Annual Report 2022-23

Joint Advisory Board

Appointed by Qatar Foundation

HE Sheikha Al Mayassa Bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (Co-chair)

Chair, Qatar Museums Board of Trustees and Reach Out to Asia

HE Lolwah Rashid Al-Khater

Minister of State for International Cooperation

Appointed by Georgetown University

Dr. Robert Groves (Co-chair)

Provost, Georgetown University

Dr. Joel Hellman

Dean, Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Dr. Katharine Donato

Faculty Chair, Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Jointly Appointed

Dr. Adnan A. Shihab-Eldin

Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies; Former Director General, Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences

Sir Tim Lankester, K.C.B.

Former Chair, Council of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Dr. Ebrahim Moosa

Mirza Family Professor in Islamic Thought and Muslim Societies, University of Notre Dame

Ex Officio

Francisco Marmolejo

President of Higher Education, Qatar Foundation

Dr. Safwan Masri

Dean, Georgetown University in Qatar

Rita Roche

Executive Assistant, Georgetown University in Qatar

GU-Q at a Glance

Majors

• Culture and Politics

• International Economics

• International History

• International Politics

Minors

• Africana Studies*

• Arabic

• Indian Ocean Studies

* Offered jointly with Northwestern Qatar

Certificates

• American Studies

• Arab and Regional Studies

• Energy Studies**

• Media and Politics*

** Offered jointly with Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar and Texas A&M University at Qatar

2022-2023 Enrollment

462

72 Student Nationalities

10:1

Graduate Programs

817 Admissions

20%

Executive Master’s in Diplomacy and International Affairs

Designed for high-performing Qatari diplomats and international affairs experts from the public and private sectors

• Graduates 2022-2023: 29

Executive Master’s in Leadership with Qatar Leadership Centre and McDonough School of Business

Designed for senior-level Qatari professionals from the public and private sectors

• Graduates 2019-2022: 68

About GU-Q

Georgetown University in Qatar is committed to realizing the university’s mission of fostering profound intellectual, ethical, and spiritual comprehension through meaningful and continuous dialogue among individuals of diverse faiths, cultures, and convictions. We exemplify Georgetown University’s Jesuit principles, aim to enhance its esteemed reputation, and collaborate with our partner, Qatar Foundation, in their pursuit of the Qatar National Vision 2030.

Message from the Dean

As we turn the page on a year of groundbreaking achievements at Georgetown University in Qatar, I am filled with a profound sense of purpose and ambition. Our campus has been bustling with activity, set against the backdrop of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ and animated by Qatar’s forward-looking development goals.

The World Cup was more than a tournament for us; it was a platform for our students to excel as interns, networkers, and cultural liaisons, and for our scholars to study the complex interconnections between sports, politics, and society. Both worked to bring the World Cup’s relevance to our campus in DC.

And our students consistently demonstrate remarkable progress, winning debates, securing fellowships, and contributing to the global academic community. With the support of our exceptional faculty and staff, our robust academic programs and immersive co-curricular activities are strengthening connections between our Qatar and DC campuses. The exchange of ideas through our research conferences and public events has further cemented our reputation as a hub for intellectual growth and societal impact.

GU-Q is forging a legacy of intellectual rigor and assuming a critical role in shaping regional affairs. It’s an exhilarating time to be at the helm of GU-Q as we embark on a journey to create a future for the university in the service of humanity, and in support of the nation’s ambitions for a better world.

Safwan Masri, PhD

Dean, Georgetown University in Qatar

Distinguished Professor of the Practice, Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Exceptional Learning

Learning is a collaborative effort at GU-Q, supported by accomplished faculty who excel in teaching and mentoring. They are part of a comprehensive support system that helps students develop leadership skills, gain real-world experience, conduct research, and chart individualized learning paths. Students who graduate from Georgetown leave equipped with the vital intellectual skills needed to make a meaningful impact on our changing world.

“The GU-Q environment fosters diverse perspectives and learning for both students and teachers.”

Lynda Iroulo, Assistant Professor

FACULTY PROMOTIONS 2022-2023

Three faculty members were rewarded for their excellence in teaching and research with promotions.

Promoted from Associate Professor to Professor

Jeremy Koons

Professor Jeremy Koons exemplifies scholarly distinction and depth, specializing in epistemology and the ethical theory of 20th-century philosopher Wilfrid Sellars. A prolific author, his publications include The Ethics of Wilfrid Sellars (Routledge, 2019) and Pragmatic Reasons: A Defense of Morality and Epistemology (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009). He is the coauthor of The Normative and the Natural (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016), and coeditor of Ethics, Practical Reasoning, Agency (Routledge, 2022), and Wilfrid Sellars the Metaphysics of Practice (Oxford University Press, 2023).

Alexis Antoniades

Professor Alexis Antoniades, Director of International Economics at GU-Q, is not just a scholar but also a key influencer in shaping economic policies. A Fulbright Scholar with a PhD from Columbia University, his expertise extends across global and Gulf economies, with a research focus covering exchange rates, big data, and the nuances of labor market dynamics.

Promoted from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor

Hana Zabarah

Associate Teaching Professor Hana Zabarah is a distinguished figure in the world of Arabic linguistics. Her research spans the history of Arabic linguistics and the study of Arabic as a heritage language, offering invaluable insights into the evolution and contemporary use of Arabic. Her research interests include Arabic as a heritage language among ArabAmerican youth in Dearborn, Michigan, work that is providing a unique window into the interplay of language, identity, and culture.

TEACHING AND LEARNING

Our diverse and talented student body is selected through competitive admissions, and benefits from individualized attention, specialist tutoring, and workshops that support student success.

20% Admissions rate

72 Nationalities

10:1 Student-tofaculty ratio

201 Student supportrelated workshops and events

Recognitions and Awards

FACULTY AND STAFF RECOGNITIONS

QATAR FOUNDATION AWARDS FOR STUDENT LEADERS

Maryam Al Thani (SFS’23) and Muhammad Saad Ullah (SFS’23) were honored with Al-Ihsan awards for their outstanding commitment to Qatar Foundation’s (QF) vision at the QF Convocation.

Culture and Politics major Maryam Al-Thani led the GU-Q Ambassador Society, moderated sessions at the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism’s Global Youth Town Hall, volunteered at the Fifth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries in Qatar, and moderated a women scholars’ panel for QF on International Women’s Day.

As an intern for the Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Committee for Organizing Conferences, she played a vital role in advancing Qatar’s diplomatic endeavors and fostering global cooperation.

GU-Q Debating Union President Muhammad Saad Ullah is a multiple-award recipient with QatarDebate. In addition

Professors Ian Almond, Mehran Kamrava, and Patrick Laude received Georgetown University Faculty and Staff Career Champion Awards from the Cawley Education Center at Georgetown University. The award recognizes them for inspiring and impacting the lives of undergraduates.

Amy Walker received the 2023 Harriett Copher Haynes Diversity Leadership Award from the Association of University & Counseling Center Directors Governing Board and the Inclusive Excellence and Equity Committee.

Andrew Henley was ranked #7 among the Top 25 CFOs of DC for 2023 by Finance and Investing.

to spearheading the community-focused BrainFood initiative and serving as Vice Chair of the GU-Q MUN, he has been instrumental in shaping the residence life program as a Community Development Assistant and Supervisor. He also interned in Strategy, Policy and Research at Education Above All.

Amy Walker

Ian Almond

Mehran Kamrava Patrick Laude

Andrew Henley

HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser presenting Al-Ihsan Award to Muhammad Saad Ullah (SFS’23)

STUDENT CONTRIBUTIONS TO GLOBAL DIALOGUE

A transformational education at GU-Q expands student capacity to create positive and purposeful social change and inspires them to not only thrive in an uncertain future, but to play a role in shaping it. Through dialogue with scholars, experts, and public figures, students embody Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam, a call for leadership that serves a greater purpose and guides how we conduct ourselves and how we care for others.

Youth Advocates

Aspiring international affairs practitioners played significant roles during the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries held in Doha. Moza AlHajri (SFS’26) moderated the Youth Forum, while John Ewotu (SFS’24) and Jemimah Atahigwa (SFS’24) shared insights on a panel for “Advancing Access to Higher Education Opportunities for the Most Marginalized,” led by Qatar Youth Advocate Asmaa Fikree (SFS’14). Khemara Chhorn (SFS’21) also spoke in her role as an Education Above All Youth Advocate.

Global Cities Research Empowering Women

Five students took the stage at the Georgetown Global Cities Initiative Student Research Summit. Angelica Reyes (SFS’24) discussed climate change in the Philippines. Aashish Karn (SFS’23) talked about Nepalese migrants in Qatar and Alisherkhon Nasimov (SFS’26) showcased his poster on the realm of AI in Tajikistan’s banking landscape while Peiying Tsai (SFS’23) explored values surrounding the FIFA World Cup in Qatar and the Americas. Alumna Sooin Jessica Choi (SFS’22) served as the summit coordinator.

Nelly Kalukango (SFS’26) received the Gwendolyn Mikkel Award for Womxn’s Empowerment, presented by Georgetown’s Social Innovation and Public Service Fund and the BRAVE Summit. Her outstanding work focuses on health education for women, including creating curricula, conducting transformative workshops in Zambia and South Africa, and developing contextspecific awareness campaigns in sub-Saharan Africa.

Jemimah Atahigwa (SFS’24), John Ewotu (SFS’24), and Asmaa Fikree (SFS’14) at the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries

Champion of Debate

Qatari student Moza AlHajri (SFS’26) was an organizer and Master of Ceremonies for the inaugural International Conference on Debate and Dialogue organized by QatarDebate, which brought together the global community of debate researchers, academics, and practitioners.

Her participation in the conference was part of her role as ambassador for QatarDebate, a title she earned as a result of her exceptional performance in Arabiclanguage debate.

At the Second Asian Arabic Debating Championship, Moza won best speaker, and as a member of the GU-Q Arabic Debate Team, as well as the Qatar National Debate team, she has already successfully debated some of the most pressing topics of our time. As an ambassador, her advocacy work is helping to shape the future of debate in Qatar and across the Arabic-speaking world.

“Qatar is known for facilitating international dialogue. I look forward to being a part of Qatar’s efforts in facilitating international dialogue and negotiation for a peaceful future.”

—Moza AlHajri (SFS’26)

LEARNING THROUGH RESEARCH

Promoting deep learning, and building critical skills and competencies, research projects inspire students to gain new perspectives and cultivate new ambitions.

Undergraduate Research Experience Grants

The Undergraduate Research Experience Program (UREP) offered by the Qatar National Research Fund enables students to enhance research skills, collaborate on real-world projects, and gain experience under GU-Q faculty mentorship.

Completed Grant: “Qatar Connects the World: An Ethnography of Hamad International Airport”

(UREP28-303-5-035)

“Our research is based in Qatar, it revolves around Qatar-based institutions, the airport and Qatar Airways, and it focuses on the impact on Qatari culture and society.”

—Muhammad Saad Ullah (SFS’23)

Researching Multiversity Implications

Under the UREP grant “Education City, Qatar: Student Perspectives on a Multiversity” (UREP29-1565-025), GU-Q students Pragyan Acharya (SFS’24), Abbas Kalan (SFS’23), Noor Shadid (SFS’24), and Reem Al Kubaisi (SFS’24), along with two peers from Northwestern Qatar, are exploring the multiversity model under the mentorship of professors Uday Chandra (GU-Q) and Hasan Mahmud (Northwestern Qatar).

Tracing Palestinian History

For “Documenting Qatar’s First Generation Palestinian History” (UREP29-208-6-002), Zaina Khalil (SFS’24) and Farah Ali (SFS’22) along with three Northwestern Qatar students, are researching the Palestinian community in Qatar, with guidance from professors Yehia Mohamed (GU-Q) and Khaled Al-Hroub (Northwestern Qatar).

Honors in the Major, Certificate, and Minor Research Projects

Fifteen students expanded their studies through research leading to Honors, Certificate, or Minor designations on their transcripts. Topics covered in their theses included redefining Pakistan’s history at Lahore’s Army Museum, political aspirations of Malaysian youth, Nepalese migrants in Qatar, and activism in Pakistan, among others.

See Appendix I for a full list of research titles and mentors.

Award-Winning Research

Maha Al Haroon’s (SFS’23) honors thesis was described as “groundbreaking” by her mentor, Ramon Cobo Reyes Cano, for its exploration of implicit biases in evaluating female leaders. Its author earned the International Economics Outstanding Student Award. “Biases in the Gender Leadership Gap.”

“The Origins of the Syrian War in the Eyes of Those Who Lived It: A Case Study of Madayans.”

Bothaina Namos (SFS’23) was honored with the Certificate in Arab and Regional Studies Award for her research on the origins of the Syrian civil war. Mentor Firat Oruc praised her thesis as “original, superbly well-written, carefully constructed, and highly polished.”

“Ciao, Addis: Understanding Young Ethiopian Women’s Flight to the Middle East in the 2010s.”

