NATO Enlargement and the Origins of Russian Revisionism Presenter: Joshua Shifrinson, Boston University Moderator: Amanda Garrett, GU-Q Pluralism and Contentious Politics in France Presenter: Amanda Garrett, GU-Q Oil Documentaries of Arabia Presenter: Firat Oruc, GU-Q

Shaikh Qasim Al-Thani and the Emergence of Qatar Presenter: James Reardon-Anderson, GU-Q Staging the Incas in Colonial Lima Presenter: Maria Soledad Barbón, University of Massachusetts at Amherst Moderator: Ian Almond, GU-Q

Intersectional Theology Presenter: Grace Ji-Sun Kim, Earlham School of Religion Moderator: Akintunde Akinade, GU-Q Just Labour Markets: Asset Equality vs. Workplace Democracy? Presenter: Christian Schemmel, University of Manchester Moderator: Karl Widerquist, GU-Q Developing Future Pasts: Recalibration of Islamic Tradition in Intensive Education Settings Presenter: Zainab Kabba, Cambridge Muslim College Moderator: Sohaira Siddiqui, GU-Q From ‘Ergenekon’ to ‘Mastermind’: Political Melodramas of Conspiracy in Turkey Presenter: Erdağ Göknar, Duke University Moderator: Firat Oruc, GU-Q

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Revolutionary Nonviolence Presenter: Mark Lance, Georgetown University Moderator: Jeremy Koons, GU-Q

Market Access, Trade Costs, and Technology Adoption: Evidence from Northern Tanzania Presenter: Shilpa Aggarwal, Indian School of Business Moderator: Jose Asturias, GU-Q

A CA D E MI C S E R VIC E TO T H E PR O FE SS IO N GU-Q faculty serve in editorial roles on academic journals, are active members of scholarly associations and scientific councils, and advise on the programming of at least five universities. ACADEMIC JOURNALS ADVI S ORY & EDITORIAL BOARD Abusharaf, Rogaia. HAWWA: Journal of Women in the Middle East and the Islamic World. Leiden: Brill. Agoston, Gabor. Turkish Historical Review. Cambridge: University of Cambridge/Brill.

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Agoston, Gabor. Hadtörténelmi Közlemények/Quarterly of Military History. Budapest: Zrinyi Honvéd Kiadó.

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Arabian Studies Arabia, the Gulf, and the Red Sea

Alonso, Sonia. Recerca: Revista de Pensament i Anàlisi. Castello de la Plana: Jaume I University. Chandra, Uday. Contention. New York/ Oxford: Berghahn. Chandra, Uday. Journal of Contemporary Asia. New York: Routledge/Taylor Francis. Garrett, Amanda. EuropeNow. New York: Council for European Studies.

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Kamrava, Mehran. Journal of Arabian Studies. New York: Routledge/Taylor Francis.

editorial roles on 19 scholarly journals are held by GU-Q faculty

Lieven, Anatol. Russia in Global Affairs. Kent: Foreign Policy Research Foundation. Miller, Rory. Intelligence and National Security in Africa and the Middle East. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Book Series. Miller, Rory. Middle East Papers Series. Durham: University of Durham.

Miller, Rory. Middle Eastern Studies. New York: Routledge/Taylor Francis. Mirgani, Suzi. Journal of Arabian Studies. New York: Routledge/Taylor Francis. Nonneman, Gerd. Civil Wars. New York: Taylor Francis. Nonneman, Gerd. Ethnopolitics. New York: Taylor Francis. Nonneman, Gerd. Journal of Arabian Studies. New York: Routledge/Taylor Francis. Nonneman, Gerd. International Affairs. London: Royal Institute of International Affairs Review and Advisory Board for Middle East and North Africa. Pirbhai, M. Reza. HAWWA: Journal of Women in the Middle East and the Islamic World. Leiden: Brill. Shabana, Ayman. Encyclopedia of Islamic Bioethics. Oxford Islamic Studies Online. Siddiqui, Sohaira. Sapientia Islamica: Studies on Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Mysticism. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. Siddiqui, Sohaira. ShariaSource. Cambridge: Harvard Law School. Sonbol, Amira. HAWWA: Journal of Women in the Middle East and the Islamic World. Leiden: Brill.

Verhoeven, Harry. Intelligence and National Security in Africa and the Middle East. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Book Series. Wilcox, Clyde. Extrapolation. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. Wilcox, Clyde. Social Science Quarterly. New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell.

SCIENTIFIC COUNCILS ADVI S ORY BOARD MEMBER Dallal, Ahmad. Arab Social Science Monitor. Beirut: Arab Council for the Social Sciences. Nonneman, Gerd. Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah International Foundation for Energy and Sustainable Development, Qatar.

UNIVERSITY ADVISORY ROLES

ADVI S ORY BOARD MEMBER Dallal, Ahmad. Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar. Board of Trustees. Kamrava, Mehran. International Advisory Board of the Foreign Service Academy of Kenya. Founding Member.

Miller, Rory. Annual Middle East Congress, Sakarya University, Turkey. Nonneman, Gerd. College of Applied and Supporting Studies, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Saudi Arabia. Nonneman, Gerd. College of Humanities and Social Science, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar. Promotions and Appointments Committee Member. Nonneman, Gerd. Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University. Walther, Karine. Michael Hogan Fellowship Committee, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations.

SCHOLARLY ASSOCIATIONS EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER Nonneman, Gerd. Association of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies. Nonneman, Gerd. World Congress of Middle Eastern Studies. S CIENTIFIC COUNCIL MEMBER Alonso, Sonia. Apuntes Electorales. Toluca de Lerdo: Electoral Institute of the State of Mexico.

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ACCREDITATION COMMITTEE MEMBER Laude, Patrick. Undergraduate and Graduate Programs in Religious Studies at Nur Mubarak University, Kazakhstan.

Lieven, Anatol. Valdai Discussion Club, Russia. Academic Advisory Board.

FA C U LT Y R E S EARCH IN FRASTR UCTURE GU-Q provides an environment that facilitates and incentivizes meaningful research. Support includes the provision of research opportunities, resources, grant management, research dissemination, and more.

I N S T I T UT I O N AL R E VIE W B OA R D ( I R B )

active grants managed by the Office of Finance and Research Compliance

research events organized during the academic year

FA C ULT Y R E S E A R C H G R A N T S ( F R Gs ) GU-Q annually awards Faculty Research Grants for new and ongoing projects, based on proposals, to support the research of full-time faculty members. The research reflects a variety of academic interests and issues of concern to Qatar and the broader region.

S CHOL A R S B Y P UB L I CAT I O N GU-Q faculty and CIRS scholars wrote or edited a total of 65 publications in 2018-2019. BOOK S

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11 occasional papers or summary reports

Max Oidtmann Book Launch

The Institutional Review Board (IRB) is responsible for the review and approval of investigator protocols as well as development and implementation of university policy and procedures governing human subject research.

12 authored or edited

CIR S PAPER S ARTICLE S 25 articles written in scholarly journals 17 chapters written BOOK CHAPTER S

publications 2018-2019

U NIVE R S IT Y S U PPO RT FO R FA C U LT Y LIBRARY The library assigns a subject matter expert librarian to each member of the faculty to facilitate identification of relevant research resources. FINANCE & RE S EARCH COMPLIANCE The Office of Finance and Research Compliance assists researchers in the identification, submission, and administration of grants, and supports ethical compliance with international standards. CIR S S UPPORT CIRS provides a number of research opportunities for faculty, including fellowships, lectures, book launch events, workshops, and more. EVENT S & COMMUNICATION S Events and Communications support faculty members in planning and publicizing research-related events.

New Library Collections American Indian Histories and Cultures Documents covering American Indians and their involvement in territorial disputes, U.S. Government relations, missionary activity, education, colonialism, and more. American Indian Newspapers More than 9,000 issues of periodicals produced by and for Indiginious people between 1828 and 2016. AMERICAN INDIAN S

The GU-Q Library added important academic collections to the existing repository of more than 1.9 million digital and 90,000 physical items. Students and faculty can access the libraries of Georgetown University in Washington, DC, and Qatar National Library (located next to GU-Q) that contains the largest collection of books and digital editions in the Middle East.

ACADEMIC VIDEO S More than 67,000 streaming video titles, including full-length films, documentaries, newsreels, and advertisements covering anthropology, history, business, film, health, music, and more.

The American West Maps, photographs, manuscripts, and other materials relating to exploration of the American West. AMERICAN WE ST

The support librarians provide is integral to the GU-Q research environment.

Borderlands, Settlement, and Colonial Encounters Documents relating to the European settlement of Africa, the Americas, Australia, and New Zealand—including maps, exploration diaries, diplomatic correspondence, and business records. FRONTIER LIFE

800 + databases in the library’s online collection

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Identity and Social Change A collection of primary source documents on women’s suffrage, feminism, and gender history between the 1800s and the 2000s.

Popular Culture in Britain and America Underground content from in 1950-1975—including magazines, photographs, videos, and more—from libraries across the the U.K. and the U.S.

MARKET RE S EARCH Market Research and American Business Historical market research reports (1935–1965), authored by Ernest Dichter and the Institute for Motivational Research.

RACE RELATION S Race Relations in America (1943–1969) Surveys, speeches, audio records, and other documents from the Race Relations Department of the United Church Board for Homeland Ministries.

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SECTION CONTENTS GU-Q Curriculum. . ......... 52 Experiential Learning.............. 54 • Co-curricular Programs

Academic Services.............. 58 Academic Awards................ 62 • Outstanding Students • Honor Societies:

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By the end of year two, students typically complete the core and BSFS curriculums and declare one of the following majors:

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B S FS CORE CURRICULUM The BSFS curriculum builds upon the core with a foreign language proficiency requirement, a proseminar, and courses in: • • • •

Economics Government History Map of the Modern World

Students at GU-Q earn the same four-year BSFS degree as their peers at Georgetown University’s campus in Washington, DC

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Culture and Politics (CULP) International Economics (IECO) International History (IHIS) International Politics (IPOL)

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MINOR, CERTIFICATE S , & S TUDY ABROAD Interested students consider beginning an optional minor or certificate program:

FUTURE PREPARATION During the fourth year at GU-Q, students accelerate preparations for their future endeavors by: • Seeking internships • Applying for jobs • Considering advanced degree programs • Joining the GU alumni club

• Certificate in American Studies (CAST) • Certificate in Arab and Regional Studies (CARS) • Certificate in Media and Politics (CMAP) • Minor in Arabic

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IPOL: International Politics

IECO: International Economics

IHIS: International History

CULP: Culture and Politics

Additionally, students may complement their studies by pursuing specialized coursework through GU-Q’s minor or certificate programs:

CERTIFICATES: American Studies (CAST) Arab and Regional Studies (CARS) Media and Politics (CMAP)

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At Georgetown, students have the opportunity to apply the ideas and theories that they learn in their classes to real-world situations, and to actively reflect on that experience as part of the learning process. Students are encouraged to participate in the many co-curricular experiential learning opportunities that are made available to them during their four years at GU-Q.

Programs at GU-Q

International Negotiation & Crisis Simulation Zones of Conflict, Zones of Peace Community Engagement Program

EXPERIENCE Students are taken out of the comfort of their classroom to new places and experiences, challenging them to grow as members of a global community.

Model United Nations Study Abroad Cross-Registration Hoya Leadership Track CIRS Undergraduate Research Advancement Internships & Work Study Program

Arabic Heritage Education Conference

29% of 2019 graduates received a minor in Arabic

CU RRI CUL A R G R O W T H Anthropology African-American Experience Arabic Literature America in Modern Arabic Literature

International Affairs • CEP: Politics of Development in South Asia • ZCZP: Basque Conflict • Global Migration, Refugees, and Citizenship

Culture & Politics • Identification and Globalization in Modern Arab Literature • Minorities in/of Literature

courses integrated new content in 2018-2019

International Politics • Populism: How, What, Why • Foreign Policy of Middle Eastern States • Diversity Politics in the West: Islam and Diversity

English Literature • Literature of Indian Ocean World • South Asian Literature History • Ottoman Empire • History Focus: Arab Women Living and Working • Literature as History in East Asia

Theology 151 Spiritual Ways and Human Desires

new experiential learning courses were developed this year

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Before and after participation, students are encouraged to reflect on their experiences and on what the exercise taught them about themselves, resulting in concrete learning outcomes.

Through observation and reflection they begin to develop more mature abstract theories and ideas based on their experience, which Educating they can carry the Whole into other areas of Person their lives.

APPLICATION Students develop a deeper understanding of collaboration, service, and leadership, and acquire creative problem solving skills.

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The International Negotiation Simulation is a hands-on experiential learning activity that gives our students an understanding about what it takes to bring people with very different views to the table to resolve a conflict. These are critical life skills no matter which career path they pursue. —Christine Schiwietz, Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs

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students participated in the International Negotiation and Crisis Simulation exercise

Students are offered several co-curricular experiential learning opportunities, both with and without academic credit, which complement the core curriculum.

INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATION & CRISIS SIMULATION The International Negotiation and Crisis Simulation includes a one-credit course that engages students in the study of diplomacy by combining theory and practice. The annual simulation, organized in conjunction with the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (ISD) at Georgetown University, gives students the opportunity to improve their negotiation, decision-making, and crisis management skills. Students learn ways to leverage hard and soft power during negotiations with state and non-state actors, to find shared interests between negotiating parties, to successfully prioritize their own interests, and to identify ways in which proxies are used to influence external powers. This year, the week-long simulation tackled “Syria: Seeking a Final Settlement of the Conflict,” and featured the participation of Roland McKay, Rusk Fellow at ISD and career Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State.