Helen Negash’s (SFS’23) thesis for her minor in Africana Studies used interviews with Ethiopian women who returned home after working in the Gulf. Her mentor Phoebe Musandu noted that the thesis challenges the discourse on migrant labor, revealing the “calculated decision-making processes of these women.”

“Hegemonic Frames in Mainstream Coverage on Palestine: A Case Study of Shireen Abu Akleh’s Killing.”

Zain Assaf’s (SFS’23) research on the death of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh earned her the Best Thesis Award for the Certificate in Media and Politics, and the Culture and Politics Outstanding Student Award. Mentored by Sami Hermez from Northwestern Qatar, her thesis was “a powerful reminder that media and politics are inseparable in zones of occupation and colonization.”

Certificate in Media and Politics Award Ceremony

Summer 2023 Research Fellowships

Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellowship and Raines Fellowship

Elene Chkhaidze (SFS’24) secured two summer fellowships: a Pulitzer Center and Berkley Center Reporting Fellowship exploring religion’s role in the Cyprus Conflict, and a Raines Fellowship focused on Georgia’s potential as a transportation hub.

“As a reporter, I feel a responsibility to not overestimate anything. Religious reconciliation efforts won’t solve the conflict, but it’s important to show that even in these small steps, there is progress.”

—Elene Chkhaidze (SFS’24)

Provost’s Distinguished Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Asma Shakeel (SFS’24) received the prestigious Provost’s Distinguished Undergraduate Research Fellowship, highlighting her dedication to research. Her work investigates British involvement in Kashmir (1860–1947), encompassing political, religious, and social dynamics.

“Producing sincere scholarship is a privilege not afforded to many, and I am merely a custodian of the guidance that has come my way from GU-Q’s International History faculty.”

—Asma Shakeel (SFS’24)

Photo taken in Cyprus by Elene Chkhaidze (SFS’24) during her Pulitzer Center and Berkley Center Reporting Fellowship

Berkeley Center Education and Social Justice Fellowships

For his Education and Social Justice (ESJ) Fellowship, Pragyan Acharya (SFS’24) visited Xavier University in the Philippines to study the Alternative Learning System, a practical education option for those left behind by the country’s existing formal education system.

“In Cagayan de Oro, ``I realized how similar life, poverty, economy, social services, and infrastructure were to my homeland in Nepal.”

—Pragyan

Acharya (SFS’24)

During her ESJ Fellowship research in Belize City, Renee Mutare (SFS’24) studied Project HEAL, a nonprofit providing vital services to the St. Martin community and school system.

“This fellowship has helped me reshape my ideas of what social justice looks like.”

—Renee Mutare (SFS’24)

Kalorama Fellowship

Russell Adzedu (SFS’25) received the Kalorama Fellowship from Georgetown’s Center of Research, which he used to conduct interviews and research the archives at universities in Accra, studying mental health representation in Ghanaian oral and colonial literature.

“It was very comforting being surrounded by translators and other scholars in Accra.”

—Russell Adzedu (SFS’25)

Global Social Justice Research Symposium

In the fall, 2022 summer fellows presented at Georgetown’s “Global Social Justice Research Symposium.” Kartikeya Uniyal (SFS’23) shared his research on the Jesuit Pupil Profile program in UK Jesuit schools. Asma Shakeel (SFS’24) and Huda Syed (SFS’24) presented their research on forced migration and mobility in India.

Pragyan Acharya (SFS’24) at Xavier University during his Education and Social Justice Fellowship

Kartikeya Uniyal (SFS’23) at the Global Social Justice Research Symposium

Teaching Excellence

Pedagogical expertise and innovation are central to the Georgetown experience. Personalized, multidisciplinary pathways align with each student’s strengths and aspirations, empowering them to take ownership of their learning and develop adaptive skills for success in an ever-evolving world. A culture of excellence is further fostered through faculty fellowships, mentorship, group grants, and robust classroom support.

“As a Qatari, it’s important for me to learn about my country’s heritage and future vision, and doing it through art was quite enriching. I had the chance to share my knowledge with my classmates as well as learn from them.”

—Aisha AlMuhannadi (SFS’23)

Transforming Museums into Classrooms

Turning museums into living classrooms, the innovative “Theorizing Art in Qatar” course, offered in collaboration with Qatar Museums, took students on an illuminating journey through Doha’s cultural scene.

Under Firat Oruc’s mentorship, students engaged with diverse art forms up close, showcasing Qatar’s emerging role as one of the world’s leading art hubs while offering valuable insights through experiential learning.

Students analyzed exhibits, participated in discussions, and explored various artistic interpretations, revealing deep links between art, society, and global affairs.

“As an emerging global hub of arts and creative industries, Doha is home to an exceptional collection of artworks representing cultures from the Middle East, Indian Ocean world, Europe, Africa, and the Americas.”

—Firat Oruc, Associate Professor

SUPPORTING TEACHING INNOVATION

Teaching and Learning Development

Two flagship programs offer year-long support for faculty to develop dynamic, student-centric learning journeys. The transformative Doyle Engaging Difference Faculty Fellowship spans 14 months, where five GU-Q faculty reimagined courses to navigate challenging themes, such as social identity and inequality.

Meanwhile, the Engelhard Project for Connecting Life and Learning Faculty Fellowships embraces holistic education.

In association with Georgetown University’s Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship, five faculty members worked collaboratively with health and wellness experts to organize classroom visits. There, they led discussions on issues around mental health and wellbeing, upholding the Jesuit principle of cura personalis, or care for each individual’s personal needs.

“The Doyle Fellowship Program provides structured support for faculty to try different approaches to implementing inclusive pedagogy in the classroom, and I’m so happy to be a part of it.”

Mysti Rudd, Associate Professor, Doyle Fellow

2023 Doyle Engaging Difference Faculty Fellowship Participants Trish Kahle, Zarqa Parvez, Nadya Sbaiti, Mysti Rudd, and Rogaia Abusharaf (not pictured) with James Olsen, Manager of Instructional Design and Educational Technology

Practitioner-Informed Laws of Armed Conflict Course

For the Warfare/Lawfare course, Noha Aboueldahab incorporated a negotiation simulation exercise casting students as military commanders, lawyers, and victims’ representatives, arguing their cases before the court. The exercise was informed by their earlier engagement with guest speakers, including Deputy Ambassador of the Embassy of the Netherlands in Qatar, Tiest Sondaal, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) Associate Professor Marc Owen Jones, and former soldier and current director at Rheitmann, Brent McNair.

“For students planning to pursue further studies and careers in law, engagement with legal scholars, policymakers, military practitioners and diplomats should begin in the classroom.”

Noha Aboueldahab, Assistant Professor

Immersive Learning Experiences

DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES IN LEARNING

Nonprofit Sector Insight

A collaborative course on Education in Conflict with Education Above All connected students with practitioners who discussed critical challenges to education in disaster zones. Associate Dean Anne Nebel was invited to UNESCO headquarters to discuss the course at a technical roundtable held to commemorate the International Day to Protect Education from Attack.

Cross-Institutional Learning

Patrick Laude explored the rich religious and spiritual traditions of the Middle East, including Qatar’s cultural heritage, during the Doha Seminar on Metaphysics in the Desert and City: Comparative Mysticism in an Arab Gulf Microcosm. Co-taught with faculty from Northwestern Qatar, this multiversity course explored the essence of mysticism in the Arab Gulf context.

Participants in Beginning Arabic taught by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine, exchanged learning strategies with students at Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

Zachary Wright (Northwestern Qatar) co-teaching the Doha Seminar with Patrick Laude (GU-Q)

Expertise Exchange Resource Networking Leveraging Leaders

Edward Kolla co-taught two courses with HBKU Professor Georgios Dimitroupoulos: Advanced Readings in International Thought at GU-Q, and Advanced Research Methods in Law at HBKU College of Law.

Students of two courses, Professor Lorenzetti’s Genes, Citizens, and Society and Professor Youssef’s Biophysics of Perception in Decision-Making, visited the labs of Weill Cornell Medicine Qatar to gain firsthand experience in gene editing tools and perception measurement techniques.

Alexis Antoniades invited top economists and leaders in Qatar to participate as speakers in his Topics in International Economics course. Guests included HE Sheikh Ali Waleed Al Thani, CEO, Invest Qatar, and HE Khalifa Al Kuwari, Director General, Qatar Fund for Development.

RESEARCH SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

The “Writing Women into Wikipedia: Information Creation and Peer Review” workshop, a twopart CIRS Undergraduate Advancement initiative co-led by Phoebe Musandu and Paschalia Terzi, empowered students to shape global perspectives through digital activism.

Students also led discussions about research. Dalva Raposo (SFS’24) moderated a talk with Min Zhou, Distinguished Professor and Director at UCLA Asia Pacific Center, while Aashish Karn (SFS’23) led a session with Kyoko Matsukawa, Professor at Konan University.

During seven Beyond the Headlines panels, students offered insights on pivotal current events in their home countries: racist speech in Tunisia, Saudi Arabia’s flagship projects, Chat GPT’s impact, Brazil’s elections, Iran protests, Pakistan’s climate governance, and envisioning the post-pandemic global economy.

Phoebe Musandu at “Writing Women into Wikipedia: Information Creation and Peer Review”

Edward Kolla at HBKU College of Law Rokaiah Aldobashi (SFS’25) at WCM-Q lab

HE Khalifa Al Kuwari visiting course taught by Alexis Antoniades

TAPPING INTO EDUCATION CITY’S POTENTIAL

New Certificate in Energy Studies

By integrating GU-Q’s politics and security studies with TAMU-Q’s engineering and energy and CMU-Q’s business and technology courses, the resulting collaboration affords students a comprehensive analysis of the complex interplay among technology, commerce, and international relations, enriching their insight into regional and worldwide dynamics.

Programs and Courses with Northwestern Qatar

Joint Lecture

Edward Kolla and George Dimitropoulos, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at HBKU College of Law, jointly led a lecture titled “The Foundations of International Thought: The Rise and Decline of an International Order.”

Sharing Best Practices

The Education City Teaching and Learning Forum featured engaging presentations from GU-Q faculty members including Magdalena Rostron presenting on “Engagement and Sharing: Students’ Mini Ethnographic Project,” and Hany Fazza’s workshop on “Technological Means to Cultivate Enthusiasm for the Arabic Language and Qatari Dialect.”

Writing Center coordinator Kerry Sauer played a key role in organizing the Middle East-North Africa Writing

Centers Alliance Conference, co-hosted with other Education City universities. She also discussed peer tutor perspectives in a presentation on “Providing Multidisciplinary Writing Support” with GU-Q writing tutors Noor Shadid (SFS’24), Santiago Rubio Henao (SFS’25), and Gaebriel Olsen (SFS’25).

Asma Dhifallah, Writing Center specialist, presented her reflections on “Impacts of Technology on Literacy and Writing Composition” at the event.

Edward Kolla and Dean Safwan Masri from GU-Q, with Richard Steinberg, Dean Susan Karamanian, and George Dimitropoulos from HBKU

Asma Dhifallah at the Middle East-North Africa Writing Centers Alliance Conference

MULTIVERSITY TEACHING INNOVATIONS

GU-Q faculty were awarded three Qatar Foundation Multiversity Faculty Group Grants to develop collaborative teaching and curricula.

Developing Learning Communities Across the Multiversity

Led by Professor Akintunde Akinade, the project “Higher Education Cross-Course Reading Activities” investigates collaborative, multiversity teaching methods across GU-Q, HBKU, and VCUarts Qatar courses.

Advancing Critical Security Studies Pedagogy

Guided by professors Nadya Sbaiti, Georgetown University in Qatar, and Sami Hermez, Northwestern Qatar, along with partners from Doha Institute and Qatar University, the “Introducing Critical Security Studies” initiative aims to innovate teaching methods. The principal investigator team also features professors Zahra Babar, Abdullah Al-Arian, and Noha Aboueldahab.

Global South Insecurity in an Era of Great Power Competition

Professor Noha Aboueldahab is a principal researcher for “Global South Insecurity in an Era of Great Power Competition,” a Carnegie grant for a collaborative research project with GU-Q, Northwestern Qatar, and Security in Context.

Teaching Religious Pluralism

In partnership with Northwestern Qatar faculty, professors Josef Meri and Akintunde Akinade are developing an open access database to enhance religious diversity education through a project titled “Creating a Case Study Model for Teaching Religious Pluralism.”

Akintunde Akinade Josef Meri Nadya Sbaiti Noha Aboueldahab

A Real-World Education in International Affairs

Our experiential learning programs offer students hands-on opportunities to tackle real-world challenges. Whether in diplomacy or environmental advocacy, immersive initiatives allow students to engage with complex challenges and make meaningful contributions to the world.

DIPLOMAT FOR A DAY AT LOCAL EMBASSIES

To commemorate International Women’s Day, female student leaders from GU-Q were invited to shadow female ambassadors and deputy heads of mission in Doha. Participants gained insights into the inner workings of embassies representing the US, Greece, the Netherlands, Canada, Austria, Bulgaria, Guinea, Mexico, Thailand, Singapore, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as the United Nations Offices of CounterTerrorism, Trade and Development, and the International Organization for Migration.

Moza Al Kaabi (SFS’24) at the Embassy of Guinea

Reem Al-Kubaisi (SFS’24) and Aisha Al Musleh (SFS’24) at the Embassy of the United States with Ambassador HE Timothy Davis and Deputy Chief of Mission Natalie Baker

DIVERSE INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCES SHAPE FUTURE LEADERS

From internships at think-tanks, research centers, and ministries, to engaging with embassies and nonprofits, students completed 57 for-credit and 60 non-credit internships this year.

At the Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Waad Al Maaded (SFS’25) contributed to Qatar’s bid to host an International Monetary Fund conference. Aisha AlDosari

Academic Internships

• Al-Attiyah Foundation for Energy and Sustainable Development

• Doha International Family Institute

• Earthna

• Education Above All

• Middle East Council on Global Affairs

• Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• Qatar Reads

• Qatar Foundation

• US Embassy in Qatar

• US-Qatar Business Council

• World Innovation Summit for Education

• World Innovation Summit for Health

Internships 117

(SFS’24) refined her Arabic business communication skills through social media monitoring. Maryam Al-Thani (SFS’23) actively organized conferences, gathered Gulf-related research, and attended high-level meetings, receiving direct feedback from HE Lolwah Al-Khater, Minister of State for International Cooperation.

Other Internships

• Teach for Qatar

• Global Counsel

• Qatar Investment Authority

• Qatar Fund for Development

• QF Academiyati

• Qatar Armed Forces

• HEC Paris

• Fragomen

• PricewaterhouseCoopers

• Bain & Company

• Boston Consulting Group

Aisha AlDosari (SFS’24) talking about her internship at MOFA

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING TRIPS

Zones of Conflict, Zones of Peace

Over the course of eight days, a group of 17 GU-Q students studied Nepal’s peace-building endeavors after the 2006 agreement ending a decade-long insurgency. The trip offered a firsthand understanding of the people and places discussed in the three-credit course War and Migration in Nepal.

“The opportunity to engage with complex issues in a hands-on way is an incomparable educational experience that offers a far deeper understanding of the challenges facing communities affected by conflict.”

Zahra Babar, Associate Director for Research, CIRS; ZCZP Course Co-instructor

Community Engagement Program

Through the Community Engagement Program (CEP), students explored issues surrounding the refugee crisis by contextualizing its significance for refugees from Palestine, Iraq, and Syria. A part of the trip was dedicated to constructing homes in Jordan in collaboration with Habitat for Humanity.

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Despite differences in language, diversity of culture, and background, our interaction forged a strong human connection with the community members encountered on the trip.”

Nikhil Sangroula (SFS’23)

DC-DOHA

DIALOGUE: ONE GEORGETOWN

The DC-Doha Dialogue program facilitates short-term exchanges centered on social justice, strengthening ties between Georgetown’s campuses.

“I felt inspired by their work ethic, passion, and perseverance in their respective fields. I hope to create a structure within our Track and Field Club at GU-Q that promotes and cultivates similar values in our students in Education City.”

Abdul Hannan, DC-Doha Dialogue Participant

Doha to Washington, DC

Faculty, administrators, and students visited Washington, DC, in Fall 2022 for a series of events including the DCDoha Dialogue for GU-Q student-athletes, who explored community development initiatives, visited sports facilities, and attended a Washington Wizards NBA game. A meeting with Qatar America Institute for Culture Executive Director Fatima Al-Dosari highlighted cultural collaboration efforts. Lectures by GU-Q and global sports scholars covered Qatar’s World Cup role and sports scholarship experiences. GU-Q’s dean hosted a FIFA World Cup kick-off party and extended a campus-wide invitation for match viewings.

Athletic Diplomacy Intercampus Cricket Tournament

Georgetown DC student-athletes who compete in rowing, football, and basketball flew to Qatar for an opportunity to explore the culture, history, and sporting facilities of Qatar. The participants also engaged in conversations with their counterparts from the GU-Q campus.

“I think hearing firsthand from people who’ve lived here for many years and understanding their perspective on the region has cleared up some misconceptions and definitely improved my opinion.”

Sresth Viswanathan, DC campus student-athlete

Women as Changemakers Go to Washington, DC

A new course on Women as Changemakers, designed to foster academic learning, intercultural knowledge, and personal growth, offered students a week-long experiential learning trip to Washington, DC, where they met and engaged with women who are making a difference in politics, peace and security, global education, social justice, and sports. They also connected with DC campus networks, and with leaders of major organizations to learn about their current global initiatives and projects.

Zain Fanik (SFS’25), a Culture and Politics major minoring in Arabic, enrolled in the course because of her academic interest in the history of women’s rights, but found that the course had a personal impact as well. “Understanding women’s accomplishments and qualities also strengthens my self-esteem and fosters self-respect because it gives me confidence in my own abilities,” she said.

In the university’s first-ever cross-campus athletic competition, GU-Q hosted a three-game cricket tournament between the two campuses. The visiting team won the first of three matches, with the GU-Q team winning the second and final game of the tournament.

“It was awesome to bring both teams together and to have dinner with each other and bond between the two campuses. That was a really special moment for me.”

Matthew Turner, DC campus cricket team member

GU-Q students at the Georgetown University Center on Faith and Justice, with Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas, Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary

Graduating with Purpose

The Class of 2023 exemplifies resilience, integrity, and compassion. Their thirst for knowledge and commitment to Georgetown values will guide them in their journey beyond their time at GU-Q.

ACADEMIC AWARDS

National Honor Societies and Academic Honors

Omicron Delta Epsilon: National Economics Honor Society

24

Phi Sigma Alpha: National Political Honor Society

10

Phi Alpha Theta: National History Honor Society

30

“I hope our awareness, sense of belonging, and compassion will define the context and purpose of our lives in the next step.”

Jeta Kreka, Class of 2023 Speaker

Alpha Sigma Nu: National Jesuit Honor Society

9

11

7

Phi Beta Kappa: National Academic Honor Society

9

Dean’s Medals

• Zhengyao Guo

• Abbas Kalan

• Nusaybah Maszlee

“GU-Q has already distinguished itself as a global university. In the years ahead, your dean, the faculty, the staff, and the students are determined to make it the preeminent global university—the best branch campus that rivals any in the world. Now more than ever, everyone in this room is at exactly the right place at the right time you are just getting started. Wherever your career takes you having more people like you seated at the table will make our world a better place.”

—Dean Safwan Masri

Waqar Basit Butt (SFS’23)

Nusaybah Maszlee (SFS’23)

Thriving Community

Through moments of lively debate, joyful celebrations of culture, and quiet introspection, the diverse GU-Q community flourished in shared learning, laughter, and growth.

Holi, Festival of Colors

Cultural Exchange Dinner

One Georgetown Day

Events Throughout the Year

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Taking the initiative to introduce cultural events… is a pivotal step to forming communal discussions within such a diverse collective.”

Justin Pacer (SFS’26), Georgetown Gazette Author African Cultural Night

Iftar with the Dean

International Ball

A Coffee Chat with Ambassadors: Reflections on Diplomacy and Foreign Service Qatar National Day Celebrations

Future is Female Event Black History Month Opening Event

Ghabga Event

Iftar with Ukrainian Food Traditions

Georgetown Debating Union

The Georgetown Debating Union (GDU) continued its impressive winning streak by earning prizes at the QatarDebate British Parliamentary Open in the fall and the QatarDebate Asian Parliamentary Open in the spring. They also secured victory at the Qatar National University Debate League Championship. Outstanding debaters for the GDU included Minahil Mahmud (SFS’26), Pragyan Acharya (SFS’24), Bayyan Kayyali (SFS’26), and Dung Tran (SFS’26).

“We’ve been working toward this for three years. Looking back at what we’ve done, all the tough nights and effort this team has put forth, it feels amazing to see how it all paid off.”

Hamza Al-Sioufy (SFS’24), Arabic Debate Team President

Abdullah Hussein, Moza Alhajri, Hamza Al-Sioufy, and Yousuf Salem at the QatarDebate Asian Parliamentary Open

Student-Led Activities

Through their leadership in organizing activities, discussions, and projects, GU-Q students actively contribute to the vibrant culture and cohesion of Education City, in the spirit of collaboration and curiosity.

A Coffee Chat with the Ambassadors

Emilia Pacheco (SFS’25) and Santiago Rubio Henao (SFS’25) led the Latin American and Caribbean Society in organizing the “Coffee Chat with Ambassadors” series, and fostering cross-cultural connections through lectures, salsa classes, and embassy visits.

“From coordinating the protocol and participation of nine embassies to making sure the event ran smoothly, leading these two Coffee Chats was an enriching experience.”

Santiago Rubio Henao (SFS’25), LACS President

Georgetown Model United Nations Club Event Highlights

The Georgetown Model United Nations club hosted 450 students from 13 countries in a UN simulation on “Global Security: Learning From The Past.” GMUN is organized entirely by GU-Q students, promoting critical skills development and creating lasting friendships.

“We expected the theme would offer participants the chance to think about the changed world around them with an open mind.”

Nagla Abdelhady, MUN Head of Communications

“Coffee Chat with the Ambassadors” featuring Juan Benavides, Consul of Uruguay; HE Ambassador Jose Ordorica, Mexico; HE Ambassador Francois Guillaume II, Haiti; HE Ambassador Guillermo Nicolas, Argentina; Kirvyn Vargas, Diplomatic Attaché of Panama; and Jairo Lopez Bolaños, Minister Counselor of Costa Rica

Saleh Al-Mana giving the keynote speech at GMUN

Future is Female Conference

In partnership with HBKU, the Georgetown Gazette, Muslim Students Association, and Al-Liwan Club, GU-Q’s The Future is Female (FIF) student group organized the “Female on the Frontline” conference to celebrate Women’s History Month. Notable leaders, including Nada Bahzad from Qatar Reads, Sohaira Siddiqui from GU-Q, Btool Alsayed from HBKU, and Rawaa Auge from Al Jazeera, shared their experiences. Anam Fatima (SFS‘24), FIF’s president, moderated the event.

“The conference acted as a platform for the speakers to echo their lived experiences as to what a female in the workplace in Qatar has to go through.”

Anam Fatima (SFS’24)

Students for Justice in Palestine

The Intersectionality Series, organized by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), facilitated connections among student clubs and featured collaborative lectures with organizations like the Lebanese Club, Black Student Association, Muslim Student Association, and the Women’s Society. These included:

• “Black and Palestinian Shared Struggle”

• “Legacies of Palestine: Women’s Experiences”

• “Palestine and the Ummah”

• “Lebanon to Palestine: Shared History”

Apartheid Week organized by SJP, offered a series of activities including lectures with guest speakers. These included:

• “Palestine in the Memory of the Media” with Khaled Hroub, Northwestern Qatar

• “Transitional Justice for Palestinians” with Noha Aboueldahab, GU-Q

• “Imagining Palestinian Possibles” with Nadya Sbaiti, GU-Q

Sohaira Siddiqui speaking at the “Female on the Frontline” conference

Michelle Siyabonga Hadebe (SFS’24) is committed to nurturing community connections while majoring in International Politics. Her strategic involvement in extracurricular activities enhances her diplomacy skills and expands her network both on and off campus.

“I’m particularly grateful to our students for working so hard to encourage engagement and education on racial justice in our academic community and beyond.”

Dean Safwan Masri

As a Desert Hoya blogger for the admissions office, Michelle serves as an early point of contact for prospective students, conveying a powerful message: GU-Q is a place for everyone.

Deepening her connection to her African roots, she minored in Africana Studies through courses provided jointly by both GU-Q and Northwestern Qatar. As an organizer of the African Cultural Night and Co-president of the Black Students Association, Michelle celebrates her heritage and shares it with the community. “Our students should experience and appreciate African heritage, build cross-cultural connections, and create wholesome memories. And for me, this is a big part of what Georgetown is about.”

For Black History Month, Michelle served as the moderator of an event featuring US Ambassador to Qatar, HE Timothy Davis, who gave a reading from the autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Speaking for the BSA, she emphasized, “When we, as Black students at Georgetown, celebrate this special month, we claim our space in this institution.”

Michelle Siyabonga Hadebe (SFS’24) moderating a Black History Month event with the US Ambassador to Qatar, HE Timothy Davis

Cutting-edge Research

Dedicated faculty and affiliated scholars, in collaboration with the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS), play a pivotal role in advancing academic research. They foster interdisciplinary partnerships to bolster Qatar’s contributions to the global body of knowledge.

Research Initiatives

Our research initiatives convened scholars, practitioners, and policy-makers to explore the socio-economic context of fossil fuel reliance and to amplify migrant workers’ voices before the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™.