M O D EL UN I T E D NAT IO N S (MU N) MUN provides students with an opportunity to gain insight into the world of international politics and decision-making.

M UN S T UD ENT B OA R D ME MB E R S LE A R N T O : • • • • •

Research and engage in discussions about current events Engage with the local and wider community Organize, plan, and execute large international conferences Teach complicated and emotionally-involved topics to high school students Advise high school students and teach them ways to prepare for the event

This year, H.E. Hassan Al Thawadi, Secretary General of the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, delivered the keynote speech at the MUN opening ceremony. Held under the theme “Diversity and Integration in a World of Conflict,” the 14th Annual Conference tackled topics such as the persecution of Muslim minorities, education in post-conflict zones, civil war in South Sudan, and nuclear proliferation. Attended by more than 350 student participants, the conference included delegates from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ghana, Indonesia, Morocco, Nigeria, Turkey, and other nations.

Z ON E S O F C O N F L I C T, ZO N E S O F PE A C E (Z C Z P) This award-winning three-credit course takes students to zones of ethnic, political, religious, and social conflict, to help students understand the causes of the conflict and to learn about the difficult process of reconciliation. One- to two-week ZCZP trips involve meetings with politicians, journalists, community organizers, and other change-makers in the destination zone, as well as visits to points of historical interest.

COM M U N I T Y E N G A G E ME N T P R O G R A M (C E P) Through the combination of traditional academics and field experience, CEP initiatives address the needs and issues affecting local and international communities. This year, the three-credit course explored the politics of development in the Indian subcontinent, giving students a better understanding of poverty, deprivation, and inequalities across the region.

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The travel component of ZCZP is essential to the learning process. We meet activists, and politicians, as well as victims who embody the conflict and their testimonies bring everything home. —Mohammed Abu Hawash (SFS’19)

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This year’s cohort traveled to the Basque Country, an autonomous community in Spain, to examine the Spain–Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) conflict—an armed political conflict which took place between 1959 and 2011—and the peace-building strategies that have been used to address the memory of violence.

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GU-Q students organized the 14th MUN Conference

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S T UDY A B R OAD & C R OSS-R E G ISTR ATIO N GU-Q students are encouraged to participate in both the study abroad and cross-registration programs during their academic career. In so doing, they are exposed to different ideas, values, people, and cultures.

MEDIA & POLITICS 39 students cross-registered this year as they worked on earning a Certificate in Media & Politics

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S TUDY ABROAD GU-Q students can study abroad in Washington, DC, or at one of the 100+ programs around the world. The summer after their first year at GU-Q, students can choose to study abroad for a semester or for a full academic year.

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This year a total of 14 GU-Q students studied overseas and 3 students—from Brown, Yale and Georgetown University— were welcomed to the GU-Q campus in Qatar.

GU-Q STUDENT STUDY ABROAD PARTICIPANTS:

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HBKU students enrolled in Arabic classes at GU-Q through cross-registration

CRO SS -REGI S TRATION Undergraduate students who are enrolled at one of the universities in Education City can register for courses offered at any of the other Education City universities through the cross-registration program.

students in the Academic Bridge Program took a course on government at GU-Q through cross-registration

Georgetown University......................... 7 London School of Economics................ 2 National University of Singapore........... 1 University of Edinburgh........................ 4

This year 75 students took classes at GU-Q and 53 GU-Q students attended classes at other universities in Education City, including CMU-Q, NU-Q, TAMU-Q, and VCUarts Qatar.

GU-Q CROSS-REGISTRATION PARTICIPANTS: Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar. . ... 14 Northwestern University in Qatar . . ....... 30 Texas A&M University at Qatar.............. 3 VCUarts Qatar..................................... 6

L E AD E R S H I P T R A C K The Hoya Leadership Track, formerly known as the Hoya Leadership Pathway, encourages and recognizes student engagement and leadership through co-curricular programming that builds on Georgetown values: • Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam • Contemplation in Action • Academic Excellence • Educating the Whole Person • Cura Personalis • Faith and Justice • Women and Men for Others • Interreligious Understanding • Community in Diversity

students earned a Hoya Leadership Pathway medal

students received student development awards

S T U DE NT DE VE LO PME NT AWA R D S 2019 Each year the Student Development team recognizes exceptional seniors who have contributed to the GU-Q community through the embodiment of the Hoya spirit, club leadership, and service.

AMBA SS ADOR AWARD .. ...........................Asma AlJehani

CU RA PR O G R A M F E L L OW S H I P S

BLUE & GRAY AWARD .. .................. Katharine Danilowicz

The CIRS Undergraduate Research Advancement (CURA) program offers annual fellowships for GU-Q students. Through training and practical application, students gain skills related to academic publishing, as well as research methods, administration, and organization.

COMMUNIT Y IN DIVER S IT Y AWARD .. ...................Sameera AlHaj Abed

 For a full list of this year’s CURA programming see page 23.

ENGAGEMENT AWARD .. ......................... Zaubash Shakir

Non-credit and for-credit internships and university work experience are opportunities available to all students. Both internships and academic study enable students to apply theoretical knowledge in a professional setting.

HOYA LEADERS HIP PATHWAY: GOLD MEDAL WINNER S ........................... Ameni Abida ...................... Rafia Al-Jassim . . ................... Normeanne Sison .............................Zaubash Shakir

 For a full list of 2018-2019 student internship participants see page 97. LEADER SHIP AWARD .. ............................ Dialla Jandali

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Academic Services O F F I C E O F A CA DE MIC S E R VIC E S (OA S )

OAS enhances the teaching and learning environment at GU-Q by providing academic support to students, by facilitating the use of new technologies, and by supporting community collaborations.

of tutoring recipients would recommend OAS tutoring and 97% would return

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tutoring appointments for first-year students this year

ACADEMIC S UPPORT The academic support environment at GU-Q includes the following student programs: • Writing Center • Tutoring, peer tutoring, and mentorship • First-year Course Assistant Program • Peer Tutor Development Program • Academic accomodations and disability services • Arabic language debates • Arabic, French, Mandarin, and Spanish language discussion groups • “How I Write” speaker series • Statistical analysis bootcamp

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COLLABORATION OAS shares best practices and collaborates with GU-Q faculty and staff, as well as with others in the Education City community, to address student-related learning needs, solve academic challenges, and research new methods for pedagogical advancement.

T UT O R I N G A PPO INTME NT S B Y S T U DE NT S GU-Q provides tutoring in a variety of subjects to help students grow their skills and confidence in order to become autonomous learners.

805 appointments for writing support 63% WRITING

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOG Y Ongoing needs assessment results in continual improvements in educational technology to support student learning in the classroom and beyond.

417 appointments for Economics and Quantitative Methods 33% ECONOMIC S

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tutoring apointments made by 187 students this year

50 appointments for Arabic, French, and Map of the Modern World

“HOW I WRITE” The OAS seminar series invites faculty to discuss their personal writing processes with students

PE E R T U T O R S & UN D ER G R A DU ATE A SS I S TA NT S GU-Q offers robust tutoring and academic assistance programs focused on developing leadership skills for student tutors, course assistants, and teaching assistants, while in parallel providing academic support to students. BECOMING A PEER TUTOR Students apply through a competitive process that considers each student applicant’s academic record and commitment to community service. Selected students enroll in the Peer Tutor Development Program, which teaches tutoring pedagogy, intercultural awareness, learning through a growth mindset, self-awareness, and leadership. The program ensures that each tutor is comfortable and confident in their ability to teach each subject area before they begin tutoring work with their peers.

F I RS T- Y E A R T E A C H I N G A S SI STAN T P RO G RAM This year, three recent graduates were employed as First-Year Teaching Assistants to provide support to freshmen students in courses such as philosophy, Arabic, and history. Teaching Assistants worked alongside faculty to provide additional support to students as they navigated their first year of university life.

students served as peer tutors or undergraduate teaching assistants

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ECONOMIC S UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING A SS I STANT S Exceptional economics students are selected to serve as tutors to support professors teaching in the International Economics program. Their tasks include managing classroom activities and holding office hours for extra support. Teaching assistants gain real teaching experience and in-depth training in academic integrity policies and enforcement.

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A CA D E MI C A CC O MMO DATIO N S & D I S A B I L I T Y S ER VIC E S The OAS team works closely with GU-Q’s Student Wellness and Counseling Center (SWCC), and with faculty to support students with learning differences. Support includes: • Classroom accommodations, modified exam environments, and accessible course materials, such as assignments that pair with screen readers, or tactile diagrams that use heat-swelling technology • Course and schedule accomNew! modation requests and exam management handled securely through the Accessible Information Management (AIM) system

• Faculty and departmental training focused on removing barriers through the Universal Design New! for Learning framework • Individual counseling and academic consultations • Assistive technology, including iPads, audio books, electronic texts, pens that digitize handwritten notes, and speech-to-text/text-to-speech software

T EC H N O L O G Y FO R E DU CAT IO N

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GU-Q implemented or piloted the following new tools:

E-PORTFOLIO E-Portfolio allows students to create interactive digital content for the Certificate in Media and Politics (CMAP) final project. CMAP is jointly offered by GU-Q and NU-Q.

GUIDEBOOK APP A new information management app was created and implemented for New Student Orientation (NSO), creating an all-in-one resource for incoming students.

PER U S ALL Transforms solitary reading assignments into engaging collective activities for more engaging classroom experiences.

PANOPTO LECTURE CAPTURE Records lectures and makes them available to students when they need to review and revisit classroom content.

AKINDI DIGITAL S CANTRON Quickly and accurately grades final exams, accesses item analysis data, and securly sends personalized results to students. NEW CANVA S FEATURE S • Anonymized grading feature in Canvas that reduces bias in grading. • eTextbooks integrated in Canvas courses and VitalSource piloted as new ebook provider

38% International Politics (IPOL)

26% International Economics (IECO)

15% Culture and Politics (CULP)

06% International History (IHIST)

15% Currently Undeclared

PE DAGOG I CA L I N N O VAT I O N & TR A INING The OAS team works with GU-Q faculty and Education City colleagues to discuss and implement research-based and innovative best practices, pedagogies, learning technologies, and assessments to enrich teaching for learning. TEACHING & LEARNING Each year OAS awards two fellowships to GU-Q faculty members and facilitates their attendance at the Teaching, Learning, and Innovation Summer Institute (TLISI) at Georgetown University’s Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship in Washington, DC. In coordination with the Teaching, Learning and Assessment Committee, OAS hosted two faculty colloquia on student-centered teaching and assessment best practices, and 16 small group faculty workshops on effective use of Canvas and other tools in GU-Q’s educational technology ecosystem. The goal of each event was to assist faculty and to enhance interactivity and student engagement in the classroom.

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CRO SS -CAMPU S COLLABORATION In addition to the work on campus, OAS and the Writing Center support collaborative initiatives for Education City-wide learning improvements, such as:

• Joining the newly formed Education City Teaching and Learning Steering Committee and hosting four events for the committee this year. • Assisting a cross-campus team in the launch of a research-based innovative learning space in Education City.

TLISI FELLOWS 2018-2019 Teaching, Learning, and Innovation Institute (TLISI) fellowships awarded to GU-Q professors: • Rogaia Abusharaf • Hany Fazza

workshops and colloquia for faculty hosted by OAS this year

• Hosting the Doha Writing Center Network workshop—a semi-annual gathering of writing center staff, faculty, and librarians in Qatar that serves as a professional learning community and opportunity for academic writing staff to discuss a variety of professional and academic topics.

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80 computers and 2 printer/copiers

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Academic Awards O U T S TA N D I N G STUD EN T AWARD S

students received Certificate and Honors in the Major awards

Each year, faculty members recognize outstanding students within each major and certificate program. Selection criteria include excellent performance through written work, cumulative grade point average, leadership, and other markers of academic success. The following graduating seniors were recognized this year:

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CULTURE & POLITIC S .......................................... Asma AlJehani ........................................Shereen Elsayed ....................................... Jessamine Perez

CERTIFICATE IN AMERICAN S TUDIE S ........................................... Ritica Ramesh

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Latin Honors award winners in the Class of 2019

A B O V E & B EYO N D ABU HAMID AL-GHAZALI FACULT Y AWARD & THE 2019 DEAN’ S MEDAL . . ........................... Obadah Diab

CERTIFICATE IN ARAB & REGIONAL S TUDIE S ........................................ Muneera Alsada ............................. Haya Alwaleed Al-Thani .................................................... Hala Eid .............................................Rawan Yousif

CERTIFICATE IN MEDIA & POLITIC S ............................ Normeanne Joyce Sison

LATI N H O N O RS MAGNA CUM LAUDE . . ........................... Obadah Diab . . ........................... John Robling

CUM LAUDE . . ........................... Shiza Abbasi . . .........................Asma AlJehani . . ................... Bashayer Al-Mulla . . ...................... Shereen Elsayed

H ONOR SO C I E T I E S : C L A S S O F 2019 Honor societies recognize academic excellence among peers by inviting students to become members based on scholastic rank and grade point average. The following seniors were honored for their academic achievements this year:

Membership into Alpha Sigma Nu is awarded based on academic accomplishment and commitment to service.

PH I B E TA K A PPA NATIONAL ACADEMIC John Robling, SFS’19

HONOR SOCIETY ............................. Obadah Diab .............................John Robling

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.......................................... Asma AlJehani ............................................. Obadah Diab ............................................. John Robling

OM I C RON D ELTA E P S I L O N INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS HONOR SOC IETY

........................... Mohammad Abu Hawash ........................................... Mozn Al-Hinai ................................ Mohammed Al-Jaberi .......................................... Asma AlJehani ........................................ Muneera Alsada ......................................... Nabilah Asarow .................................Katharine Danilowicz .............................................. Sara Elamin ........................................ Reem Mohamed ...........................................Ritica Ramesh .............................................John Robling

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of seniors inducted into honor societies

seniors selected by more than one honor society

PI SIG MA A LPH A NATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE HONOR SOCIETY ............................................. Shiza Abbasi ................................ Mohammed Al-Jaberi ..................................... Bashayer Al-Mulla .............................................John Robling

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.......................................Yara Abdelmaged ................................................Zakaria Abi .................................... Abdulaziz Abunada .................................. Sameera AlHaj Abed ................................ Mohammed Al-Jaberi ......................................... Rafia Al-Jassim ......................... Abdulrahman Al-Mughesib ............................................. Obadah Diab ............................................ Dialla Jandali ............................................. Jamal Khatib ......................................Mehaira Mahgoub ......................................... Riham Mansour .............................................Khalid Marafi ........................................ Reem Mohamed ...................................... Normeanne Sison

Fewer than 1% of graduates from American universities are invited to become members of Phi Beta Kappa.

Senior Class Marshall: Obadah Diab SFS'19

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2019 Commencement Invocation: Jamal Khatib, SFS'19

2019 Commencement Speaker: H.E. Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al Thani, Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations

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Admissions The Office of Admissions recruits motivated, passionate, and academically prepared students from Qatar and beyond. Admitted students represent a diverse array of nationalities and

SECTION CONTENTS Recruitment......... 68 • Local Recruitment • International Recruitment • Admitted Student Events

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education backgrounds, and demonstrate

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LANGUAGE S S POKEN B Y THE CLA SS OF 2023: ARABIC ∙ ENGLISH ∙ ALBANIAN ∙ AMHARIC ∙ BENGALI ∙ CHINESE ∙ GEORGIAN ∙ HINDI ∙ JAPANESE ∙ KOREAN ∙ MALAYALAM ∙ NEPALI ∙ PASHTO ∙ PORTUGUESE ∙ ROMANIAN ∙ R USSIAN ∙ SERBO-CROATIAN ∙ TAGALOG ∙ TAJIK ∙ TAMIL ∙ THAI ∙ UKRAINIAN ∙ URDU ∙ UZBEK

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39% of enrolled students are male Class of 2023 61% of enrolled students are female FEMALE

RE S IDENT S 39% international students (residents of Qatar)

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QATARI 34% Qatari Nationals Class of 2023 27% international students

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Recruitment Successful recruitment and enrollment of the most promising candidates in Qatar and abroad is a year-round endeavor that requires constant engagement.

Navigating the university enrollment process isn’t easy. We want to strengthen education in Qatar by supporting prospective students every step of the way. —Joseph Hernandez, Director of Admissions

L O C A L R E C R UI TMEN T Locally, GU-Q organized and participated in high school and university fairs, visited high school students and counselors, hosted events for prospective students on campus, and ensured that admissions officers are readily available to respond to inquiries.

A N N UA L D O H A C O UN S EL O R ’ S DAY GU-Q collaborated with other universities in Education City to organize and host the annual Doha Counselors Day. This initiative provides counselors and school administrators in Qatar with the tools needed to support their students in applying 107 to universities in counselors Education City. attended

S C H O O L VI S IT S The admissions team recorded more than 10,000 contacts with students. It organized and participated in 133 local high school fairs and events, and made 75 visits to international, independent, and post-secondary school campuses.

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ADM I SS I ON S ACT I VI T I E S GU-Q activities, designed to boost student success in higher education, include skill-building, admissions events, and programs for high school students in Qatar and abroad.

ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT • GPS (Georgetown Pre-College Summer Program) • Planet Georgetown • MUN (Model Focus: United Nations) Prospective Students

COUN S ELOR TRAINING Local High Schools • Doha Counselors Day (DCD)

Focus: Counselors

International High Schools • Education City Regional Counselors Program (ECRCP)

APPLICATION S TATI S TIC S :

Applications Created: 1,373

Applications Submitted: 471

Admitted Students: 198

Enrolled Students: 111

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ON-CAM P U S E V E N T S GU-Q hosted many types of admissions events this year. DI S COVER GEORGETOWN Prospective students were invited to Discover Georgetown, an open house event that includes families and is organized to help applicants prepare for the competitive application process. A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A GEORGETOWN STUDENT A Day in the Life of a Georgetown Student, gives students and their parents an inside look at the student experience at GU-Q.

• High School and University Fairs • Admissions Open House • A Day in the Life of a Georgetown Student Focus: • High School Visits Prospective • Georgetown Day Students • GU-Q Campus Visits • Online Recruitment

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MONTHLY WORKSHOPS Monthly workshops on essay writing and interview skills are open to prospective students and aim to increase levels of university readiness. Due to popularity, the number of workshops offered to prospective students increased by 81% this year, with several conducted at local schools.

ADMI SS ION S EVENT S • Essay Writing Workshops • Interview Skills Workshops • Admissions Hours Application Workshops

Focus: Prospective Students

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monthly workshops offered in 2018-2019

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Focus: Admitted Students

• Georgetown Admissions Ambassador Program (GAAP) • Georgetown International Admitted Student Program (GIASP) • New Student Orientation (NSO) • New Student Convocation

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ADMI SS ION S HOUR Admissions Hour is a weekly program designed to be personal and informative and offer one-to-one interaction and counseling with an admissions staff member or student representative.

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countries visited while recruiting the Class of 2023: China, Greece, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Rwanda, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey

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countries represented by counselors at ECRCP 2018

International students are a vital and dynamic part of the university community, and are increasingly defining Qatar as a global hub for higher education.

S C H O O L VI S IT S With the support of faculty and staff, the admissions team conducted 82 school visits and attended eight fairs in 15 different countries around the globe.

GU-Q continues to expand and implement a mix of in-person and online recruitment activities including social media outreach and participation in higher education fairs.

EDUCATION CIT Y REGIONAL COUN S ELOR S PROGRAM (ECRCP) GU-Q collaborated with other universities to deliver the program this year. The program brought high school guidance counselors to Doha to inform them of the multitude of opportunities available to their students in Qatar. Participating counselors hailed from: • Amman, Jordan • Gashora, Maranyundo, • Athens, Greece and Kigali, Rwanda • Bangkok, Thailand • Islamabad, Lahore, and • Beirut, Lebanon Karachi, Pakistan • Casablanca, • Jakarta, Indonesia Marrakesh, and Rabat, • Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Morocco • Kuwait City, Kuwait

• Muscat, Oman • New Delhi, India • Shanghai and Beijing, China • Singapore • Izmir and Tarsus, Turkey

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online views of the Admissions Open House

GU-Q continued to utilize e-recruitment and digital marketing tools to recruit and engage with prospective international students in a variety of target markets. These included email, targeted advertising, and studentgenerated social media campaigns. Online streaming of the Discover Education City Admissions Open House made it available to a wider audience.

A DM I T T E D S T U D E N T E V E N T S Immersive experiences that offer a glimpse of GU-Q’s academic offerings and dynamic student life are an important part of recruiting efforts.

GAAP DAY Once admitted, students are invited to the Georgetown Admissions Ambassador Program (GAAP), where current students welcome and prepare the incoming students for their time at GU-Q. GEORGETOWN INTERNATIONAL ADMITTED STUDENT PROGRAM The most competitive international students admitted to GU-Q and their chaperones are invited for the Georgetown International Admitted Student Program (GIASP) weekend. Guests participate in GAAP activities and learn about the benefits of studying in Qatar.

GU-Q offers scholarships and financial aid to support equal access for all.

Once enrolled, new students begin their life as Hoyas during a week-long orientation that serves to introduce students to life at GU-Q, their new classmates, and members of the faculty and staff. Students meet one-to-one with their academic deans and learn more about available support services. The week culminates with Convocation—a ceremonial launch of their undergraduate career.

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international students from 13 countries participated in GIASP 2019

Choosing which university to attend isn’t easy. To make that decision easier, we invite potential students to spend a few hours as a member of our student body and to sit in on lectures from some of the world’s leading scholars. —Mariam Lachin, Assistant Director of Admissions

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Students in the Class of 2023 demonstrated a wide array of interests and extracurricular activities, and represent diverse backgrounds, nationalities, and educational systems. Their experiences include engagement in athletics, community service, debate, the fine arts, science, and music. Many of them held leadership roles in their schools.

A CA D E MI C B A C K G R O U ND S Students in the admitted class are from a diverse range of educational systems, including British, American, International Baccalaureate (IB), and others.

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C O MMUN I T Y I NVO LVE ME NT Members of the admitted class are actively involved in their communities and work hard to make a difference. Some examples of their service activities include: • volunteering at animal shelters • founding and chairing school clubs to raise awareness about human rights and environmental issues

• teaching English and other subjects to underprivileged youth • helping refugees settle into new countries and overcome challenges

VOLUNTEERING WITH NON-PROFIT S Additionally, admitted students have spent time volunteering with a variety of nonprofit organizations, including: • Reach Out To Asia (ROTA) • Second Chance Animal Rescue • Care Foundation • Children’s International Summer Village (CSIV )

• Next Generation Pakistan • Teach For Nepal • Visionary Youth Initiative Foundation Nepal (VYIFN)

5 2 % of admitted students have participated in at least one MUN conference

ACADE M I C P R O G R A M S Model United Nations (MUN) and debating remain the most popular activities among admitted students, many of whom took part in multiple conferences and debating tournaments. These students also frequently assumed leadership roles and won awards for their outstanding performance at these events. GLOBAL AFFAIR S In addition to MUN and debating, many students attend other conferences and programs that polish their public speaking and research skills, enrich their experience and deepen their understanding of world affairs, including: • Qatar Leadership Conference • Empower 2019: Reach Out To Asia (ROTA) Youth Conference • World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) • International Arab Youth Conference • Future Leaders Exchange Program • International Math Olympiad

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• United Nations Youth Assembly • World Youth Economic Forum • Global Citizens Initiative Program at Harvard University • Yale Young Global Scholars • Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange Program

CULTURE & ENVIRONMENT Many students are passionate advocates for the environment, and work on promoting awareness regarding environmental issues within the school and the community. Others have an interest in learning about different cultures by engaging in exchange programs, or learning a foreign language.

Admitted students reflect an interest in a variety of sports including soccer, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, swimming, badminton, netball, throw ball, gymnastics, cricket, scuba diving, water polo, boxing, tennis, track and field, judo, cycling, shooting, rowing and horseback riding. Additionally, some of those students have represented their schools in regional and national admitted students tournaments and earned medals. Other students have relatives who have played professionally, while a handful have attended Georgetown. been chosen to join their country’s national teams. Hoya Saxa!

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Beyond the Headlines student-led discussions with GU-Q faculty

BE YOND THE HEADLINES TOPICS: ISLAM IN CHINA: REPORTS FROM THE FIELD (ZCZP 2018) ∙ THE STATE OF EDUCATION IN QATAR ∙ CHINA’S ECONOMY AND FOREIGN RELATIONS IN THE TR UMP ERA ∙ DOES FREE SPEECH HAVE LIMITS?

The successful collaboration of the Qatar Foundation All-Star team is a testament to the entire Education City community, which came together to strengthen athletics on campus, and created a shared community based on intercampus collegiality. —Uday Rosario, Assistant Director for Student Programs

More on the Debating Union on page 77

Qatar University Debate League (QUDL) National Champions

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Good debate requires a solid academic foundation along with quick thinking. Developing these skills and then applying them in a friendly atmosphere has a transformative effect and is vital training for our students of international affairs. —Dean Ahmad Dallal

Student Life Student Life is about encouraging students to make the most of their university experience. GU-Q student clubs, organizations, and activities reflect a range of interests and passions, create opportunities for leadership and public service, and prepare students for academic, personal, and professional success. R a fa

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Fourth Place: Women's Futsal

INTERNATIONAL SPORT S FE S TIVAL ALL- S TAR TEAM S Seven GU-Q student athletes took part in the Qatar Foundation “All-Star” teams organized to represent Qatar and Education City at the International Sports Festival, held at the American College of Greece in March 2019. The women’s teams played basketball and futsal, and men’s teams played football and basketball against several universities from Europe and the Middle East. This was the first time Hoyas took part in this competition, and the first time that an Education City-wide team was organized to participate.

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BU S INE SS & POLITIC S • Georgetown Business Society • Georgetown Investment Association • Legal and Political Studies Association • Diplomacy Club

• Amal Club • Ambassador Society • Future is Female* • Hoya Empowerment 76 and Learning Program (HELP)

MEDIA & COMMUNICATION S • Debating Union • The Georgetown Gazette

*Initiative of the Women in Society and Development Club

S OCIAL JU S TICE & S ERVICE • Human Rights Club • Humane Society of Georgetown • Peace and Conflict Club • Student-to-Student Dialogue

• Sustainability Club • Students for Justice in Palestine • The Diversity Initiative • Women in Society and Development Club

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Third Place: Men's Football

Several student awards are given in recognition of the importance of community engagement, character, leadership, and service to others. Seniors who exemplify these values are recognized at the annual Tropaia Award Ceremony. For a list of winners, see pages 57 & 62.