Understanding Everyday Energy

Led by professors Victoria Googasian, Trish Kahle, and Firat Oruc, the CIRS Energy Humanities initiative explores the topic of energy humanities for a sustainable future. In its first year, they organized a panel discussion, “Energy and the World Cup,” featuring professors Danyel Reiche, Gokce Gunel, Rice University, and Laurent Lambert, Doha Institute. The working group outcome the “Effects of Energy Transition” is slated for publication.

Digitizing Migrant Experiences

The “Migrant Voices in Qatar” initiative, led by professors Noha Aboueldahab, Zahra Babar, Trish Kahle, Suzi Mirghani, Nadya Sbaiti, and Karine Walther, received support from Georgetown University’s Digital Research and Innovation Program. The project shared migrants’ firsthand experiences in Qatar through podcasts.

Small States Research Program leads Fahad Al-Marri and Rory Miller hosting HE Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi, Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with Dean Safwan Masri

Mehran Kamrava and Nikolay Kozhanov discussing the CIRS publication “Russian Foreign Policy Towards the Middle East”

CIRS RESEARCH PROJECTS

The Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) is redefining the research landscape in Qatar and beyond, with nearly 70 scholars collaborating on diverse projects covering regional interests, the environment, race, and society. Recent research initiatives include “Evolution of African Regional Organizations” and “Narratives of Language Landscapes in Qatar,” both set for publication. Ongoing research includes “Global Histories and Practices of Islamophobia” and other projects focused on the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™, detailed on page 93.

Tracing the Evolution of African Regional Organizations

Lynda Iroulo leads a CIRS research project examining the evolution and contemporary roles of African regional organizations. The collaborative working group includes scholars from institutions worldwide. “African Regionalism: Achievements, Challenges, and Prospects” will culminate in an upcoming edited volume.

“This project is going back to revisit the ideological and intellectual origins of these regional organizations, and putting them together as a handbook that would be relevant for anyone interested in African Regional Organizations.”

–Lynda Iroulo, Assistant Professor

Qatar’s Language Landscape Narratives

Yehia Mohamed leads a CIRS research project on spoken Arabic in Qatar, identifying underexplored linguistic research areas. An initial working group included participants from ten universities, both in Qatar and globally, including the American University of Sharjah, CMU-Q, HBKU, Osaka University, Qatar University, TAMU-Q, University of Bucharest, and VCUarts Qatar.

Uncovering the Roots of Islamophobia

Professors Abdullah Al-Arian and Karine Walther led discussions on the historical origins of global Islamophobia. They convened two working groups with participants from 17 universities to assess paper abstracts, contributing to their research project, “Global Histories and Practices of Islamophobia”.

CIRS RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS

Europe 12

Germany

Romania

• University of Bucharest

• Center for Applied Research in Partnership with the Orient

• University of Tübingen

• Technical University Darmstadt

The Netherlands

• Leiden University

United Kingdom

• London School of Economics

• Manchester Metropolitan University

• University of Glasgow

• University of Leeds

• University of Oxford

Norway

• University of Oslo

France

• Skema Business School

Qatar 15

• Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies

• Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar

• Doha Institute

• Gulf State Analytics

• Hamad Bin Khalifa University

• Josoor Institute

• Northwestern Qatar

• Qatar Foundation

• Qatar Planning and Statistics Authority

• Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• Qatar University

• Qatar Women’s Sports Committee

• Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy

• Texas A&M at Qatar

• VCUarts Qatar

Asia 2

Russia

• Higher School of Economics (HSE) University

Japan

• Osaka University

North America 24

Canada

• University of Alberta

• University of Ottawa

• University of Toronto

• Trent University

• York University

United States

• Bard College

• Bucknell University

• Catholic University of America

• Georgetown University

• Frostburg State University

• George Mason University

• George Washington University

• Indiana University Bloomington

• King’s College, New York City

• Lafayette College

• Ohio State University

• Rice University

• Syracuse University

• University of California Berkeley

• University of California Los Angeles

• University of Michigan

• University of Pennsylvania

• University of Texas at Austin

• Williams College

Africa 5

SWANA 9

Turkey

• Bilgi University

• British Institute at Ankara

Kenya

• Technical University of Kenya

Tanzania

• Open University

• Rhodes University South Africa

Cameroon

• Protestant University of Central Africa

Ghana

• Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Afghanistan

• American University

Morocco

• Mohammed VI Polytechnic University

• Palestinian Research Center Palestine

Egypt

• American University in Cairo

• Cairo University

United Arab Emirates

• American University of Sharjah

• Zayed University

Small States, Big Impact

Responding to the need for targeted research and capacity building to enhance international effectiveness of small states, Professor Rory Miller and Postdoctoral Fellow Fahad Al-Marri developed a research program under the guidance of an advisory committee of high level government representatives and executives in Qatar. In its second year, the program has developed important research insights, formed collaborations across Qatar, and engaged in dialogue with global actors, all of which has also benefited students in the classroom.

ENHANCING QATAR’S CAPACITY THROUGH SMALL STATES RESEARCH

Awards and Recognitions

• Miller is a lead Principal Investigator for the Qatar National Research Fund grant “Managing National Security Risk during and after the Blockade: Challenges and Opportunities for Qatar’s Energy Sector” (NPRP12S-0210-190067).

• The research project has active collaborations with the Amiri Diwan of the State of Qatar, the Strategic Studies Center of the Qatari Armed Forces, QatarEnergy, and the Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah International Foundation for Energy and Sustainable Development.

• Al-Marri was recognized with the Academic Excellence Award for his doctoral studies completed at the University of Warwick in 2022.

Publications

• Miller and Al-Marri coauthored Overcoming Smallness: Challenges and Opportunities for Small States in Global Affairs offering research-based solutions to key issues in governing small nations

• Miller published several articles in Middle Eastern Studies, and a chapter in The Gulf Cooperation Council at Forty (Brookings, 2022).

• Miller and Al-Marri contributed to the Middle East Council on Global Affairs dossier on “Asia and the GCC: A New Strategic Partner” (July 2023).

• Miller wrote an expert assessment report for the Gulf Studies Center on “Iranian Normalization and its Repercussions on Israel-Iran Confrontation,” and coauthored a white paper for Al Jazeera Center for Studies on “Transforming the Renewables Sector in the Gulf.”

Co-authors Rory Miller and Fahad Al-Marri with Natalie Baker, US Embassy, at Overcoming Smallness book signing during Doha International Book Fair

Teaching

• Led courses on Small States in the International System, and Qatar, Energy Security, and Strategic Planning, inviting guest scholars and practitioners

• Miller chairs the Certificate in Energy Studies jointly taught at CMU-Q and TAMU-Q

Engagements and Conferences

• Organized the Atlantic Council China-MENA Regional Discussion Forum, bringing together senior officials and scholars

• Participated in a closed roundtable on Conflict Resolution, Security, and Diplomacy at HBKU’s College of Public Policy

• Presented at various international conferences and forums

“We were very honored to host His Excellency Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi. He provided our students with invaluable real-world insights on some of the key issues in regional diplomacy in the contemporary era.”

–Rory Miller, Professor

Roundtable on “Conflict Resolution, Security, and Diplomacy” at HBKU Small States in the International System course featuring HE Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi

Event with representatives from Al-Attiyah Foundation

Serving

the Global Community

GU-Q faculty are leaders in their respective fields, exemplifying excellence in teaching, research, and policy development.

EXTERNALLY-FUNDED GRANTS

Rory Miller led a national security risk study in the energy sector (NPRP12S-0210-190067).

Experts in the News

600+ Total news stories

CNN “Why Cristiano Ronaldo’s move to Saudi Arabia means so much for the Gulf monarchy’s sporting ambitions”

January 6, 2023 – Danyel Reiche

CNN “Many Migrants Leaving Tunisia After President’s Comments”

March 5, 2023 – Safwan Masri

Hany Fazza collaborated with CMU-Q faculty to develop a linguistic map of Qatar (NPRP12S-0301-190189).

190+ Articles about World Cup or sports

NEW YORK TIMES

“Op-ed: Why the World Cup Belongs in the Middle East”

November 18, 2022 – Abdullah Al-Arian

REUTERS

“Analysis: Qatar takes diplomatic back seat as Saudi flexes political muscle”

May 18, 2023 – Mehran Kamrava

REUTERS

“After criticism, smooth World Cup seen as crucial to Qatar”

November 18, 2023 – Zarqa Parvez

LA TIMES

“Op-ed: Why this World Cup will be remembered as Morocco’s after all”

December 15, 2022 – Safwan Masri

Rory Miller

Hany Fazza

Human-Focused Energy Studies

As a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow, Assistant Professor Trish Kahle conducted archival research at an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, the Hagley Museum and Library. Her investigation into the human stories behind power system development in the US is contributing to our understanding of the role of energy in human development and its significance for sustainability in the future.

“I hope my work gives people new tools to look at the energy system around us with a new perspective, and to ask new questions about why it looks the way it does, and how we want it to look in the future.”

–Trish Kahle, Assistant Professor

Kahle’s research focuses on highlighting the overlooked stories found in company records, letters and other primary source documents, to explore the intersections of energy, culture, society, and the environment in the field of energy humanities. Her first published work, an article titled “Electric Discipline: Gendering Power and Defining Work in Electric Power Systems,” explores the impact of 1970s conservation initiatives on women, appearing in Labor: Studies in Working-Class History

“Hundreds of thousands of ordinary people have worked on the country’s grid, and shaped what it looks like,” said Kahle. “I think by learning to see the grid’s human history, which we have often unconsciously learned to overlook, we can have a more grounded conversation about what it would take to overhaul our electric power system, to organize it with justice in mind.”

International Collaborative Conferences

Leveraging GU-Q’s strategic location in Qatar, faculty and staff organized collaborative international conferences in the region. These events showcased research strengths of faculty from both campuses and highlighted emerging researchers among GU-Q alumni.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COLORISM

Rogaia Abusharaf convened an academic conference on “Colorism Across Global Lines” at NYU Abu Dhabi. Organized in collaboration with NYU faculty and staff, the event served as a platform for scholars and researchers to examine the multifaceted aspects of systemic discrimination based on skin color.

Scholars from both Georgetown campuses made significant contributions to the conference. From GU-Q, Student Wellness Counselor Amy Walker and Director of Student Life John Wright presented on the psychological impact of colorism across populations of color. Gwendolyn Mikell, Professor Emerita from the DC campus, explored the historical relationship between white supremacy, gender, and colorism. Rosemary Kilkenny, Georgetown’s Vice President for Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, explored colorism in the Caribbean.

“As the first regional collaboration between GU-Q and NYU, this conference was an excellent opportunity to advance the conference organizers’ mission of amplifying voices of scholars from all over the world.”

–Rogaia Abusharaf, Professor

“THINKING THE ARCHIPELAGO: AFRICA’S INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS”

Indian Ocean Working Group members, professors Rogaia Abusharaf and Uday Chandra, helped to organize several conferences during the year in association with the Africa Institute in Sharjah on the topic “Thinking the Archipelago: Africa’s Indian Ocean Islands.”

“Reimagining Mobilities/ Immobilities in the Indian Ocean”

The inaugural conference in the series took place in the UAE and examined forces shaping the African Indian Ocean rim, including circulation, mobility, cultural production, ecological changes, and cosmopolitan influences. Participants included Firat Oruc, who discussed “The Archipelagic Lens: Representations of Indian Ocean Im/Mobilities in Film.” Aljawhara AlThani (SFS’12), a PhD candidate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, explored “Indian Ocean Slavery, the State, and its Display Practices: Legacies and Representations of Slavery in Qatari and Zanzibari Museums.” Emilio Ocampo Eibenschutz (SFS’13), a Cornell University PhD candidate, submitted a paper on “Passports, immigration, and the new political economy of Western Indian Ocean mobility, 1910-1950.”

“Legacies of Race and Slavery in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans”

The second conference in the series in Zanzibar offered a comparative examination of racial justice and historical legacies related to race and slavery in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Uday Chandra led a panel discussion titled “Slavery and Race in Sudan, Qatar, and Muscat.”

“The Indian Ocean allows us to consider the Arabian Sea, or the Western Indian Ocean as a way in which Africans, Arabs, and Indians found ways to connect with each other, to trade with each other, and to learn from each other over the centuries.”

–Uday Chandra, Assistant Professor

Aljawhara AlThani (SFS’12) presenting “Indian Ocean Slavery, the State, and its Display Practices”

Uday Chandra leading a discussion on “Slavery and Race in Sudan, Qatar, and Muscat”

Firat Oruc discussing “The Archipelagic Lens: Representations of Indian Ocean Im/Mobilities in Film”

Publications

Faculty made significant scholarly contributions with 11 books, 35 journal articles, 2 special journal issues, and 15 book chapters. They also provided insights for 10 think tank or research center analyses on contemporary topics.

Noteworthy publications included Mehran Kamrava’s The Sacred Republic: Power and Institutions in Iran (Hurst, 2023) and Triumph and Despair: In Search of Iran’s Islamic Republic (Hurst, 2022), Abdul Rahman Chamseddine’s Arabiyyat Muhakyat: Lugrat AlThalathiyat (Dar Konooz, 2022) and Hawiyat Quraniyah (Arab Institute for Research and Publishing, 2023), Jeremy Koons’ coedited Ethics, Practical Reasoning, Agency: Wilfrid Sellars’s Practical Philosophy (Routledge, 2022), and Karl Widerquist’s The Problem of Property:

Books

Select Book Chapters and Journals

Taking the Freedom of Nonowners Seriously (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023). Additionally, two CIRS-sponsored books, A Fledgling Democracy: Tunisia in the Aftermath of the Arab Uprisings (Hurst, 2022) edited by Mohamed Zayani, and Beyond Economic Migration: Social, Historical, and Political Factors in US Immigration (New York University Press, 2022), made notable scholarly contributions.

For a full list of publications, see Appendix II

BIG DATA BREAKTHROUGH IN INFLATION CALCULATION

In an article published in the prestigious American Economic Review, Alexis Antoniades presents compelling evidence supporting the utilization of expenditure data on goods as a robust measure of inflation. Coauthored with distinguished economists Robert Feenstra and Mingzhi Xu and funded by a QNRF Grant (NPRP 08718-5-104), the research utilized Gulf Cooperation Council Nielsen data to demonstrate that analyzing expenditure data on goods offers a more accurate understanding of price fluctuations and inflation rates.

Antoniades, Alexis, Robert C. Feenstra, and Mingzhi Xu. 2022. “Using the Retail Distribution of Sellers to Impute Expenditures Shares.” American Economic Review, 112, no. 7: 2213–36.

ISLAMIC BIOETHICS IN PRACTICE

This special issue of The Muslim World, edited by project lead Ayman Shabana, emerges from a 2018 GU-Q conference funded by Qatar National Research Fund grants (NPRP8-1478-6-053 and CWSP13-C-1012-17042) titled “Family Structure in the Wake of Genetic and Reproductive Technologies in the Muslim World.” It delves into ethical aspects of modern genetic and reproductive technologies in the Muslim world from a comparative perspective. The issue includes articles exploring Qatar’s response to technological advancements, DNA testing’s paternity implications, contraception and fertility technology use, third-party gamete donation in Iran, and moral foundations in reprogenetic technologies and jurisprudence.

Shabana, Ayman, ed. 2022. Special Issue: Family Structure in the wake of Genetic and Reproductive Technologies in the Muslim World. The Muslim World 112, no. 3.

Ayman Shabana speaking at the “Family Structure in the Wake of Genetic and Reproductive Technologies in the Muslim World” conference

HISTORY, POLITICS, AND SOCIETY OF IRAN

Mehran Kamrava, who is also the Director of the Iranian Studies Unit at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, presented a trio of publications that collectively illuminate Iran’s complex past and its implications for the nation’s future.

A Dynastic History of Iran:

From the Qajars to the Pahlavis (Cambridge University Press 2022) unravels the political legacies of Iran’s last two monarchical dynasties and their profound impact on the nation’s history and politics.

Triumph and Despair: In Search of Iran’s Islamic Republic (Hurst 2022) chronicles post-revolutionary Iran’s tumultuous journey, examining the early consolidation of Islamist power, post-war reconstruction, shifts toward populism, authoritarian tendencies, and the evolving youth culture.

The Sacred Republic: Power and Institutions in Iran (Oxford University Press 2022), an edited volume, offers an in-depth analysis of Iran’s power dynamics, exploring the establishment, evolution, and contemporary significance of various institutions.

PIONEERING JOURNAL ON THE INDIAN OCEAN WORLD

Georgetown faculty, spearheaded by coeditor Rogaia Abusharaf, launched Monsoon: Journal of the Indian Ocean Rim. This collaborative effort with the Africa Institute and Duke University Press features diverse GU-Q contributors including associate editor Uday Chandra, book review editor Firat Oruc, and advisory board member Amira Sonbol.

The inaugural issue also includes an article by Mehran Kamrava on the transformation of Gulf pearling towns and an exploration of literature’s role in understanding the Indian Ocean by Cóilín Parsons, from Georgetown’s Washington, DC, campus.

Monsoon, published biannually, brings the rich cultural heritage and complex history of the Indian Ocean World to a global audience. It focuses on Qatar and the Gulf region, the Middle East, eastern Africa, Southeast Asia, and emerging economic powerhouses China and India, serving as a platform for groundbreaking research and fostering discussions among a new generation of scholars and critical thinkers.

“The Indian Ocean has served as a global crossroads for thousands of years. Understanding the networks of trade, diplomacy, and cultural diffusion that emerged in this region offers important insights into contemporary issues that have shaped our world today.”

–Rogaia Abusharaf, Professor

Book launch for “The Problem of Property: Taking the Freedom of Nonowners Seriously,” by Karl Widerquist

Inclusive Engagement

Throughout the year, we organized public dialogues about the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™, initiatives to advance gender equity, and activities promoting Arabic language and culture. These efforts have united key stakeholders, facilitating the sharing of information and collaborative problem-solving to address pressing national concerns.

Dean Safwan Masri introducing keynote speaker HE Dr. Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al-Kawari, President of Qatar National Library, at Arabic Book Club Event, with panelists including Ali bin Tuwar Al-Kuwari, journalist, Elizabeth Kassab, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Amira El-Zein, GU-Q, and Yehia Mohamed, GU-Q

Alexis Antoniades hosting the International Economics Director’s Majlis

Dean Safwan Masri meeting Tarik Yousef, Middle East Council on Global Affairs

Media Roundtable: Dean Masri Unveils Vision for GU-Q’s Future

Dean Safwan Masri hosted a media roundtable, where he unveiled his vision for GU-Q’s future. In the session, he highlighted new initiatives aimed at bolstering the university’s global presence and solidifying its status as a leading institution in the region.

In the conversation, Dean Masri underscored GU-Q’s crucial role as a vibrant epicenter of global education. More than just an educational institution, GU-Q actively facilitates knowledge exchange with local entities, bridges the cultural and educational gap between the region and the United States, and plays a pivotal role in extending Georgetown University’s global footprint.

“At the intersection of media and academia, we can jointly inspire robust civic discourse to advance an informed citizenry.”

–Dean Safwan Masri

Fostering Dialogue

Georgetown University’s Qatar campus serves as a dynamic hub where scholars, practitioners, and community members converge to deliberate on crucial issues impacting the region and the world at large.

FOSTERING GENDER EQUALITY

Exploring Digital Innovation for Gender Equality

The panel discussion, in partnership with Georgetown Women’s Alliance Qatar (GWAQ), Northwestern Qatar, and HBKU, explored the role of digital transformation in promoting gender equality, in line with the UN’s International Women’s Day theme: DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality. Moderated by Maryam Al-Thani (SFS’23), the event featured Microsoft’s Maia Henley, the Qatar Financial Centre’s Luigia Ingianni, GU-Q’s Lamis Kattan, and Northwestern Qatar’s Claudia Kozman.

“World leaders from all over the globe have come to convene on the need to give women better access and opportunities in the STEM field. This will only come as a result of these conversations, which are often difficult, but necessary.”

–Maryam AbdulAziz Al-Thani (SFS’23), Moderator

Women in Leadership

GU-Q co-hosted a three-day “Women in Leadership” conference in collaboration with GWAQ, CMU-Q, HBKU, TAMU-Q, HEC Paris, and Qatar Financial Centre. Keynote speaker and organizer Christine Schiwietz, along with other GU-Q speakers Nadine Ghamloush, Uday Rosario, Clyde Wilcox, Mariam Lachin, Brendan Hill, Arwa El Kahlout, and Amy Walker, contributed to the event.

PRESERVING ARABIC LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

The GU-Q Arabic Book Club hosted two book events, welcoming esteemed authors to discuss their works and share insights on the heritage of Arabic language and literature. In partnership with the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies and HBKU Press, a discussion and book signing was organized featuring HE Dr. Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al-Kawari, author of “

[Ala Qadri Ahlalazim].” Dr. Al-Kawari, State Minister with the rank of Deputy Prime-Minister and President of Qatar National Library, engaged in a fascinating conversation about the future of Arabic culture with a distinguished panel of guest speakers.

The Arabic Book Club also hosted Abdelwahhab El-Affendi, President and Provost of the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, to discuss his book, “

[The Islamic Intellectual and Arab Diseases: Reflections on the Contemporary Arab Crisis].” This event, also organized in collaboration with the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, brought together a panel of experts from diverse academic disciplines for a vibrant exchange of ideas.

“Preserving and promoting Arabic literary culture is a responsibility shared by all members of society. And events like this provide an accessible platform for public debate and dialogue, and deepen our shared appreciation of the rich heritage of the Arabic-speaking world.”

–Yehia A. Mohamed, Associate Professor

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

DIRECTOR’S MAJLIS

Alexis Antoniades hosted a Director’s Majlis that brought together prominent members of the community and alumni for an introduction of the newly-appointed dean, Safwan Masri.

Palestine Speaker Series

Providing a platform for dialogue and analysis of the historical and contemporary issues facing Palestine, GU-Q hosted a year-long Palestine Speaker Series led by professors Abdullah Al-Arian, Karine Walther, and Nadya Sbaiti.

“Walled Off” Regional Premiere

The regional premiere of the documentary “Walled Off,” featured a panel discussion with director Vin Arfuso, who shared the experience of filming alongside co-producer Anwar Hadid during a visit to their ancestral homeland. Panelists Lina Hadid, a lawyer and advocate for Palestinian rights, highlighted the role of art in driving change while coproducer Immortal Technique, an underground hip-hop artist and activist, spoke about music’s power in raising awareness about social and political issues.

“Art that engages with social, political, and cultural issues—like this film— has the power to bring attention to important issues and create critical spaces for dialogue.”

–Dean Safwan Masri

“Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians”

Human Rights Watch’s Israel and Palestine Director, Omar Shakir, discussed the global response to his report “A Threshold Crossed: Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution.”

“In Conversation with Salim Tamari and Zeina Jallad”

This exploration of Palestine’s past and present moderated by Dean Masri, featured Salim Tamari, former director of the Institute of Palestinian Studies discussing historical images from his book on Palestinian history and Zeina Jallad, a legal consultant and researcher, talking about the connection between historical identity and Israel’s current annexation policies.

Abdullah Al-Arian moderating “Walled Off” film discussion with Lina Hadid, Anwar Hadid, and Immortal Technique

Dean Safwan Masri with Zeina Jallad and Salim Tamari

“India-Israel Relations”

Senior Middle East Eye reporter Azad Essa gave a talk about his book Hostile Homelands: The New Alliance Between India and Israel, in this student-led event co-sponsored by the South Asian Society and Students for Justice in Palestine. In the discussion, moderated by Abdullah Al-Arian, Essa discussed how Israel became a cornerstone of India’s foreign policy.

“Reading in Time: On the Question of Palestine”

Sherene Seikaly, Associate Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, gave a talk examining a series of photographs and documents from a Palestinian family, and the story they tell about the real life events in the history of Palestine.

Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Transforming World

At the country launch of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report “Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Transforming World,” scholars and development experts gathered to discuss the persistent sharp decline in health, education, and living standards in 2023.

HE Dr. Saleh bin Mohammad Al-Nabit, President of the Planning and Statistics Authority, delivered opening remarks connecting the report’s findings with Qatar’s third National Development Strategy. He emphasized the importance of international cooperation for the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. The panel featured Dean Safwan Masri, Pedro Conceição, UNDP’s Human Development Report Office Director, Sheikha Hanouf Abdulrahman Al-Thani from the Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Mohamed Eskandar Shah of HBKU. Hosted by CIRS, the event was moderated by Zahra Babar and Biplove Chaudhary, Head of UNDP’s Doha office.

“We argue that uncertainty also provides a context in which people can change the way they see the world and in the way they do things.”

–Pedro Conceição, Director of the UNDP’s Human Development Report Office

Highlight

Azad Essa discussing “India-Israel Relations”

Dean Safwan Masri with HE Dr. Saleh bin Mohammad Al-Nabit and Biplove Chaudhary

Executive and Professional Education

Executive and professional education programs (EPE) are tailored to support Qatar’s rapidly growing knowledge economy, and combine Georgetown’s program offerings in Washington, DC, with instruction from leading scholars and industry experts.

EPE Program Graduates 2023

21

Executive Master’s in Diplomacy and International Affairs

12

International Executive Master’s in Emergency and Disaster Management

Custom certificate programs were delivered for Nakilat, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Al Fardan, and Qatar Leadership Centre.

MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMS

Our collaborative graduate degree programs with Georgetown University in Washington, DC, play a pivotal role in nurturing a highly skilled workforce essential for Qatar’s ongoing social, political, and economic advancement.

Diplomacy and International Affairs

In collaboration with the Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs Diplomatic Institute, GU-Q offers an Executive Master’s in Diplomacy and International Affairs program through Georgetown’s Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) Institute for the Study of Diplomacy in DC. Courses take place at GU-Q’s campus, with the critical support of the Office of Executive and Professional Education.