CL U B S & O R G A N I ZAT I O N S

GU-Q student clubs and organizations represent a diversity of cultural, service, and academic interests that foster leadership development, complement the classroom experience, promote Georgetown values, and build community. Faculty members serve as mentors, devoting their time to supporting students in their leadership development efforts. GU-Q DEBATING UNION For the second year in a row, the GU-Q Debating Union team took first place in the Qatar University Debate League (QUDL) Nationals championship. The team, Khansa Maria and Mudassar Raza Shakir, overcame stiff competition from Hamad bin Khalifa University, Qatar University, and Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar to once more bring home the championship trophy. QUDL Championship Participants: • Khansa Maria (SFS’21) • Mudassar Raza Shakir (SFS’21)

QUDL BEST IN LEAGUE First Place: Khansa Maria Third Place: Mudassar Raza Shakir

• Khushboo Shah (SFS’22) • Taha Kaleem Bukhari (SFS’22)

This year, the Debating Union also launched the Debate Learning Series— workshops focused on different aspects of debating. Open to the entire GU-Q community, these workshops were organized to improve participant debating skills.

Ninth Place: Khushboo Shah

Houtan Homayounpour, ILO Qatar

TABLE TENNI S Abdul Rehmaan Qayyum (SFS’21), president of the Table Tennis Club, won 3rd place in the Qatar Foundation table tennis championships in 2018-2019. He also clinched 1st and 2nd positions in the open-to-all and student-only tournaments.

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ATHLETIC CLUB S & TEAM S* • Cricket Club • Hoya Spikers • Table Tennis • Track and Field

• Men’s Basketball • Men’s Football • Women’s Basketball

• Women’s Football • Women’s Futsal

ART S & CULTURE • Al Hilal Club • Al Liwan: Qatar Student Association • Anime Club • Brainfood

• Film Society Club • Latin American and Caribbean Society • Music, Arts, and Culture Club

• Hoya Spirit Club • Performing Arts Club • South Asian Society

The International Labor Organization (ILO) office has been open for almost a year now, so we felt it was important to create an opportunity for our community to engage with their representative on the critical issue of labor reforms. —Human Rights Club President Ritica Ramesh, SFS’19

Campus Life EV E N T S & P R O G R A M H IG H LIG H T S Joining together as a community, faculty, students, and staff work to build a strong and productive learning and living environment that demonstrates a shared passion for education and service, celebrates diversity, and creates opportunities for mentorship and cultural exchange on and off campus.

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Darb El Saai, Qatar National Day

GU-Q’s stand in the Qatar Foundation tent at Darb Al Saai offered visitors the opportunity to learn about the university and test their international affairs knowledge while playing an interactive game.

Community Iftar

The Community Iftar brought together the entire GU-Q campus for a shared meal during the month of Ramadan in celebration of our value of Community in Diversity.

Celebrating Jesuit Heritage

GU-Q Jesuit Heritage events and activities celebrated Georgetown’s Jesuit heritage, values, and identity, based on an ongoing tradition from the Washington, DC campus.

Words and Strings Open Mic Nite

Held twice this year, Open Mic Nite was an opportunity for artists, musicians, and performers to share their talents and to meet other creative members of the community.

International Ball

The Ninth Annual International Ball was organized by students as part of the celebration of the 100-year anniversary of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS), founded in 1919.

Beduiner: Film Screening and Discussion

This short film screening and discussion for the Education City community featured NU-Q professors Jocelyn Sage Mitchell and Scott Curtis, and was moderated by GU-Q professor James Reardon-Anderson.

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C O M M U N I T Y B UILD I N G Community Fair

The Community Fair offered the Education City community a chance to learn about services, organizations, and companies in Doha, while providing the business community a chance to make connections at the university.

Georgetown Day

Georgetown Day is an annual event that celebrates the completed academic year.

Student-Faculty Game Night

Students and faculty tested their knowledge of Honor Council rules and regulations, the honor code, and what academic integrity means at the first-ever Game Night.

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Students, staff, and faculty of all skill levels met weekly to interact with others who share a passion for photography.

Women’s Center Book Club

GU-Q community members explored what it’s like to be a woman today through discussions on the work of authors like Ayobami Adebayo and Brene Brown.

Beyond the Headlines

Designed to encourage participation, these panel discussions offered insight about a current event and model critical thinking and engagement to students.

Coffee and Conversation

Weekly and bi-weekly, students met for an hour of coffee and conversation in Spanish, Arabic, French, or Mandarin.

TRIATHLON TEAMS

HOBBI E S & S H A R E D I N T E R E STS Photography Club

Two GU-Q teams scored in the corporate division top ten at the 2018 Qatar Foundation Triathlon and one team took home the second place medal, as well as the trophy for the fastest university overall.

GU-Q Community Fair

Introduced sessions in Mandarin this year

S P ORT S & W E L L N E S S Combining the objectives of Sports Day with a commitment to Educating the Whole Person, GU-Q community members participated in the Qatar Foundation Sports Day event.

Centennial One Georgetown Day

One Georgetown Day was held this year under the SFS 100-Year Anniversary theme. Activities included cricket, basketball, volleyball, soccer, races, and tug-of-war.

Outdoor Education Program

This series of outdoor activities strengthens students’ leadership, team-work, and communication skills.

GU-Q Movement Challenge

Members of the GU-Q community took part in a five-week exercise and physical fitness challenge, which included a variety of group fitness activities and events.

Health and Wellness Fairs

A few times a year, personal trainers, travel agencies, and other vendors from around Qatar fill the GU-Q atrium to engage with members of the Education City community.

1. Alessandro di Muro 2. Gemma Davies BIKERS:

1. Roel Serrano 2. Margaret Mersch RUNNERS:

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Qatar National Day Celebrations

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Jashn-e-Baharan Spring Festival

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B U S I N E S S & P O LI TI CS Case Competition

Georgetown Business Society

The Economic Impact of the Syrian Crisis

Georgetown Business Society

At Al-Liwan we work hard to create an opportunity for everyone at Georgetown to learn more about Qatar, and to celebrate with us a significant day for all of Qatar. —Al-Liwan President Abdulrahman Khalid

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The Diversity Initiative Club

ILO Representative in Qatar gives Labor Reform Discussion

The Human Rights Club and The Future is Female

The Syria Question: What Next?

Al Hilal Club and Students for Justice for Palestine

What is Minimalism?

Sustainability Club

A Conversation with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs

The Ambassador Society

Stepping Out

Hoya Empowerment and Learning Program (HELP) and QF’s Ensaniyat Club

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Kashmir and the Pulwama Bombings

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United Nations Youth Assembly 2018 Qatari student delegates from GU-Q represented their nation in the 24th session of the Youth Assembly, a U.N.-supported global leadership conference in Washington, DC.

GU-Q encourages students to participate in international trips, conferences, competitions, and study abroad. These opportunities provide valuable contexts for experiential learning, and introduce global audiences to Qatar’s education offerings.

students took trips through co-curricular programming

Study Abroad Students are encouraged to study abroad at one of over 100 universities worldwide. From GU-Q, 7 students studied on the Washington, DC campus, and 3 students from Brown, Yale, and Georgetown studied abroad at GU-Q.

Study Abroad Two GU-Q students spent a semester studying at the London School of Economics and four at the University of Edinburg.

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Zones of Conflict, Zones of Peace This program sent students to the Basque Country to examine the Spain–Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) conflict.

QF All Star Team This year, Hoya athletes joined the QF All Star Teams, along with six other Education City universities, representing Qatar in the International Sports Festival at the American College of Greece.

World Universities Debating Championship GU-Q’s champion debate team competed against 400 teams from 250 universities at WUDC, the largest debate competition in the world.

International Youth Leadership Conference In 2018, GU-Q students joined the 37th IYLC Conference in Prague, a week-long youth forum on world politics, justice, and the complexities of international relations.

Study Abroad One GU-Q student spent a semester studying at the National University of Singapore.

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students studied abroad at Georgetown

Health & Wellness The Student Wellness and Counseling Center (SWCC) at GU-Q offers counseling, assessment, and consultation to support students. Additionally, SWCC provides wellness information, invites experts for health-focused events, and organizes classes and workshops for various community groups throughout the year. Highlights from this year’s programming include:

COUNSELING COUN S ELING APPOINTMENT S Personal or group counseling sessions with certified counselors are available to students by appointment.

S MALL TALK, BIG IMPACT S ERIE S Information sessions held during the lunch hour discuss topics that include: • hygiene • body image • gender issues • gratitude

S E L F H E L P TO O LS S TUDENT HEALTH 101 An online health and wellbeing magazine for students.

ONLINE RE S OURCE S Access to various types of selfguided learning materials, such as: • brochures • books • workbooks • apps (including WellTrack)

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PRE SENTATION S & WORK S HOP S • mental health and behavioral support • wellness services and awareness programs • student consultation on group projects and class presentations through the Engelhard Project

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The Engelhard Project for connecting life and learning is a Washington, DC, initiative where Georgetown faculty link academic course content to health and well-being topics. Readings, presentations, discussions and reflective writing assignments are led by campus health professionals.

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SWCC at the SAC Fair

This year, in partnership with the Deputy Title IX Coordinator, SWCC designed an interactive training program to educate students about consent, sexual assault prevention, bystander intervention, and Georgetown University Title IX policy and procedures.

HE A LTH C H E C K S HEALTH & WELLNE SS FAIR GU-Q’s annual fair is organized in collaboration with Education City and Qatar Foundation. S CREENER S Confidential evaluations and information sessions teaching students about mental health, body image, and eating disorder behaviors.

VENDOR S ON CAMPU S Flu shots and various health checks, such as ENT, BMI, and cholesterol, were performed by: • Qatar Foundation Primary Health Care Clinic • Qatar Foundation Nutrition Clinic • HMC Tobacco Control Center • Qatar Diabetes Association

M E NTA L & P H Y S I C A L F I T N ESS S TRE SS -LE SS WEEK Stress management program for students during midterms and final exams.

Activities and information sessions about nutrition and healthy living for students during midterms and final exams. LIVING IN THE MOMENT Workshops and cognitive therapy sessions on mindfulness to help students cope with stress: • Healthy Mind Platter Workshop • 7 Types of Hunger Workshop • Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy Workshop Series

Weekly schedules of fitness and meditation classes for students, faculty, and staff: • yoga • karate • spinning • swimming • Zumba • meditation • bootcamp • self-defense • circuit • pilates training BODY IMAGE AWARENE SS WEEK Active and passive programming to help students understand the impact of the media on their body image, and connect them to relevant resources.

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The training program was delivered in collaboration with Student Life and the Deputy Title IX Coordinator to include all classes of students in compliance with Title IX mandatory training. A listening and feedback session with the Georgetown University Vice President of Institutional Diversity and Equity was organized to have a dialogue with students about current and future directions for Title IX policy and procedures.

Elena Lopez Khoury, Assistant Director, Student Wellness and Counseling Center, was awarded the Georgetown University President’s Excellence Award for Staff and AAP in 2018-2019 in 83 recognition for her role in leading this initiative.

Capacity Building Consistent with Georgetown’s educational and service mission, GU-Q seeks to foster an inclusive environment that embraces and values every member of the community. From service provider resources and women’s empowerment programs to educational enrichment activities that aim to ensure that high school students in Qatar have a chance to reach their full potential, Georgetown puts foundational values to practice in a variety of ways.

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PANEL FOR A SD TEACHER S GU-Q presented during Professional Development Day at the American School of Doha (ASD) this year. The presentation, “The Effects of the Blockade on Qatar,” featured three panelists who discussed educational impacts, political consequences, and security issues in Qatar. Panelists • Associate Dean Anne Nebel (moderator) • Dean Ahmad Dallal • CIRS Director Mehran Kamrava • Professor Rory Miller MODEL UNITED NATION S (MUN) MUN offers students and educators resources and training sessions geared towards preparing school groups for participation in the annual GU-Q Model United Nations Conference, the oldest MUN conference in Qatar. GU-Q students volunteer their time and offer an MUN training day for all high schoolers in Qatar, and individualized school trainings on demand.

PLANET GEORGETOWN Planet Georgetown is a year-long program dedicated to helping local high school students prosper in their current academic setting and prepare for university. It provides participants with enriching workshops throughout the year and allows current GU-Q students to gain experience by supporting the facilitation of the program. GEORGETOWN PRE-COLLEGE S UMMER PROGRAM (GP S ) Each year, local students participate in GU-Q’s flagship GPS program, designed to orient and prepare high school students in Qatar for university life. This year GPS welcomed 43 students to the four-week program with six current students and five alumni serving as peer tutors and instructors.

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COUN S ELOR TRAINING PROGRAM S These Admissions initiatives provide counselors and other school administrators in Qatar and the region with the tools needed to support students in applying to Education City universities.