This program equips diplomats and practitioners in Qatar and the region with the knowledge, skills, and tools needed to effectively address evolving global challenges in diplomacy.

Admissions expanded to include participants from organizations beyond MOFA. The second cohort, comprising 21 students, completed the program, with graduates from 2022 and 2023 participating in GU-Q’s May commencement ceremony.

Emergency and Disaster Management

The IEDM program, offered in close collaboration with GU-Q’s Office of Executive and Professional Education, empowers participants with vital disaster preparedness and response skills through five global residencies and valuable engagement with top experts. In the Class of 2023, 12 graduates, including professionals from healthcare, law enforcement, and social services, showcased their capstone projects during a GU-Q closing ceremony. The event featured a keynote address by security expert Falah Al Dosari, senior manager of Project STADIA at INTERPOL.

“My capstone focused on contextualizing disaster management for district and town officers in Tonga. I really expanded my network and got a snapshot of real-world experiences. This has been an amazing experience.”

–Lavinia Clara Taumoepeau, Fulbright Scholar, IEDM 2023

IEDM closing ceremony keynote address by Falah Al Dosari

CUSTOM AND SHORT COURSES

Custom certificate programs, delivered by seasoned faculty and expert practitioners, meet the professional development needs of Qatar’s workforce and prepare organizations for the evolving challenges of today’s world.

GU-Q conferred 44 leadership certificates to Nakilat employees through a custom-designed program. Short courses also provided 30 participants from local institutions, including HBKU, Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute, Qatar Foundation, Qatar Investment Authority, Qatar National Library, Qatar Tourism, Teach for Qatar, and Weill Cornell Medicine Qatar, with access to expert training in crucial competencies, including leadership and negotiation.

• “Authentic, Inclusive, and Connected” by Karen Curnow, Founder, Compass International

• “Strategic Negotiations for High Impact Leaders” by Roberto Ordonez, Founder, Alkimya Catalyst

• “Leading Change Through Innovation” by Maher Mezher, Founder, Innovators League, LLC

Karen Curnow delivering an executive education short course

Nakilat Leadership Development Program closing ceremony

Alumni

Our alumni community has expanded to 817 highly skilled global citizens, with 97 new graduates joining its ranks. They are making significant contributions across diverse sectors, including arts, business, education, energy, finance, and government.

GLOBAL CITIZENS IN THE WORLD

Educational Excellence Awards

Alumni Bothaina Jassim Hamad Al-Thani (SFS’22) and Jawaher Oqla Al-Shamari (SFS’22) won Gold Awards in the undergraduate category for their outstanding contributions to community development and knowledge production in Qatar.

“I feel like I’m even more motivated than before to continue my educational journey and to strive for excellence. I hope that by doing this, I will be able to return to Qatar some of the many blessings it has given me.”

–Bothaina Jassim Hamad Al-Thani (SFS’22)

Global Advocacy

Five alumni actively engaged in fostering dialogue, initiating action, and driving change as volunteers for the Doha Hub of the World Economic Forum Global Shapers. This dedicated group includes Kamilah Idris (SFS’22) in the role of Impact Officer, Rafia Al-Jassim (SFS’19) and Zainab Qazi (SFS’22) serving as Vice-Curators, Abeedah Diab (SFS’22), and Hamideh Dorzadeh (SFS’18).

Pakistan Medal of Excellence

Khansa Maria (SFS’21), currently pursuing her MPhil in Development Studies at Harris Manchester, was honored with the prestigious Pakistan Civil Award, Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Medal of Excellence). Her remarkable contributions to the field of literature, in particular, for enhancing accessibility and advocating for disability rights, earned her the distinction. “For me, receiving this award is a huge privilege and an honor. More than that, it is a responsibility to continue my advocacy,” she said.

Budding Entrepreneur

Kamilla Idris (SFS’22), who has been receiving incubation support from QDB and Scale7, a fashion incubator, successfully reached the final round of the pitch competition of the Qatar Development Bank Business Incubators and Accelerators event with her startup EZ Drip, a marketplace for gently used clothing.

Jawaher Oqla Al-Shamari (SFS’22) receiving Gold Award from Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

Contributing to Global Knowledge Production

Khalid Al-Jufairi (SFS’09), Cofounder and Chair of the American Center for Strategic and International Affairs, published a book titled The Centrality of the Middle Class: Sociopolitical Resilience and Economic Stability (HBKU Press 2022).

In addition to running his Washington, DC-based consultancy, Al-Jufairi is an Abshire-Inamori Fellow at the Washington, DC, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and chief strategist and board member of the Institute of Arab and Islamic Art based in New York City. Al-Jufairi also lectures on foreign policy at Qatar University and at Georgetown University’s Emergency and Disaster Management program.

After graduating from GU-Q with a major in International Politics, Al-Jufairi earned an MA in Cross-Cultural Studies and Sustainability from the American University of Paris, and a PhD in International Relations from Arcadia University and the American Graduate School in Paris.

“This book adds a scholar’s perspective to an everyday phenomenon that everyone engages with in some individualized way, and we are delighted to be able to facilitate this discussion between scholar and learner.”

–Bachar Chebaro, Executive Director of HBKU Press

Tanner Manley (SFS’22), a research assistant at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs (MECGA), coauthored two articles: “What Can the Next World Cup Hosts Learn from Qatar 2022?” with Noha Aboueldahab, and “Saudi-Iran Rapprochement Unlikely to Bring Lasting Peace to Yemen’’ with Faozi Al-Goidi. Both articles were published in Afkar, MECGA’s online scholarly publication.

Hamideh Dorzadeh (SFS’18), coordinator for the Iranian Studies Unit at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, co-wrote “Back to the Future in Iran: Political and Policy Implications of the 2021 Presidential Elections,” with Mehran Kamrava, which was published in the Winter-Spring 2023 issue of Muslim World

Irene Promodh (SFS’21), currently pursuing a doctorate in anthropology at the University of Michigan, published an article titled “Cyber-Christianity in Qatar: ‘Migrant’ and ‘Expat’ Theologies of COVID-19” in the Journal of Arabian Studies (Vol. 11, No. 2). She also hosts for New Books Network, where she interviewed Nissim Manathukkaren on his book, Communism, Subaltern Studies, and Postcolonial Theory: The Left in South India (Routledge, 2021), and acknowledges Uday Chandra for his valuable input on her work.

GRADUATE OUTCOMES Graduate School Outcomes

Graduates pursuing master’s and doctoral programs are enrolled in the following institutions:

• Hamad Bin Khalifa University

• Qatar University

• Bayan Islamic Graduate School

• Brandeis University

• Georgetown University

• Harvard University

• Kent State University

• London School of Economics

• Middlebury College-Monterey

• Northwestern University

• University of Cambridge

• University of Nottingham-Malaysia

• University of Reading

Alumni in Dean’s Majlis

Class of 2022 Outcomes after Graduation

The Class of 2022 were surveyed six months after graduation to assess graduate outcomes. Out of the 80 graduates surveyed, 66 percent had found a job and were currently employed, 20 percent were in graduate school, and 14 percent were seeking employment or graduate placement.

Post-Graduation Outcomes

Employment Outcomes

Out of the recent graduates, 66 percent have secured employment, with over half placed in sectors such as accounting and finance, consulting, government, and non-profit organizations. Notable employers in each sector are:

Banking & Finance

• Bank Muscat

• Dar Al Arkan Qatar

• Investment Authority

• Invest Qatar

• PricewaterhouseCoopers

• Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority

• Qatar Fund for Development

• Qatar Investment Authority

• Qatar National Bank

Business Sector, Qatar

• Al Jaidah Group

• Equishot Riders Concierge Services

• Deliveroo

• Powerholding International

• Qatar Airways

• Samsung Electronics

• US-Qatar Business Council

• Talabat Communications

• Auditoire

• BLJ Worldwide

• J. Portman

• Portland Communications

Qatar Government Communications Office

• Ministry of Defense Strategy Hub

• Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• Qatar International Court and Dispute Resolution Centre

• National Cyber Security Agency

Consulting

• Boston Consulting Group

• Bain and Company

• Brookings

• Middle East Council on Global Affairs

• Roland Berger

Cultural Sector

• Qatar Museums

• Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy

Education

• Georgetown University

• Qatar Foundation

• HEC Paris in Qatar

• Teach for Qatar

• American Geographical Society

Government, Qatar

• Amiri Diwan

• Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Alumna Al-Daana Al-Mulla, JD, Named 40 under 40 by Middle East Policy Council

Al-Daana Al-Mulla (SFS’12), Director of Political Affairs, Embassy of Qatar to the United States, was recognized by the Middle East Policy Council as a member of the 2023 cohort of “40 under 40” - an accolade that honors her influential contributions to the evolution of US-Middle East diplomatic relations.

In 2017, Al-Mulla assumed the position of Director of Political Affairs at the Qatari Embassy in Washington, DC Her prior appointment was at the United Nations (UN) in New York, where she distinguished herself as Qatar’s chief negotiator on a range of issues, including human rights, sustainable development, women’s advancement, and peace and security. Before her tenure at the UN, she contributed to the Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the International Cooperation Department. Al-Mulla, a GU-Q graduate, holds an MPA from Columbia University and recently added a JD from George Washington University to her credentials.

Alumnus

Aasim Alwaleed Al-Thani

Receives Recognition for His Role in the World Cup

Aasim Alwaleed Al-Thani (SFS’21) received a special recognition award from Bosnian Ambassador HE Abdulah Skaka for his support to the embassy during the Qatar FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ cultural festivities. A commissioned officer in Qatar’s Ministry of Defence, Aasim is pursuing Diplomatic Studies at the University of Oxford, is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Gulf International Forum, and serves as a Young Fellow at the Institute for Peace and Diplomacy.

Advocacy on the Global Stage

Sheba George (SFS’17) is a dedicated global development policy consultant and advocate for the UN Sustainable Development Goals, having contributed to intergovernmental forums, including the G7 and the Global Partnership for Education. She also served as a European Union Delegation Youth Ambassador, leading workshops at the 28th Youth Assembly Session in New York in 2023. An author on foreign policy and global development, Sheba works for Seek Development Consultancy and holds a BSFS from GU-Q, an MA in Public Policy from the Hertie School of Governance, and is an alumna of the McKinsey Next Generation Women Leaders program.

Dana Khalid Al-Anzy (SFS’17), a Strategic Partnerships Senior Specialist at Education Above All, was recognized as an Outstanding Youth Assembly Ambassador at the UN’s 28th Youth Assembly Session in recognition of her innovative contributions to sustainable development. Earlier in the year, she also moderated the “Intergenerational Dialogue: Young people, keyholders of sustainable development in LDCs” at the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries in Doha.

“As the world struggles with complex global issues, it is imperative to nurture the potential of determined young changemakers and bring all hands on board to support global development efforts.”

–Sheba George (SFS’17), UN Youth Ambassador

Dana Khalid Al-Anzy (SFS’17)

Kicking-Off the World Cup

DAVID BECKHAM JOINS GU-Q TOURNAMENT KICKOFF

As football fever grew in anticipation of the tournament, David Beckham made a guest appearance at the campus, meeting students and demonstrating the power of sports diplomacy.

“I’m always amazed by the dedicated and talented professionals working with us while on break from their studies in Doha. What a great start for two future media production professionals.”

Eddie Maldonado, Vice President of Global Security at NBC Sports

WORLD CUP VOLUNTEERS

Students and alumni seized unique opportunities for hands-on experience as interns with VISA, Coca-Cola, Solusta Events, Trinity Talent Qatar, Salam Technology, Talent Factory, Premium Events, and Auditoire Events Management. They partnered with broadcast professionals at the International Broadcast Center, assisted with media rights through Host Broadcast Services, joined the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy volunteer program, worked at Overseas Entertainment Group with VIPs, and supported logistics, marketing, and hosting.

“When you love something, it doesn’t matter how much you work. At the end, it’s all about that overflowing passion; it’s about discipline and flexibility.”

Santiago Rubio-Henao (SFS’ 25) FIFA World Cup broadcast runner, Telemundo

Football icon David Beckham and Moza Al-Hajri (SFS’26) discussing his documentary “Save Our Squad” at the Ajyal Film Festival

STUDENT RESEARCH ACTIVATIONS

The Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) involved students in World Cup-related research. Six students in Firat Oruc’s Film and Visual Culture in the Gulf course scrutinized FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ visuals, exploring cultural, gender, spatial, temporal, and global dimensions. Presenters:

Shaikha Al Obaidan (SFS’23), Maryam Al Thani (SFS’23), John Carlos Burog (SFS’25), Rodolfo Munoz Cardenas (SFS’23), Meryam Hashmi (SFS’25), and Iman Saif (SFS’24).

BRINGING WORLD CUP FEVER TO DC

As sports enthusiasts gathered in Doha, GU-Q organized activities and academic discussions in DC to strengthen connections between our two campuses. Notable sessions featured prominent scholars and faculty, exploring various aspects of sports, politics, sociology, and economics. Featured scholars included Danyel Reiche, Zahra Babar, and Susan Ziadeh. DC campus professors Victor Cha, Chandra Manning and Jeff Anderson, along with Christopher Elzy from George Mason University, also took part.

GU-Q campus FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ activations

Firat Oruc with Rodolfo Munoz Cardenas (SFS’23)

Exploring the Impact of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™

GU-Q’s FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ research, featured through events, podcasts, and blogs, included the “Building a Legacy Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022” project. Ongoing research focuses on Qatar’s World Cup Goals with edited papers in progress. Furthermore, the Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Studies Journal, volume 48, featured an introduction co-authored by Zahra Babar and included several co-edited papers resulting from a collaboration with George Washington University’s POMEPS.

EVENTS

“Football and the State in the Middle East.” Panelists: Abdullah Al-Arian, GU-Q; Craig LaMay, Northwestern Qatar; and Niki Akhavan, Catholic University of America. Moderator: Suzi Mirgani, GU-Q.

“A Century of Football in the Middle East.” Panelists: Zahra Babar, GU-Q; Simon Chadwick, Skema Business School in Paris; Ibrahim Elhoudaiby, Bard College; Yağmur Nuhrat, Bilgi University; and Maher Mezahi, Football Journalist. Moderator: Abdullah Al-Arian, GU-Q.

“The World Cup 2022 and Women’s Empowerment in Qatar.” Panelists: Danyel Reiche and Zarqa Parvez, GU-Q; Afraa Al-Noaimi, Josoor Institute; and Susan Dun, HBKU.

“Football in the Middle East State, Society, and the Beautiful Game.” Panelists: Zahra Babar and Danyel Reiche, GU-Q; Ross Griffin, Qatar University; and Craig LaMay; Northwestern Qatar. Moderated by editor Abdullah Al-Arian, GU-Q.

“The Beautiful Game in America.” Speaker: Andrew Guest, University of Portland.

“Energy and the World Cup.” Panelists: Danyel Reiche, GU-Q; Gockce Gunen, Rice University; and Laurent Lambert, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. Moderated by Firat Oruc and Victoria Googasian, GU-Q.

“Qatar and the 2022 FIFA World Cup: Politics, Controversy, Change.” Panelists: Coauthor Danyel Reiche and Gerd Nonneman, GU-Q.

“World Cup ‘22 Logistics and Security Challenges: Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) Symposium.” Panelists: Eugene Berger, Matterhorn Risk; Bradley Habana, Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy; John Masusock, Mattisan Rowan, OSAC; Mark Roberts, MSC Cruises; and Ryan Smith, Aspire Katara Hospitality.

“A World Cup for Qatar or the Middle East?”

Panelists: Danyel Reiche, GU-Q, Hissa Al-Kubaisi (SFS’22), and Irene Theodoropoulou, Qatar University. Moderated by Suzi Mirgani, GU-Q.

“Reflections on the World Cup 2022 and the Role of Sport in Qatar’s Future Development.”

Panelists: Danyel Reiche, GU-Q; Alexandra Chalat, Qatar Foundation; and Zaid Mosawy, Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy. Moderated by Suzi Mirgani, GU-Q.

“Qatar 2022 World Cup: Political Legacies and Future Impact with the Middle East Council on Global Affairs.” Panelists: Noha Aboueldahab and Zarqa Parvez, GU-Q.

FIFA WORLD CUP IN QATAR RESEARCH

Books Journal Articles

During GU-Q’s summer and fall activities, three faculty-authored books were central to our focus on research publications and events related to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™.

Qatar and the 2022 FIFA World Cup: Politics Controversy and Change (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) by Danyel Reiche and Paul Michael Brannagan.

Routledge Handbook of Sport in the Middle East (Routledge, 2022) coedited by Paul Michael Brannagan and Danyel Reiche.

Football in the Middle East: State, Society, and the Beautiful Game (Hurst, 2022) edited by Abdullah Al-Arian.

Babar, Zahra and Neha Vora. 2022. “The 2022 World Cup and Migrants’ Rights in Qatar: Racialised Labour Hierarchies and the Influence of Racial Capitalism.” The Political Quarterly, 93: 498–507.

Brannagan, Paul, Danyel Reiche, and Lorraine Bedwell. 2023. “Mass Social Change and Identity Hybridization: The Case of Qatar and the 2022 FIFA World Cup.” Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, early view, April 19, 2023.

Research Projects

Building a Legacy: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™

Led by Danyel Reiche, this project served as an academic platform for engaging with the tournament. Over the year, we organized four panel discussions, shared 10 blog posts, and produced seven podcasts, exploring diverse topics including human rights, sports relations, women’s empowerment, stadium design, media narratives, Qatari culture and foreign policy, and fan experiences. For a full list of outcomes, see Appendix II

CIRS-POMEPS Collaborative Workshop on the Politics of Sports

CIRS partnered with the Project on Middle East Politics (POMEPS) for a two-day workshop on Middle East sports politics. Led by POMEPS director Marc Lynch and Zahra Babar, the gathering discussed papers for a forthcoming POMEPS study series volume.

Qatar’s World Cup Goals: Moving from the Periphery to the Center

Refining the “Building a Legacy: Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022” into a research-focused initiative, this project explores how Qatar transitioned from the global sports and political periphery to the center. In September, the second working group met to discuss chapters for submission to a university press.

FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ research events

Appendix I: Student Research

HONORS IN THE MAJORS

Culture and Politics

• Adeen Rizwan Malik, “Images of a Nation: Visual Representations of Ethnic and Religious Minority Women in Military-Sponsored Television Series in Pakistan,” honors thesis mentored by Firat Oruc

• Rodolfo Muñoz Cárdenas, “Populist Narratives: Representative Democracy as a Discursive Strategy of the Mexican President,” honors thesis mentored by Ian Almond

International Economics

• Maha Ahmad Al Haroon, “Biases in the Gender Leadership Gap,” honors thesis mentored by Ramon Cobo Reyes Cano, Ph.D.

• Inna Cherniak, “Estimating Value-Added Tax Pass-

Through: Effects on Consumer Prices in Saudi Arabia,” honors thesis mentored by Alexis Antoniades

International History

• Shifa Nouman, “Re-writing the National History of Pakistan: The Army Museum in Lahore,” honors thesis mentored by M. Reza Pirbhai

International Politics

• Lina Darwish, “The Impact of Social Media on Youth Sociopolitical Standpoints in Qatar: The Case of Twitter,” honors thesis mentored by Gerd Nonneman

• Aashish Karn, “Reconstituting Ethnic Diversity and Hierarchy Overseas: A Study of the Nepalese Diaspora in Doha,” honors with distinction thesis mentored by Uday Chandra

• Jeta Kreka, “Narratives of Transnational Communities and Political Social Remittances: The Case of Albania,” honors with distinction thesis mentored by Amanda Garrett

• Raina Islam, “Hate and Violence: Exploring Far-Right Groups in the United States,” honors with distinction thesis mentored by Sonia Alonso, and Karine Walther

• Nusaybah Maszlee, “What Do the Youth Want? A Comparative Study on the Political Aspirations of the Youth in Public and Private Universities in Malaysia,” honors with distinction thesis mentored by Uday Chandra

• Bothaina Firas Namos, “The Syrian Crisis’s Impact on the Belongings of the Syrian Diaspora in Qatar,” honors thesis mentored by Amanda Garrett

CERTIFICATES

Certificate in American Studies

• Shifa Nouman, “Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis: A Westernized Elite’s Reinforcement of American Orientalist Ideas,” thesis mentored by Karine Walther

Certificate in Arab and Regional Studies

• Jawaher Rashid Al-Sulaiti, “Limits of Counter hegemony: The Relationship between Western Imperialism and the Ideology of the Muslim,” thesis mentored by Abdullah Al-Arian

• Bothaina Firas Namos, “The Origins of the Syrian War in the Eyes of Those Who Lived it: A Case Study of Madayans,” thesis mentored by Firat Oruc

• Areej Kais Raad, “The Bidoon in Kuwait: Living in The State of Limbo, 1950–2022,” thesis mentored by Mehran Kamrava

• Elham Fahoom, “Arabs Apart: Normalization with Israel, 1978-2020,” thesis mentored by Gerd Nonneman

Certificate in Media and Politics

• Marwa Saber Abdalla, “Clean Cinema in Egypt: Contradictory and Colluding forces of Islamization and Modernization,” thesis mentored by Amira Sonbol

• Zain Assaf, “Hegemonic Frames in Mainstream Coverage on Palestine: A Case Study of Shireen Abu Akleh’s Killing,” thesis mentored by Sami Hermez, Northwestern Qatar

• Lina Darwish, “Digital Activism in Egypt: Social Media Analysis,” e-portfolio mentored by Uday Chandra

• Alaa Elrayah, “From Action to Hashtags: The Impact of Digital Diplomacy on Sudan’s Revolution,” e-portfolio mentored by Nadine Ghamloush

• Habiba Mohamed, “Beyond Tokenism: Media Representation of Copts for Social Integration in Egypt,” e-portfolio mentored by Firat Oruc

• Alak Kais Raad, “Engineering Terror: Daesh’s Media Strategy and Tactics in Recruiting Members from the Western World,” e-portfolio mentored by Rory Miller

• Safoura Jawaid Usmani “A wrestling match between mass media channels: Decoding media bias and the relation to specific political parties in Pakistan,” e-portfolio mentored by Uday Chandra

Independent Certificates

• Aashish Karn, “Beyond the Suffering Subject: Ties, Networks, and Belonging among Nepalese Migrants in Qatar,” Certificate in Asian Studies thesis mentored by Uday Chandra

• Adeen Rizwan Malik, “Broadening The Scope of Feminist Activism in Pakistan: An Analysis of the Aurat March’s Politicization of Gender,” Certificate in Gender and Politics thesis mentored by Uday Chandra

MINOR

Africana Studies Minor

• Helen Legesse Negash, “Ciao, Addis: Understanding Young Ethiopian Women’s Flight to the Middle East in the 2010’s.” Africana Studies Minor thesis mentored by Phoebe Musandu

Appendix II: Faculty Publications

BOOKS

• Al-Arian, Abdullah, ed. 2022. Football in the Middle East: State, Society, and the Beautiful Game. London: Hurst & Co. CIRS publication series

• Chamseddine, Abdul Rahman. 2022. The Arabic Vocab-tionary: 2500 Essentials: MSA-Levantine-EnglishFrench. Dubuque: Kendall Hunt Publishing Company.

• Chamseddine, Abdul Rahman. 2022.

[Spoken Arabic: The Third Language]. Amman: Dar Konooz.

• Chamseddine, Abdul Rahman. 2023. ةينآرق

[Qur’anic Identities]. Beirut: Arab Institute for Research and Publishing.

• Kamrava, Mehran. 2022. Triumph and Despair: In Search of Iran’s Islamic Republic. London: Hurst.

• Kamrava, Mehran, ed. 2023. The Sacred Republic: Power and Institutions in Iran. London: Hurst.

• Kamrava, Mehran. 2022. A Dynastic History of Iran: From the Qajars to the Pahlavis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

• Koons, Jeremy, and Ronald Loeffler, eds. 2023. Ethics, Practical Reasoning, Agency: Wilfrid Sellars’s Practical Philosophy. New York: Routledge.

• Miller, Rory, and Fahad Al-Marri. 2022. Overcoming Smallness: Challenges and Opportunities for Small States in Global Affairs. Doha: HBKU Press.

• Widerquist, Karl. 2023. The Problem of Property: Taking the Freedom of Nonowners Seriously. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.

• Zayani, Mohamed, ed. 2022. A Fledgling Democracy: Tunisia in the Aftermath of the Arab Uprisings. London: Hurst & Co. CIRS-sponsored book

• Zhou, Min, and Hasan Mahmud, eds. 2023. Beyond Economic Migration: Social, Historical, and Political Factors in US Immigration. New York: New York University Press. CIRS-sponsored book

JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUES

• Kamrava, Mehran, ed. 2023. Special Issue: The Domestic Politics of Iran/The International Relations of Iran. Muslim World 113, no. 1-2.

• Shabana, Ayman, ed. 2022. Special Issue: Family Structure in the wake of Genetic and Reproductive Technologies in the Muslim World. Muslim World 112, no. 3.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

• Aboueldahab, Noha. 2022. “Transitional Justice as Repression and Resistance: Practices in the Arab World.” Journal of International Criminal Justice, Advance Article, June 2022: 1–17.

• Aboueldahab, Noha. 2022. “Book Review: International Law and Transitional Governance: Critical Perspectives by Emmanuel H. D. De Groof and Micha Wiebusch.” American Journal of International Law, 116, no. 3: 674–677.

• Almond, Ian. 2022. “Inter-imperiality: Vying Empires, Gendered Labor, and the Literary Arts of Alliance.” Comparative Literature, 74, no. 3: 377–379.