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S E RVI C E P R O V I D E R R E S O UR C E S QUARTERLY AWARD LUNCHES Each quarter, service providers are hosted at a catered buffet lunch to show appreciation for their contributions to the GU-Q community. At the lunch, exemplary service for the period is recognized with gift certificates to the GU-Q bookstore and elsewhere. EDUCATION & FITNE SS Service providers, as members of the GU-Q community, have access to the gym as well as the library and all of its resources, including computers and other media.

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levels of English taught through the Hoya Empowerment and Learning (HELP) Program

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S ERVICE PROVIDER S’ BAZAAR The annual Service Providers’ Bazaar is dedicated to third-party service providers who play an indispensable role in the everyday operations of the university. The event features gift certificates, a raffle draw, a free market of new and gently used personal and household goods donated by the GU-Q community, and a celebratory lunch.

In collaboration with the Diplomacy Training Program & Migrant Forum Asia.

HUMAN RIGHT S CAPACIT Y BUILDING PROGRAM GU-Q offered a four-day Human What do participants gain? Rights Capacity Building Program • Knowledge and in collaboration with the Diplomacy understanding of Training Program and Migrant Forum international human rights Asia. The aim of the program is to and labor standards • Increased capacity to integrate build knowledge and understanding of gained knowledge into work international human rights and labor environments to promote and protect standards, and its relevance to the the rights of workers treatment of migrant workers in Qatar. • Increased understanding of how civil society, national human rights The 2019 program hosted 40 institutions, business, and the United participants. Conducted in English with Nations system can collaborate in simultaneous Arabic interpretation, building respect for the rights of it builds cross-sector sharing of migrant worker knowledge and collaboration in Qatar.

HOYA EMPOWERMENT & LEARNING PROGRAM (HELP) The student-led HELP initiative works to deliver courses in English, Arabic, financial literacy, and computer skills for members of the GU-Q service provider community.

E N C O U R A G I N G EQ UITY G E O R G E TO W N W O ME N’ S A LLIA NCE Q ATA R (G WA -Q )

events were hosted by GWA-Q during the academic year

This year, GU-Q launched the Qatar chapter of the Georgetown Women’s Alliance (GWA-Q), which brings together members of the GU-Q community who share a commitment to fostering an equitable environment for all. GWA-Q facilitates sustained conversation, interaction and networking, and communication of events and programming. The Alliance hosted four events that included talks, mentor teas, and a book discussion.

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The Women’s Center organized several events and campaigns related to women’s issues independently and in collaboration with GU-Q’s Student Wellness and Counseling Center, Georgetown Women’s Alliance Qatar, students, and others.

MENTOR TEA S Open to all women on campus, these afternoon Mentor Teas featured professional women sharing life experiences, lessons learned, and challenges faced along the way.

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• Jane Aiken, Professor of Law at Georgetown University • Ayesha Al Mudahka, Director of Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships Development at Qatar Foundation • Karine Walther, Associate Professor of History at GU-Q • Tatiana Usova, Associate Director of the Library at GU-Q • Amanda Look, Auxiliary Services Manager at GU-Q • Gosia Ledwon, Benefits and Wellness Manager at GU-Q • Samreen Khan, Economics Support Coordinator at GU-Q

BOOK CLUB Open to the entire GU-Q community, the Women’s Center Book Club explores different aspects of being a woman in the world through literature: • Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo • Dare to Lead by Brene Brown NEW Y EAR VI SION BOARD PART Y Faculty, staff and students came together to make visual reminders of their goals in a supportive environment. WOMEN’ S CENTER RETREAT Offered in collaboration with the Women’s Center in Washington, DC, this special overnight retreat for students is aimed at self discovery, empowerment, relationship building, and leadership development.

The Future is Female Conference 2019

LET’ S TALK GENDER WEEK Events under the 2018 Let’s Talk Gender Week program were:

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DOME S TIC VIOLENCE AWARENE SS In collaboration with GU-Q’s Human Rights Club, students were presented with statistics and information on domestic violence and local resources.

The Future is Female at GU-Q was created by Asma AlJehani (SFS’19) with the aim of increasing female participation in the labor force in the Gulf by providing mentorship, workshops, and networking opportunities.

ASMA ALJEHANI launched The Future is Female in 2018, during her senior year at GU-Q

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FILM S CREENING S In addition to ManIslam, shown during Gender Week, Miss Representation was shown during Body Image Awareness Week at GU-Q.

The Future is Female initiative of the GU-Q Women’s Society student club co-organized a conference with HBKU on Intersectional Feminism in the Arab World. Held in the Qatar National Library, the conference featured keynote speaker Dr. Alaa Murabit, a Canadian Meritorious Service Cross recipient, and one of 17 Global Sustainable Development Goal Advocates appointed by the United Nations Secretary General. Events included a filmmaking course taught by CIRS Managing Editor Suzi Mirgani.

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Professional Achievements. . .... 92 Employer Engagement. . ....... 94 Career Preparation.......... 96 • Internships

GU-Q GRADUATE S WORK IN: ART, CULTURE, AND MUSEUMS ∙ BUSINESS, CONSULTING, AND FINANCE ∙ DIPLOMACY, GOVERNMENT, AND LAW ∙ EDUCATION ∙ ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY ∙ EVENTS AND SPORTS ∙ HEALTH ∙ HOS PITALITY AND TOURISM ∙ PUBLIC RELATIONS AND MARKETING ∙ RESEARCH ∙ TECHNOLOGY AND MEDIA

student employees gained experience working at GU-Q

73% of students used career services this year

for-credit student internships

Kholoud Al-Shiba (SFS‘18) accepted the Education Excellence Award from the Amir, His Highness Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani

organizations offered internships for students

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Alumni Life E M P L OY M E N T & E D U C AT I O N GU-Q alumni are strongly positioned at graduation for roles in international diplomacy, public service, education, and business and consulting, among others. Career Services assists students and alumni following graduation.

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Employers who have consistently hired GU-Q graduates in recent years are organizations in Qatar representing a variety of industries.

GRADUATES BY CURRENT EMPLOYER (MAY 2019): Qatar Foundation............................... 23 Qatar Ministries.. ............................... 22 Georgetown University in Qatar. . ......... 10 Teach for Qatar................................. 10 PricewaterhouseCoopers...................... 9 Qatar Airways . . .................................... 9 Qatar Shell.. ........................................ 8 Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy . . ...................... 7 Qatar Investment Authority................... 6 Sheikh Faisal Holding . . ......................... 5

A L UM N I S UR V E Y The annual post-graduation survey, which is sent to alumni six months after graduation, was conducted in December. The survey targeted all 50 members of the class of 2018. Consistent with previous years, 60% of respondents are employed, and 8% are pursuing a graduate degree.

A DVA NC E D DE G R E E S GU-Q graduates also pursue further education in the form of master’s, doctoral, and law degrees from schools around the world.

At least 32% of graduates have received or are currently pursuing an advanced degree

G R A DU AT E INT E R N S H IP S The following organizations consistently offer both paid and unpaid internships for recent graduates: • Canon Qatar • Dun and Bradstreet • Msheireb Properties • Qatar Development Bank • Qatar Foundation • Qatar Museums • Qatar National Bank • Queen Rania Foundation • Scribesmith • Sheikha Al Thani Charity for Underprivileged Children • TripleTwo • World Innovation Summit for Education

External and Corporate Affairs Chair ....................... Hessa Al-Noaimi (SFS’16) Community Outreach Chair .................. Indee Thotawattage (SFS’14) Communications and Events Team ........................ Noor Al-Kobaisi (SFS’13) ............................... Salar Khan (SFS’15) ............................ Umair Dogar (SFS’12)

PANEL DISCUSSION: ACHIEVEMENTS AFTER LEAVING GU-Q Hosted by Georgetown Women’s Alliance Qatar (GWA-Q), this panel discussion offered an opportunity for the GU-Q community to meet successful alumni and hear about their personal and professional journeys.

Panelists: • Nada Soudy (SFS’11) • Mariam Alsada (SFS’12) • Saumya Iyer (SFS’16) • Hanouf Al Buainin (SFS’10) Welcome to the Neighborhood 2019

BRINGING HOYAS HOME At the annual alumni barbecue, GU-Q graduates living in Qatar are invited to visit their alma mater, to meet recent graduates and seniors as rising alumni, and to catch up with faculty and staff. The second annual event was co-hosted by the Senior Class Committee, Student Development, and Career Services.

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WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD As in previous years, alumni, senior students, and members of the GU-Q community took part in a networking event that welcomed recent graduates into the alumni community and celebrated being a Hoya.

BOARD MEMBER S Co-Presidents ............................. Mark Saliba (SFS’09) ............... Shahan Sahsuvaroglu (SFS’13)

ANNUAL ALUMNI SUHOOR Alumni met for a night of good food and company during the holy month of Ramadan. The annual Suhoor reaffirms Georgetown’s core value of Interreligious Understanding and strengthens community bonds.

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In 2017, GU-Q alumni established the Georgetown University Alumni Association of Doha. In collaboration with the Office of Student Development, the association organizes several social events, networking opportunities, and professional development courses for alumni throughout the year.

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Interreligious Understanding: A commitment to be in community with and learn from those of various religious backgrounds.

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Professional Achievements T ED x TA L K O N DI S A B ILIT Y Khansa Maria (SFS’21) delivered a TEDxYouth talk titled, Disability, Oppression, Empowerment and All That in Between at Doha’s DPS-Modern Indian School. Blind since birth, Khansa is passionate about breaking down barriers and advocating for disability rights.

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A lot of people have reached out to me since my TEDx talk, sharing how they had never really thought about disability issues in the way I talked about them, and how they started having conversations they never would have had otherwise. —Khansa Maria (SFS’21)

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Fatima Muneer (SFS’11) made waves on the global stage when she took part in the 2018 Common Action Annual Forum held in Johannesburg, South Africa which convened under the theme, Global Racial Polarisation and the Rise of Right Wing Politics. Fatima represented the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community—a network of inspiring people under the age of 30 working together to address local, regional, and global challenges.

INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION Najib Ahmed (SFS‘17) returned to his secondary school alma mater, the Abaarso School of Science and Technology in Somaliland, an American style boarding school, after graduation. Najib is Dean of Boys and on the faculty, and is assisting in curriculum design as a component of reaccreditation by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

This was the very first time the forum dedicated an entire panel to youth, and I feel very privileged to have been given the chance to share ideas with individuals who represent influential organizations like the United Nations, Al Jazeera, the Guardian, the African National Congress, and the International Crisis Group.

Being among the first cohort of Abaarso students, my success abroad was as crucial as my return to Somaliland. If I hadn’t returned, over a hundred of Somaliland’s top young minds would not have considered returning upon graduation.

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—Najib Abdihamid Ahmed (SFS‘17)

I want foreign workers living in Qatar to feel welcome and safe, not intimidated, not humiliated, not taken advantage of. —Asma AlJehani (SFS’19)

LE ADI N G QATA R I YO UT H Dana Khalid Al-Anzy (SFS’17) spoke to Qatari high school and university students about her experience as an ambassador to the 24th Session of the Youth Assembly in Washington, DC. The Youth Assembly, a platform of the nonprofit Friendship Ambassadors Foundation, has consultative status with UNESCO and the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Education Above All (EAA) serves as the supporting organization for the delegation.

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It is my mission to ensure that the voices of Qatari youth are heard on global platforms. The world should be aware of our potential and accomplishments in the field of sustainability. It also gives us the chance to tell our own stories, create our own future, and define our own narrative. —Dana Khalid Al-Anzy (SFS’17)

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Asma AlJehani (SFS’19) was awarded the prestigious Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism in 2019. The first Qatari student to be selected, Asma is one of only two non-practicing journalists to receive the award. Asma’s project works on issues surrounding the mental health of migrant workers in Qatar given the limited statistical data available (other than for pay, safety, housing, and healthcare).

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B EDAYA C E NT R E C O MPE TIT IO N Sara El-Amin (SFS’19), Normeanne Sison (SFS’19) and Asma AlJehani (SFS’19) presented a concept for Vault, a web-based clothing rental platform that garnered the audience’s popular vote for best business idea at the “Startup Weekend 2018” competition sponsored by the Bedaya Centre. The trio placed 3rd in the overall competition, securing entrepreneurial training and funding from the Qatar Business Incubation Center to develop their idea into a working business.

I learned you don’t need a business degree, you just need to have an idea and a solution to a problem. —Normeanne Sison (SFS’19)

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Hissa Albader (SFS‘18) (pictured) and Kholoud Al-Shiba (SFS‘18), received Education Excellence Awards for outstanding academic achievement in the 12th installment of the award ceremony held in 2019. The annual Education Excellence Awards are an initiative of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education and held under the patronage of His Highness the Amir, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, who presented the awards to the winners.

Employer Engagement A N N UA L CA R E E R FA IR

Qatar-based employers from public and private sectors attended the annual Education City Career Fair

GU-Q participated, for the fourth year in a row, in the joint Education City Career Fair (sponsored by Qatar Shell) in partnership with Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, Northwestern University in Qatar, and Hamad Bin Khalifa University. The two-day event provides a platform for students to network with employers and learn about job and internship opportunities offered by companies, government agencies, and non-profit organizations in Qatar. Workshops leading up to the Career Fair included resume clinics, professional presentation skills workshops, mock interviews, and a “Prepare for Your Career” mini-conference. More than 20% of GU-Q students participated in the Career Fair this year.

N E T W O R K I N G W ITH E MPLOY E R S Career Services staff have networked with more than 100 employers to connect the market with the GU-Q community of highly skilled students and alumni. These meetings have led to offers of non-credit internships, volunteer opportunities, and employment with, among others, the following organizations:

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• Al Jazeera Media Institute • Ali Bin Ali Group • Aventicum Capital Management • Boston Consulting Group • beIN Group • Canon Qatar • Deloitte • HSBC Bank • Intesa Sanpaolo • KPMG • McKinsey & Company • Memac Ogilvy • PricewaterhouseCoopers • Qatar Business Insights Unit • Qatar Development Bank

• Qatar Finance and Business Academy • Qatar Financial Center Regulatory Authority (QFCRA) • Qatar Foundation Communications • Qatar Museums • Qatar Public Prosecution Office • Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Center Doha (ROLACC) • Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy • Teach for Qatar • Vodafone • Weber Shandwick • Wood Associates

Q ATA R S T O C K E X C H A NG E C O MPE T ITIO N This year, GU-Q participated in the first competition for university students organized by the Qatar Stock Exchange. Students conducted research on market liquidity in Qatar and presented their findings in front of a panel of industry experts. The competition was concluded with a final ceremony in which students capitalized on the opportunity to network and engage with experts from relevant employers including Qatar Securities, Qatar Financial Markets Authority, Qatar Financial Center, Qatar Central Bank, and Aamal.

I N F O R M ATIO N S E SS IO N S GU-Q Career Services hosted industry-specific information sessions in order to give students and alumni a more in-depth perspective on professions such as consulting, public service, and banking. This year GU-Q invited all Education City students and alumni to attend. In turn, GU-Q students were invited to attend employer sessions at other universities. Participating Employers: • Al Tamimi and Company • Boston Consulting Group • McKinsey & Company • PricewaterhouseCoopers • Qatar Financial Center Regulatory Authority • Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy • Teach for Qatar • United Nations

CARE E R R E S O UR C E S In addition to career-focused events, students and alumni also have access to online resources that connect them to employers, including:

ANNUAL CV BOOK Each year, Career Services prepares a book that contains the CVs from students and alumni and is used to promote employability. In an effort to connect employers with the GU-Q student body and to alumni, printed copies of the book are shared with employers at the Education City Career Fair and digital copies are emailed to potential employers.

i NET Connects users with internships and is limited to users from just seven of the top universities in the U.S. HAND S HAKE This self-service database of jobs, internships, and other opportunities connects users directly with employers. WEEKLY NEWSLETTER This newsletter advertises local and international job opportunities. Career Services staff source opportunities by contacting employers directly, reviewing online databases, and scanning popular employers’ careers pages. GUQALUMNI@GEORGETOWN.EDU A graduate listserv is maintained to efficiently distribute the Career Services newsletter and other information.

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CV ONLINE This year, Career Services launched a new digital CV mechanism, allowing students and alumni to create, manage and keep their CVs updated, and potential employers to access accurate student and graduate CV data.

Career Preparation Career counseling, guidance, and assessments are available to all students and alumni. Sessions with alumni are conducted in person, or via Skype, telephone, and email.

A SS ESS ME N T T O O L S Several assessment tools are offered to help students identify their interests and strengths as they relate to majors and career choices.

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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: identifies student personality types using strengths and weaknesses.

Gallup’s CliftonStrengths: identifies individual strengths and gives tips to maximize student potential.

New! Myers-Briggs Strong Interest Inventory: links interests and values to career prospects, based on preference.

This year, 92 students and 10 alumni sought individual career counseling, receiving assistance with self-assessment, decision making, and job search skills development, such as resume writing, interviewing, and industry exploration.

W O R K S H O P S & T R A INING This year, Career Services collaborated with Human Resources to provide the following career workshops and group training sessions to students: • Resume and Cover Letter Writing • Interview Practice • LinkedIn and Online Networking • Employability Skills and Learning Platforms • Navigating the Career Fair

• Essentials of Networking • Elevator Pitch and Personal Branding • Identifying and Communicating Your Strengths • Career Planning and Job Search Guidance

S T UD E N T EMPLOYME NT AT G U -Q The student employment program equips students with skills and experiences that can increase their employability beyond graduation. Often students work in the same department throughout their student employment experience, leading to increased responsibility and better work experience over time. This year, 78 students were employed across 12 departments at the university.

organizations offered for-credit internships to GU-Q students

INTERNSHIPS F OR- C RED I T I NT E RN S H I P S Offered in partnership with local organizations, this one-credit International Affairs course offers students in-class instruction and requires them to work 10-15 hours per week at their internship. Outcomes include experience with professional mentorship, on the job training, and greater understanding of needed academic and professional skills for specific careers. This year 14 students completed one-semester internships at one of five partner organizations.

INTERNSHIPS BY ORGANIZATION:

NO N-C R E DIT INTE R N SH IP S GU-Q students benefit from non-credit internships at multiple organizations. This year, students worked at the following: Film, Media, and Communications Al Jazeera English

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Cannon Qatar

Memac Ogilvy

Blue Rubicon

Ooredoo

Doha Film Institute

Qatar Foundation Communications

Ginger Camel

Banking, Finance, and Auditing Allegoria Capital

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PricewaterhouseCoopers

Intesa Sanpaolo Bank

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Qatar National Bank

Government and Diplomacy Cambodia Ministry of Sport

UNESCO Qatar

Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy

United Nations New York

United States Embassy in Qatar

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Business, Management, and Consulting Adecco

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Boston Consulting Group

Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Center Doha

Education and Training Artan Holding

Teach for Qatar

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I make it a priority to speak to students and faculty, because these are the people who are important for our future. —H.E. Saad Sherida al Kaabi, Minister of State for Energy Affairs, Qatar

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Dialogue & Debate GU-Q strengthens the community and provides educational insights into the issues shaping our world by serving as experts in the media and connecting the public with decision makers and thought leaders at public lectures and events.

We are very proud of GU-Q and its graduates—12 of whom work for us at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and were part of the team that worked during the start of the blockade. —H.E. Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Qatar

G U- Q D I P L O M AT IC LE C T U R E SE R IE S The Diplomatic Lecture Series features distinguished figures in the field of diplomacy and diplomatic engagement. H.E. MOHAMMED BIN ABDULRAHMAN AL-THANI Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs H.E. Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani gave a public talk where he discussed the ongoing Gulf crisis, Qatar’s economic and foreign policy priorities, and the future of Qatar’s multilateral relations. The talk was followed by a question and answer session with students and community members.

H.E. S AAD S HERIDA AL-KAABI Minister of State for Energy Affairs of Qatar and President and CEO of Qatar Petroleum H.E. Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi gave a public talk about the future of Qatar’s energy sector, including the decision to withdraw from OPEC, and plans to increase annual capacity, explore untapped markets, and acquire new gas fields. The talk was followed by a question and answer session with students.

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GU-Q hosted the 8th Annual Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Awareness Workshop in cooperation with the Qatar Ministry of Defense’s National Committee for the Prohibition of Weapons (NCPW) and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. The aim of the workshop was to raise awareness about the dangers associated with nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons. Participants included members of NCPW, and students from GU-Q as well as other universities and high schools in Qatar.

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ME DIA MAT T E R S Faculty members are often called to serve as experts on television, in newspapers, magazines, podcasts, radio, and online media, with national, regional and global reach. They also publish their own analysis and opinion pieces in publications worldwide. See page 107 for details.

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H.E. MURAD BA S EER Chargé d’affaires, Embassy of Pakistan in Qatar H.E. Murad Baseer gave a talk titled, “A Nation Rising Out of the Ashes of the War on Terror” where he discussed overcoming the challenges of rebuilding after war.

H.E. CLAUDIA ROTH Vice President of the German Bundestag H.E. Claudia Roth discussed “Women’s Rights, Global Feminism and Sustainable Development: Time for a Change,” exploring the many ways that environmental changes have had an outsized impact on the most marginalized members of society. The talk, which was followed by a question and answer session, was attended by the GU-Q community and members of the diplomatic community, including the Ambassador of Germany to the State of Qatar, H.E. Hans-Udo Muzel. H.E. BARBARA BODINE Director of the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University H.E. Barbara Bodine, Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at ISD and former U.S. Ambassador to Yemen, spoke about “Diplomacy in an Era of Disruption, Discontinuity, and Discord.” Co-sponsored by the Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), the talk took a sweeping look at history to show how the post-WWII global order no longer fits current realities, and that new diplomatic tools are required to address the many crises unfolding around the globe.

QATAR ALLIANCES GU-Q collaborated with the Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs to host H.E. Barbara Bodine & with Education Above All to host H.E. Emanuela Del Re

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H.E. EMANUELA CLAUDIA DEL RE Italian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs GU-Q, Education Above All, and the Embassy of Italy in Qatar hosted a talk by H.E. Emanuela Del Re. The lecture, “Development Cooperation: the Italian Approach,” addressed current and future challenges of international development cooperation. The event was attended by members of the Education City community, and professionals working in international development. H.E. Del Re noted, “our goal is to create a two-way donor-beneficiary relationship instead of a one-way project, and build with our partners a privileged relationship of shared values which can generate mutual benefits and long-term structural solutions.”

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JOEL BEININ Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History and Professor Emeritus of Middle East History at Stanford University Dr. Beinin’s research focus has been on the culture, politics, economics, and societies of the Middle East, and on U.S. policy in the region. His lecture drew on his most recent publication by a similar title, Workers and Thieves: Labor Movements and Popular Uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, in which he argues that decades of labor and unemployment issues played significant roles in the 2011 uprisings and their outcomes.

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MAURIZIO BONA Senior Advisor, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) Maurizio Bona discussed the role of science in promoting global peace, using the example of the establishment of the European Council for Nuclear Research (CERN) in 1954. A discussion followed on how science, diplomacy, politics, and academia can bridge gaps and make the intersection of science and policy more beneficial for society.

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NICHOLA S GU YATT Reader in North American History at the University of Cambridge Moderated by Associate Professor Karine Walther, Guyatt presented his research for a forthcoming book on the early history of racial segregation policies in American penal systems at a public lecture. ARE THE RE TO O MA NY PEOPL E ON TH E PLAN ET ? T HE N IG H TMA R ES OF F R . MA LTH U S

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PANEL DI SCU SS ION In a discussion moderated by Associate Professor Harry Verhoeven, panelists offered different perspectives on political change in Africa. The panel featured Minister-Counsellor

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ALEXI S ANTONIADE S Associate Professor and Director of International Economics at GU-Q More than 240 people attended this presentation on Qatar’s economic past, present, and future by Associate Professor Alexis Antoniades. The audience included foreign diplomats, prominent members of the business community, local officials, and the public, who were given an overview of Qatar’s economy along with strategic recommendations and concrete next steps to ensure a prosperous future for the State of Qatar. E VA C U AT I O N D U R I N G LA R G E E VE N T S

TIM FRAZIER Faculty Director of the Emergency and Disaster Management program at Georgetown University This lecture hosted by GU-Q’s Office of Executive and Professional Education was aimed at International Emergency and Disaster Management (IEDM) alumni, students, program candidates, and the Qatari community. The talk covered how to plan for and orchestrate evacuations at large scale events and provided critical information leading up to the FIFA World Cup in 2022.

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JO S EPH KABO SKI Professor of Economics at the University of Notre Dame Professor Kaboski, in a public lecture, traced the fears of a decline in material living standards due to a rise in population back to the theories of Anglican priest Thomas Robert Malthus, whose work in economics was informed by his experience as a priest and demographer. In the two centuries since the work of Malthus, economic research and experience has added nuance and greater positivity toward population growth, even in the face of environmental concerns.

Washington Oloo from the Kenyan Embassy in Qatar representing Kenya, Goitom Gebreluel of the University of Cambridge representing Ethiopia, and Abdelwahab El-Affendi, dean of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at the Doha Institute of Graduate Studies representing Sudan.

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Strategic Visits On-campus meetings feature leading figures from various institutions, the media, businesses, and governments. These engagements expand Georgetown’s global networks, raise Qatar’s international visibility, and provide educational opportunities for GU-Q’s students of international affairs. Strategic visits to GU-Q often open the door to future institutional collaboration, shared research initiatives, and student and faculty exchanges.

members of the Qatari government gave talks at GU-Q this year

N AT I O N A L R E PRESEN TATI VES H.E. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs H.E. Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, Minister of State for Energy Affairs, President and CEO of Qatar Petroleum H.E. Dr. Mohammed Bin Saleh Al-Sada, Former Minister of Energy and Industry H.E. Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani, CEO and Vice Chair, Qatar Foundation H.E. Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani, Permanent Representative of Qatar at the United Nations

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H.E. Murad Baseer, Interim Ambassador

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• H.E. Ewa Polano, Ambassador • Stefan Söderberg, Embassy Deputy Head of Mission • H.E. Urban Andersson, Ambassador, Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa

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• William Grant, Charge d’Affaires • Other U.S. Embassy Officials

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H.E. Claudia Roth, Vice President of the Bundestag

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H.E. Emanuela C. Del Re, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Kenya

H.E. Ambassador Monica Juma, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

Malaysia

• H.E. Saifuddin Abdullah, Minister of Foreign Affairs • H.E. Nurul Izzah, Member of Parliament • H.E. Nor Azrina, Member of Parliament

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Fr. Daniel Hendrickson, University President

Deakin University

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Eastern Mediterranean University

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Georgetown University

H.E. Barbara Bodine, Director and Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy

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Johns Hopkins University

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BERLIN WALL UNVEILING A panel of the Berlin Wall was placed on display in the GU-Q atrium as the result of ongoing collaboration between QF’s Community Development and Qatar Museums, which acquired the slab as part of Qatar-Germany Year of Culture 2017. GU-Q was chosen to host the display as an institution working to develop future leaders in international diplomacy. At the event, Kai Henrik-Barth, senior assistant dean for research support, and his spouse Katrin Scholz-Barth, president of SustainableQATAR, shared details of their experiences living on opposite sides of the East Berlin-West Berlin divide. LA NUIT DE S IDÉE S “The Night of Ideas” is a global initiative that sees academics, artists, intellectuals, researchers and more gather to discuss a shared theme on the same day in more than 70 countries. Hosted at GU-Q and co-organized with Qatar Foundation and the Institut Français du Qatar, the event was moderated by Professor Clyde Wilcox, and explored the connection between technology, science fiction, and society.

ARABIC BOOK CLUB During the 2018-2019 academic year, the Arabic Book Club, one of the cultural, academic, and professional activities offered by the Arabic Language Program, began holding meetings in collaboration with the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. The joint meetings led to greater participation and more diverse perspectives. This year’s books included:

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Al Horuoub, Khaled. 2018. [The Worried Intellectual Versus the Assured Intellectual.] Amman, Jordan: Al Ahlia for Publishing and Distribution.

‫تصــورات األمة املعارصة – دراســة تحليليــة ملفاهيم‬ ‫األمــة يف الفكر العــريب الحديث واملعارص‬

Nassar, Nasif. 2017. [Contemporary Perception of the Nation: An Analytical Study on Concepts in Modern and Contemporary Arab Thought.] Qatar: Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies.

‫ الطوائــف املتخيلة‬،‫ الطائفية‬،‫الطائفــة‬

Bishara, Azmi. 2018. [Sect, Sectarianism, and Imagined Sects.] Qatar: Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies.

Afghanistan

Arabic Washington Post Ireland, Worried About Peace Process, Considers the Recognition of a Palestinian State RORY MILLER

Media Matters Y EHIA MOHAMED TRT World Impact of Globalization and New Media in Arabic Sharek Centre Types of Arabic Learners in Today’s World

BBC World News Khashoggi Murder: How Much Does It Hurt Saudi Arabia?

Al Jazeera The Danger of Conflating Anti-Zionism with Anti-Semitism

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International Affairs

ANATOL LIEVEN

HARRY VERHOEVEN

KARL WIDERQUI S T

U.S. Foreign Policy

Prospect Magazine The Myth of Liberal Internationalism: Why It Always Fails

ABDULLAH AL-ARIAN

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Foreign Policy It’s Time to Trust the Taliban

Al Jazeera Will Midterm Results Affect Trump’s Foreign Policy?

Africa

What History Can Teach Us About Countries in Crisis ANATOL LIEVEN New Arab The GCC: A Glimmer of Hope or Condemned to History? Al Jazeera Behind the Punishing Blockade Against Qatar The Gulf Crisis: How Researchers View the Blockade

Faculty Media Appearances 2018-2019

Al Jazeera Will the Largest Dam in Africa Ever be Completed?

The Bush Legacy in the Gulf RORY MILLER

Qatar/GCC Ethiopia Insight Podcast The Weaponization of GERD (Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam) Policy Talks Podcast The GERD: Hydro Politics in the Horn of Africa Inkstone News Is Chinese Cash for Africa Debt-trap Diplomacy? IAN ALMOND Kashmir Press Kashmir: An ‘Unrecognized Gaza’

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China Al Jazeera Is China Persecuting Its Uighur Muslim minority?

Infobae.com Secret Arabia

ANATOL LIEVEN Scroll.in India Must Talk to China Al Jazeera Modi’s Hindu Nationalism is Stumbling

Gulf International Forum On the Side of Gulf International Conference GERD NONNEMAN ALEXI S ANTONIADE S

UDAY CHANDRA ANATOL LIEVEN Scroll.in India as It Responds to the Pulwama Attack

Bloomberg News Qatar’s Departure From OPEC Suggests Gulf Rift Is Here to Stay

MEHRAN KAMRAVA CNN Iconic Qatar: Museum of Islamic Art Inside Qatar’s Ancient Ruined City Tehran Times Arab NATO Gulf Times The Gulf Crisis Voice of America Arab Conflicts Seen Not Rooted in Ideology Alone

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SECTION CONTENTS GU-Q Programs............110 • Custom Programs • Executive Education • Community Education

Course Testimonials.......113 Executive Master’s ............114

COMMUNIT Y CLA SS ES : CO-ACTIVE COACHING ∙ EMERGENCY AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT ∙ FORMAL SPOKEN ARABIC ∙ LOGICAL AND CRITICAL THINKING ∙ LIFE DESIGN ∙ PROFESSIONAL WRITING ∙ PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN A GLOBAL WORLD ∙ DIGITAL MARKETING ∙ INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN THE GULF REGION ∙ YOUR WAYS TO SUCCESS

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At Georgetown, we believe we have a duty to reach out to Qatari society and offer what we do best here to the wider community. —Dr. Amira Sonbol, GU-Q Professor of History

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GU-Q Programs CUSTOM PROGRAMS M c D O N O UG H S C H O O L O F B U S INE SS C O U R S E S GU-Q’s Executive and Professional Education (EPE) team developed partnerships with important insitutions in Qatar this year. In addition to an Executive Master’s in Leadership, Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business (MSB) also provided program modules for the Qatar Leadership Center and custom training for Qatar Petroleum.

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EXECUTIVE LEADER S PROGRAM In 2018-2019, partnering with the Qatar Leadership Center, MSB taught a customized module called, “Political and Economic Responses to Crisis” for its Executive Leaders Program.

S TRATEGIC LEADER SHIP IN A COMPLEX GLOBAL MARKETPLACE In partnership with Qatar Petroleum (QP), the team at GU-Q provided a signature training for members of QP’s leadership team this year.

Instructors • Raj Desai, Associate Professor of International Development at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service (SFS) • Ricardo Ernst, Baratta Chair in Global Business and Co-Director of the Global Logistics Research Program at Georgetown University

The two-day training titled, “Strategic Leadership in a Complex Global Marketplace,” equipped senior leaders with knowledge and skills to address some of the most critical and complex leadership and business issues facing the sector.

RI S ING LEADER S PROGRAM MSB also taught a customized module on “Political and Economic Responses to Crisis” for the Qatar Leadership Center’s Rising Leaders Program. Instructors • Stanley Nollen, Emeritus Faculty at the McDonough School of Business • Jeff Peck, Adjunct Professor at the McDonough School of Business

Instructors • Brooks Holtom, Professor at the McDonough School of Business • Chris Rider, Professor of Strategy at the University of Michigan Participants Qatari representatives of QP’s senior leadership

CRI S I S MAN AGEMENT Instructor H.E. Ambassador Barbara Bodine, Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy and Director of the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University Participants Qatari representatives from the following government organizations: • Amiri Diwan • Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs • Qatar Ministry of Defense

POLITICAL GEOGRAPH Y Instructor Rory Miller, Professor of Government at GU-Q Participants Qatari diplomats and representatives from the following government organizations: • Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs • Qatar Ministry of Defense

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PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNER S HIP S John Buttarazzi, an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy, taught this three-day course to 14 participants. The course focused on when to develop partnerships between public and private entities, and how to monitor the partnership performance. It also explored the political, managerial, legal, financial, and ethical implications of such partnerships.

INTERNATIONAL FINANCE: UNDER S TANDING GLOBAL MARKET S Alexis Antoniades, an Associate Professor and Director and Curricular Chair for International Economics at GU-Q, taught a two-day intensive course for eight executives. Through an in-depth analysis of the components of the global financial system, the identification of the links between those components, and a careful study of the forces that shift them, participants learned to better anticipate, understand, and respond to movements in global markets.

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GU-Q offers two Executive Education certificate courses that are designed to provide junior to mid-level executives a solid understanding of how global market interdependencies and big data are shaping business and the economy.

GU-Q’s Executive and Professional Education (EPE) team developed a customized training program for Qatari diplomats and government leaders at the Diplomatic Institute within the Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The program included four short, intensive courses, two of which were delivered in the spring of 2019.

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GU-Q’s Hussein Aldobashi, director of housing and residential safety, taught two semesters of an Introduction to Emergency and Disaster Management course through the Community Education program this year. Aldobashi completed Georgetown University’s Executive Master’s in Emergency and Disaster Management (IEDM), and has been using his knowledge to teach what he has learned to an Arabic-speaking audience.

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Course Testimonials Executive education and training address the development needs of professionals who wish to differentiate themselves in the workforce. It’s not enough to meet the needs of today. To compete, you have to be positioned to forecast the next trends that will soon be shaping Qatar’s business landscape as well as the world economy. —Rodolph Boughaba, Associate Dean for Executive Education

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This course is fantastic because it allowed us to focus on things that we overlook or don’t have the time to stop and think about because life is running so fast. It is a moment for us. I wish the course could be longer to learn even more about ourselves. It is a wonderful tool for self-development and growth.

community classes taught in Arabic in 2018-2019

My major was in journalism, I took this course because I work in a bank in the marketing department and I was looking for extra information on digital marketing. I really enjoyed the class because it’s very informative and visually and intellectually appealing. I look forward to taking more courses in the future. —Sarah Mahmoud, Digital Marketing course participant

—Dana Mahmoud, Digital Marketing course participant

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—Dr. Amine Boutaleb Joutei, Co-Active Coaching course participant

I have a degree in art, and I never studied anything related to business. I found this course to be very helpful and informative, and have used my knowledge to impress a lot of people in my family who are business majors! The community classes at GU-Q are very engaging, and the teachers have a lot of experience and are fun to talk to.

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Executive Master’s GU-Q’s Executive and Professional Education provides support for a variety of programs offered by Georgetown University’s campus in Washington, DC. These programs extend education opportunities beyond the BSFS program and respond to priorities in Qatar.

I N T E R N AT I O N A L E X E C U T IVE MA S T E R ’ S IN EME R G E N C Y & DI S A S TE R MA NA G E ME NT (IE DM) DETAIL S ABOUT THE PROGRAM

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The International Executive Master’s The IEDM in Emergency and program consists Disaster Management of 5 week-long (IEDM) program is on-site residencies designed to shape in locations around the next generation of the world. leaders in the private sector, government, and nonprofit organizations by teaching them preparedness principles, ways to mitigate potential threats, and ways to manage response and recovery efforts internationally. The IEDM degree is offered through Georgetown University’s School of Continuing Studies. GU-Q’s Executive and Professional Education team plays an important role in the success of the program by working to recruit participants, arrange the Doha residency, and host application workshops, webinars, and open houses.

Featuring a blend of online learning and on-site intensive modules in Muscat, Oman, Doha, Qatar, and Washington, DC, the program provides participants with an understanding of the key areas in emergency management. The program also integrates critical thinking exercises, hands-on practice, and engagement with some of the world’s top organizations and industry experts.

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E X E C U T IVE MA S T E R ’ S IN LE A DE R S H IP GRADUATION CEREMON Y FOR THE INAUGURAL CLA SS The graduation ceremony for the IEDM program’s inaugural class took place in Doha in the summer of 2018.

Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and the Qatar Leadership Center offered its first Executive Master’s in Leadership to 28 Qatari students in September 2018. All students successfully completed the nine-month program and participated in a conference in Washington, DC.

At the event, keynote speaker, H.E. Dr. Mohamed Saleh Al-Sada, Qatari Minister of Energy and Industry, highlighted the importance of this program as the first Georgetown University professional degree program to be tailored to fit the Middle East context.

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The dean of the School of Continuing Studies, Dr. Kelly Otter, highlighted the dire need for qualified personnel to take part in preparedness, mitigation, and response processes for national and regional emergencies. An impressive gallery walk exhibition of final student thesis projects showcased their areas of interest and lessons learned through the program. The incoming cohort of students had the opportunity to preview the program and network with members of the graduating cohort, and view their work during the ceremony.

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SECTION CONTENTS Faculty & Deans . . ...............118 • Faculty • Academic Deans

CIRS & Library...............124 • CIRS Scholars • Subject Librarians • Writing Center

FACULT Y S PECIALIZATION S: ANTHROPOLOGY ∙ ECONOMICS ∙ GOVERNMENT ∙ HISTORY ∙ ISLAMIC STUDIES ∙ LANGUAGES & LITERATURE: ARABIC, ENGLISH, FRENCH ∙ PHILOSOPHY ∙ THEOLOGY

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GOVERNMENT, POLITICAL SCIENCE, & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS HI S TORY

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Faculty & Deans FA C U LT Y Georgetown University faculty are a talented and diverse group of scholars dedicated to the highest levels of research, teaching, and service. The following is a list of the faculty at GU-Q during the 2018-2019 academic year.

E C O NO MIC S FACULTY BY SPECIALIZATION: Anthropology. . ................................... 01 Economics........................................ 08 Government, Political Science, and International Relations................. 10 History............................................. 09 Islamic Studies . . ................................ 03 Languages and Literature. . ................. 12 Philosophy........................................ 02 Theology.. ......................................... 02

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ROGAIA ABU S HARAF Professor Ph.D., University of Connecticut Research Focus: Culture and politics; anthropology of gender; human rights, migration and diaspora issues in Sudan, the Gulf, the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom

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ALEXI S ANTONIADE S Associate Professor; Curricular Chair of International Economics Ph.D., Columbia University Research Focus: International macroeconomics; global markets; big data; and the economies of the Gulf countries JO S E A STURIA S Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of Minnesota Research Focus: International trade and macroeconomics, focused on growth MONGOLJIN BAT S AIKHAN Assistant Professor Ph.D., Brown University Research Focus: Development and experimental economics, with a focus on industrial organization; entrepreneurship; small and medium-size enterprises; and social capital ZHAOYANG HOU Assistant Professor Ph.D., George Washington University Research Focus: Development economics; applied econometrics; and international economics, with a focus on microeconomic development issues in China DENNI S MCCORNAC Visiting Assistant Professor Ph.D., City University of New York Research Focus: Migrant workers in Japan; and education in developing countries

S ULAGNA MOOKERJEE Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of Rochester Research Focus: Applied microeconomics; and development economics JACK RO SS BACH Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of Minnesota Research Focus: International trade and growth, with a focus on how linkages across firms and countries shape the global economy

GOVE RN M EN T, POL I T I CA L S C I E N C E, & I N T E RN AT I O N A L RE L AT I ON S S ONIA ALON S O S AENZ DE OGER Associate Professor Ph.D., Carlos III-Juan March Institute of Social Sciences Research Focus: Federalism and devolution; party competition in Western democracies; the democratic deficit in the European Union; electoral behavior in Western Europe; and democratization and ethnic conflict in Western democracies

AMANDA GARRETT Assistant Professor Ph.D., Harvard University Research Focus: Comparative and international politics, with a focus on the implications of migration and ethnic diversity in advanced democracies MEHRAN KAMRAVA Professor; Director, Center for International and Regional Studies Ph.D., University of Cambridge Research Focus: Comparative politics; political development; and Middle Eastern politics ANATOL LIEVEN Professor Ph.D., University of Cambridge Research Focus: Islamist terrorism and insurgency; contemporary warfare; the United States and Western strategy; and the countries of the former Soviet Union and the greater Middle East, especially Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran

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DANIEL WE S TBROOK Associate Professor Ph.D., Ohio State University Research Focus: Applied microeconometrics; and economic development in Vietnam

UDAY CHANDRA Assistant Professor Ph.D., Yale University Research Focus: Critical agrarian studies; political anthropology; postcolonial theory; South Asian studies, focused in state-society relations; power and resistance; political violence; agrarian change; rural-urban migration; popular religion; and the philosophy of the social sciences

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RORY MILLER Professor; Director of the Certificate in Media and Politics Ph.D., Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s College London Research Focus: External intervention in the contemporary Middle East; the politics of small states in the international system; comparative peace processes; political and economic development of regional groupings; Ireland and the Middle East; private sector development and conflict resolution; and British Middle East policy GERD NONNEMAN Professor; Curricular Chair of International Politics Ph.D., University of Exeter Research Focus: Politics and international relations of the Middle East; Muslim communities in Europe; and comparative political and economic liberalization HARRY VERHOEVEN Associate Professor Ph.D., University of Oxford Research Focus: Elite politics; and ideology and international relations, with a focus on Africa and the Middle East

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CLYDE WILCOX Professor, Dept. of Government Ph.D., Ohio State University Research Focus: American comparative politics; religion and politics; gender politics; interest groups; public opinion and electoral behavior; campaign finance; and science fiction and politics

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MOHAMED ZAYANI Professor; Director of the Certificate in Arab Regional Studies Ph.D., Indiana University Research Focus: Cultural studies; and communication studies and political science, with a particular focus on the evolving dynamics of global communication in the Middle East and the Arab World

H I S T O RY GABOR AGO S TON Associate Professor, Dept. of History Ph.D., Hungarian Academy of Sciences Research Focus: Early modern Ottoman history; Ottoman-Habsburg rivalry and frontiers; and early modern military history ABDULLAH AL-ARIAN Associate Professor Ph.D., Georgetown University Research Focus: Islamic social movements; modern Egypt; Muslims in the United States; and the history of United States policy towards the Middle East EDWARD KOLLA Associate Professor Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University Research Focus: European international relations; and political, cultural and intellectual history, with a focus on the history of international law PHOEBE MU S ANDU Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of California Los Angeles Research Focus: African history; African historical methodology; and mass media and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history MAX OIDTMANN Assistant Professor Ph.D., Harvard University Research Focus: Chinese history, focused on late imperial China (1368-1912) and inner Asia (Islamic Central Asia, Tibet, Mongolia, and Manchuria) MOHAMED REZA PIRBHAI Associate Professor; Faculty Chair Ph.D., University of Toronto Research Focus: South Asian and world history, focused on Islamic thought and institutions in modern South Asia; colonialism; nationalism; and gender

JAME S REARDON-ANDER SON Professor Ph.D., Columbia University Research Focus: Modern Chinese history

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AMIRA SONBOL Professor; Curricular Chair of International History Ph.D., Georgetown University Research Focus: Modern Egypt; and Islamic history and law, with a focus on women, gender, and Islam

ABBA S AL TON S I Senior Lecturer; Director of the Arabic Program M.A., American University in Cairo Research Focus: Arabic language instruction and pedagogy; literary criticism; and Arabic media and politics

KARINE WALTHER Associate Professor; Director of the Certificate in American Studies Ph.D., Columbia University Research Focus: U.S. history; and the U.S. in the world, with a focus on the Middle East

MAHMOUD AL-A S HIRI Associate Professor Ph.D., Fayoum University (Cairo University) Research Focus: Arabic language instruction and pedagogy, literary criticism, and Arabic poetry

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ABDUL RAHMAN CHAM S EDDINE Instructor M.A., American University of Beirut Research Focus: Arabic terminology of early Islam, with a focus on Quranic terms that describe religious identities and other social groupings

AYMAN SHABANA Associate Research Professor Ph.D., University of California Los Angeles Research Focus: Islamic legal and intellectual history; Islamic law and ethics; human rights; and bioethics S OHAIRA SIDDIQUI Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of California Santa Barbara Research Focus: Classical Islamic legal theory (usul ul-fiqh); classical Islamic political thought; the development and intersection of legal thought and political thought from the 9th to 11th centuries; and secularism and modernity in relation to Islamic law and Muslims in the West

AMIRA EL ZEIN Associate Professor Ph.D., Georgetown University Research Focus: Arabic literature (classical and contemporary); and Sufism in medieval and contemporary Islam HAN Y FAZZA Instructor M.A., American University of Cairo Research Focus: Teaching Arabic heritage students; “CALL” (Computer Assisted Language Learning); and Arabic linguistics and literature

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AHMAD DALLAL Dean Ph.D., Columbia University Research Focus: Cultural traditions of the Arab world; Islamic disciplines of learning in medieval and early modern Islamic societies; the development of Islamic sciences; Islamic medieval thought; Islamic revivalism and intellectual movements; and Islamic law

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OMAR KHALIFAH Assistant Professor Ph.D., Columbia University Research Focus: Arabic literature (modern); world literature; textual and visual representations of memory; and cinema and nationalism in the Arab world Y EHIA MOHAMED Associate Professor Ph.D., Cairo University Research Focus: Applied linguistics (language acquisition and error analysis); phonology; and language changes and sociolinguistics HANA ZABARAH Assistant Professor Ph.D., Georgetown University Research Focus: Arabic language, literature, and linguistics

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ADILE ALMOND Visiting Instructor Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst Research Focus: Austrian literature; comparative modernisms; global South; Ottoman-Turkish literature; and world literature

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FRENCH PATRICK MEADOW S Associate Professor Ph.D., Princeton University Research Focus: French/Francophone literature and its relationship with philosophy and symbolism

PH ILO S O PH Y JEREM Y KOON S Associate Professor Ph.D., Georgetown University Research Focus: Ethics (theoretical and applied); social and political philosophy; epistemology; philosophy of mind and language; metaphysics; and philosophy of religion KARL WIDERQUI S T Associate Professor Ph.D., Oxford University Ph.D., City University of New York Research Focus: Distributive justice or the ethics of â&#x20AC;&#x153;who has whatâ&#x20AC;?

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IAN ALMOND Professor Ph.D., University of Edinburgh Research Focus: Comparative world literature, with a tri-continental emphasis on Mexico, Bengal, and Turkey

AKINTUNDE AKINADE Professor; Curricular Chair of Culture and Politics Ph.D., Union Theological Seminary Research Focus: African religions; religion and immigration; intercultural studies; comparative religions; Christian thought; and Christian-Muslim relations

FIRAT OR UC Assistant Professor Ph.D., Duke University Research Focus: Postcolonial global literatures; cultural and literary studies of the Middle East; translation studies; and transnational cinema

PATRICK LAUDE Professor Ph.D., Indiana University Research Focus: Comparative mysticism; poetry and mysticism; and Western representations and interpretations of Asian spiritual and wisdom traditions

ACADEMIC DEANS Deans are responsible for curricular oversight, the overall research and learning environment, and student advising. They provide support to faculty members and staff, ensure cohesive and collaborative teaching and learning across a variety of platforms and disciplines, and holistically mentor and care for GU-Q students’ education. They also occasionally offer courses in their fields of specialization.

BRENDAN HILL Senior Associate Dean for Students Ph.D., Georgetown University Research Focus: Church and legal history, focusing specifically on the criminalization of sin and the creation of a godly society at the dawn of the modern era in England HEATHER KER S T Senior Assistant Dean for Advising and Curriculum M.A., Georgetown University Research Focus: Cultural arts and social change in modern Latin America

JULIEN MOUTTE Assistant Dean for Curricular and Academic Advising MBA, Institut Supérieur du Commerce de Paris Research Focus: Higher education management ANNE NEBEL Associate Dean for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Ph.D., Lancaster University Research Focus: Critical discourse analysis; stylistics; writing pedagogies; and writing across the disciplines GEHAN SAMARAH Assistant Dean for Curricular and Academic Advising MBA, American University in Cairo Research Focus: Higher education management; social change in the Middle East; and student success CHRI S TINE S CHIWIETZ Assistant Dean for Curricular and Academic Advising Ph.D., American University Research Focus: New technologies and society; gender roles; and peace, security, and international development

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KAI HENRIK-BARTH Senior Assistant Dean for Research Support Ph.D., University of Minnesota Research Focus: Nuclear proliferation and international security; nuclear energy; energy policy; climate change; and science and technology in international affairs

JAME S MACGREGOR Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Ph.D., University of Cincinnati Research Focus: Books of hours and prayer to saints in late medieval England

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CIRS & Library CIRS SCHOLARS The Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) researchers and staff undertake research in their interest areas and support students through conducting research workshops and mentoring during internships. CIRS also supports Faculty Fellows by workshopping and editing their work.

ZAHRA BABAR Associate Director for Research M.A., Jawaharlal Nehru University Research Focus: Rural development, migration and labor policies; and citizenship in the Persian Gulf states

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MI S BA BHATTI Research Analyst M.A., London School of Economics and Political Science Research Focus: Sustainable practices in the Middle East; social practices in the Middle East

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I SLAM HA SS AN Research Analyst Ph.D.Candidate, Qatar University Research Focus: State-building in the Gulf states; and comparative politics and international relations of West Asia and North Africa

MEHRAN KAMRAVA Professor; Director, Center for International and Regional Studies Ph.D., University of Cambridge Research Focus: Comparative politics; political development; and Middle Eastern politics S UZI MIRGANI Managing Editor for Publications Ph.D., Eastern Mediterranean University Research Focus: Politics and popular culture; art and cultural production; media and politics; and film-making about the Arab world JACKIE S TARBIRD Publications and Projects Assistant M.A., University of Minnesota Research Focus: Copy editing, publication, and marketing ELIZABETH WANUCHA Project Manager M.A., University of Denver Research Focus: Women and family in society in the Middle East

SUBJECT LIBRARIANS Librarians play a critical role in GU-Q’s research ecosystem by helping students develop their research skills, providing one-on-one research consultations, developing subject and course research guides, conducting research and technology skills sessions, identifying and acquiring appropriate research materials, and assisting scholars in their research. The library has three subject librarians who are assigned to faculty and students based on their discipline areas. ROBERT LAW S Technology and Instruction Librarian M.A., George Mason University MLS, State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo Subject Discipline Areas: Anthropology, history, government, theology Specialized Services: Assisting with research and technology (iMovie, digital posters, VR, etc.), and teaching information literacy and digital skills PA S CHALIA TERZI Instruction Librarian MLIS, University of Boras

Specialized Services: Teaching information literacy skills, creation of online tutorials, assistance with research and citation management software (Zotero, Refworks) TATIANA U S OVA Associate Director of the Library M.A., University of Toulouse MLIS, Simmons College Subject Discipline Areas: Economics, culture and politics, Arabic literature, English, French, sociology, writing Specialized Services: Teaching information literacy skills, support with research, scholarly publishing, copyright, and assessment strategies

The Writing Center (part of OAS) works with students at all stages of the writing process, from understanding the topic to developing a thesis statement, to refining and citing. Writing Center staff help students develop the skills they need to communicate as professionals. THANA EL- S ALLABI Writing Specialist M.A., Georgetown University S ARAH HOLT Writing Specialist M.A., Dublin City University M.Phil., Trinity College Dublin KERRY ANNE S AUER Writing Center Coordinator M.Ed., University of Southern Queensland

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