• Almond, Ian. 2022. “Disappearing in the Ecstasy of History: Armenians and the Monocultural Sublime in Modern Turkish Literature” PMLA: Publications of the Modern Language Association, 137, no. 5: 824-840.

• Antoniades, Alexis, Robert C. Feenstra, and Mingzhi Xu. 2022. “Using the Retail Distribution of Sellers to Impute Expenditures Shares.” American Economic Review, 112, no. 7 : 2213–36.

• Antoniades, Alexis, Sofronis Clerides, and Mingzhi Xu. 2023. “Micro-Responses to Shocks: Pricing, Promotion, and Entry.” Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 125, no. 3: 584-615.

• Ioannou, Leonidas G., Davide Testa, Lydia Tsoutsoubi, Konstantinos Mantzios, Giorgos Gkikas, Gerasimos Agaliotis, Larys Nybo, Zahra Babar, and Andreas D. Flouris. 2023. “Migrants from Low-Income Countries have Higher Heat Health Risk Profiles Compared to Native Workers in Agriculture.” Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 25: 816-823.

• Babar, Zahra and Neha Vora. 2022. The 2022 World Cup and Migrants’ Rights in Qatar: Racialised Labour Hierarchies and the Influence of Racial Capitalism. The Political Quarterly, 93: 498–507.

• Chandra, Uday. 2022. “Book Review: Demanding Development: The Politics of Public Goods Provision in India’s Urban Slums, by Adam Michael Auerback.” South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, 45, no. 4: 758–760.

• Googasian, Victoria. 2022. “Feeling Fictional: Climate Fiction and the Massively Multi-Protagonist Novel.” New Literary History, 53, no. 2: 197-216.

• Iroulu, Lynda and Oheneba Boateng. 2023. “Bureaucratic Acquiescence as an Institutional Strategy in the African Union.” African and Asian Studies, 22, no. 1-2: 113-134.

• Isike, Christopher, and Lynda Iroulu. 2023. “Introduction: Theorizing Africa’s International Relations.” African and Asian Studies, 22, no.1-2: 3-7.

• Kahle, Trish. 2022. Book Review: Electrifying Mexico: Technology and the Transformation of a Modern City by Diana J. Montaño. Journal of Energy History/Revue d’Histoire de l’Énergie, 8.

• Kahle, Trish. 2022. “Forum: A Fresh Look at Power Thieves.” Issues in Science and Technology, 38, no. 4 (Summer).

• Kahle, Trish. 2022. “Book Review: Unnatural Resources: Energy and Environmental Politics in Appalachia after the 1973 Oil Embargo by Michael Camp.” Journal of East Tennessee History, 94: 117–118.

• Kamrava, Mehran. 2023. “Iran’s Foreign Relations under President Raisi.” Muslim World, 113, no. 1-2: 105-107.

• Kamrava, Mehran. 2023.“Iran’s Domestic Politics One Year into the Raisi Presidency.” Muslim World, 113, no. 1-2: 3-5.

• Kamrava, Mehran. 2023. “Port Cities in the Persian Gulf: From Quiet Pearling Towns to Global Cities.” Monsoon: Journal of the Indian Ocean Rim, 1, no. 1: 22-31.

• Kamrava, Mehran and Hamideh Dorzadeh (SFS’18). 2023. “Back to the Future in Iran: Political and Policy Implications of the 2021 Presidential Elections.” Muslim World, 113, no. 1-2: 6-18.

• Koons, Jeremy and Carl B. Sachs. 2022. “The Role of Picturing in Sellars’s Practical Philosophy.” Journal of Philosophical Research, 47: 147-176.

• Koons, Jeremy. 2022. “God’s Goodness, Divine Purpose, and the Meaning of Life: Meet the New Euthyphro Dilemma.” European Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 14, no. 2: 229-246.

• Laude, Patrick. 2022. “René Guénon’s The Crisis of the Modern World Revisited”, Sacred Web: A Journal of Tradition and Modernity, 50: 22-39.

• Laude, Patrick. 2023. Review of Esoteric Islam in French Modern Thought - Massignon, Corbin, Jambet, by Ziad Elmarsafy, Journal of Islamic and Muslim Studies, 7, no. 2: 95-99.

• Cullen, Anne, and Dennis McCornac. 2022. “Doing Business with Asia: The Case for Asian Business Studies Engagement in Australian Universities.” Journal of Asia Business Studies, 17, no. 2: 424-438.

• Zhang, Rhong, and Dennis McCornac. 2022. “The Plight of Foreign Workers in Japan: Their Stories Speak for Themselves.” Border Crossing, 12, no. 1: 17–32.

• Miller, Rory. 2022. “The Gulf Cooperation Council and Counter-Terror Cooperation in the Post-9/11 Era: A Regional Organization in Comparative Perspective.” Middle Eastern Studies, 58, no. 3: 435–451.

• Mirgani, Suzi. 2022. “Some Behavioral Characteristics of the Sudanese Honey Bee (Apis mellifera sudanensis).” Mizna, 23, no. 2: 95–96.

• Pratt, Anne-Sophie. 2022. “Mapping Pasturelands: The Production of Geographical Knowledge in Nineteenth-Century Qing Mongolia.” Late Imperial China, 43, no. 2:139-178.

• Brannagan, Paul, Danyel Reiche, and Lorraine Bedwell. 2023. “Mass Social Change and Identity Hybridization: The Case of Qatar and the 2022 FIFA World Cup.” Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, early view, April 19, 2023.

• Asturias, Jose, and Jack Rossbach. 2023. “Grouped Variation in Factor Shares: An Application to Misallocation.” International Economic Review 64, no. 1: 325-360.

• Shabana, Ayman. 2022. “Between Treatment and Enhancement: Islamic Discourses on the Boundaries of Human Genetic Modification.” Journal of Religious Ethics, 50: 386-411.

• Shabana, Ayman. 2022. “Islam, Culture, and Reprogenetics: Implementation of Genetic and Reproductive Technologies in Qatar.” The Muslim World, 112, no. 3: 286-310.

• Shabana, Ayman. 2022. “Family Structure in the wake of Genetic and Reproductive Technologies in the Muslim World.” The Muslim World, 112, no. 3: 283-285.

• Shabana, Ayman. 2022. “Ley islámica y bioética,” Revista Awraq, no. 20: 166-171.

• Sonbol, Amira. 2022. “Los archivos judiciales de la shari‘a y el fiqh como fuentes para la historia de las mujeres.” Revista Awraq, no. 20: 77-90.

• Khalil, Joe F., and Mohamed Zayani. 2022 “Digitality and Music Streaming in the Middle East: Anghami and the Burgeoning Startup Culture.” International Journal of Communication, 16: 1532-50.

BOOK CHAPTERS

• Eid, Ashraf G., Abdel Salam Abdul-Salam, and Farasha Abdul Jaleel. 2022. “Assessing the Impact of Major Political and Institutional Factors on New Businesses: The Case of Qatar.” In Government Incentives for Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management, edited by M.M. Abdellatif, B. Tran-Nam, M. Ranga, and S. Hodžić, 105-124. Cham: Springer Nature.

• Aboueldahab, Noha. 2023. “Diasporic and Domestic: Leveraging Criminal Accountability for Transitional Justice in the Middle East 1.” In Transitional Justice in Aparadigmatic Contexts: Accountability, Recognition, and Disruption, edited by Tine Destrooper, Line Engbo Gissel, and Kersitn Bree Carlson, 22-36. London: Routledge.

• Aboueldahab, Noha. 2022. “Migrant Laborers in the Gulf.” In The Gulf Cooperation Council at Forty: Risk and Opportunity in a Changing World, edited by Tarik Yousef and Adel Abdel Ghafar, 159-168. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.

• Abusharaf, Rogaia. 2023. “Notes on the History of Feminist Activism in Sudan: Editors’ Interview with Prof. Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf.” In Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Global Zero Tolerance Policy and Diverse Responses from African and Asian Local Communities, edited by Kyoko Nakamura, Kaori Miyachi, Yukio Miyawaki, and Makiko Toda, 179-188. Singapore: Springer.

• Bhatti, Misba. 2023. “Highly Skilled Female Pakistani Immigrants: Devalued Credentials.” In Beyond Economic Migration: Social, Historical, and Political Factors in US Immigration, edited by Min Zhou and Hasan Mahmud, 272-300 New York: New York University Press.

• Iroulo, Lynda Chinenye and Tobias Lenz. 2022. “Global Theories of Regionalism.” In Handbook on Regionalism and Global Governance, edited by Jurgen Rüland and Astrid Carrapatoso, 36-51. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.

• Kahle, Trish. 2023. “Accounting the Dead: The Moral Economy of the Coal-Fired Social Contract.” In New Energies: Energy Transitions in Europe and America during the Twentieth Century, edited by Stephen Gross and Andrew Needham, 62-75. Pittsburg: University of Pittsburgh Press.

• Koons, Jeremy. 2023. “Sellars on External Reasons.” In Ethics, Practical Reasoning, Agency: Wilfrid Sellars’s Practical Philosophy, edited by Jeremy Randel Koons and Ronald Loeffler. New York: Routledge.

• Laude, Patrick. 2022. “Knowledge of Unity and the Thrust of the Esoteric in Religion.” In Knowledge, Tradition, and Civilization, Essays in Honour of Professor Osman Bakar, edited by Khairudin Aljunied, 197–210. Oldham: Beacon Books.

• Miller, Rory. 2022. “US Leadership and Gulf Security in a Multipolar World.” In The Gulf Cooperation Council at Forty: Risk and Opportunity in a Changing World, edited by Tarik Yousef and Adel Abdel Ghafar, 18-26. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.

• Oruc, Firat. 2023. “Space and Agency in the Petrocolonial Genealogies of Cinema in the Gulf.” In Global Literary Studies: Key Concepts, edited by Diana Roig-Sanz and Neus Rotger, 85-108. Berlin: De Gruyter.

• Oruc, Firat. 2023. “Translated Humanism and the Making of Modern Turkey.” In The Routledge Handbook on Turkish Literature, edited by Zeynep Uysal and Didem Havlioglu, 256-268. New York: Routledge.

• Parvez, Zarqa. 2022. “Tribalism and National Identity in Qatar: History and Emerging Trends,” 213–233. In Global Nationalism: Ideas, Movements and Dynamics in the Twenty-First Century, edited by Pablo de Orellana and Nicholas Michelsen. London: World Scientific.

• Pirbhai, M. Reza. 2023. “‘Sword of the Two Sanctuaries’: Islam of and in the Modern Indian Ocean.” In Muslim Cultures of the Indian Ocean, edited by Stephane Pradine and Farouk Topan, 157-180. Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh Press.

• Anson, Chris M., Amy Hodges, and Mysti Rudd 2022. “The Writing-Enriched Curriculum: Transnational Prospects and Challenges.” In Teaching and Studying Transnational Composition, edited by Christiane Donahue and Bruce Horner, 263-287. New York: Modern Language Association of America.

• Shabana, Ayman. 2023. “Limits to Personal Autonomy in Islamic Bioethical Deliberations on End-of-Life Issues in Light of the Debate on Euthanasia.” In End-of-Life Care, Dying and Death in the Islamic Moral Tradition, edited by Mohammed Ghaly, 238-281. Leiden: Brill.

E-LEARNING RESOURCE

• Fazza, Hany. 2022. Alif Baa Workbook. Kotobee Reader

ANALYSIS FOR THINK TANKS AND RESEARCH CENTERS

• Ordu, Aloysius Uche. “Sudanese Women Advancing Justice and Equality Since the 1920’s.” Interview with Rogaia Abusharaf. Foresight Africa Podcast, Brookings Institution. Podcast audio. February 1, 2023.

• Destrooper, Tine, and Brigitte Herremans. “Transitional Justice’s Revolutionary Potential.” Interview with Noha Aboueldahab Justice Visions. Podcast audio. April 25, 2023.

• Aboueldahab, Noha. 2022. “Track II Diplomacy: Strengthening scholar-practitioner collaborations.” Doha: Middle East Council on Global Affairs. Accessed May 30, 2023. https://mecouncil.org/publication/ trackii-diplomacy-how-can-it-be-more-effective/

• Aboueldahab, Noha. 2022. “NATO and Civil Society: What NATO Can Learn from Women in the Middle East and North Africa.” NATO WPS Bulletin, 3: 7–9. Brussels: NATO.

• Al-Marri, Fahad. 2023, July. “Role of GCC Sovereign Wealth Funds in Asia, “ in Asia and the GCC: A New Strategic Partner, edited by Adel Abdel Ghafar and Abdullah Baabood pp.15-24. Doha: Middle East Council on Global Affairs.

• Iroulo, Lynda. 2022, October 31. “The African Union Needs a Single Foreign Policy.” Baltic Rim Economies Review. Finland: University of Turku. Accessed May 30, 2023. https://sites.utu.fi/bre/the-african-unionneeds-a-single-foreign-policy/

• Darnal, Aude, Farwa Aamer, Lynda Chinenye Iroulo, and Seydina Mouhamadou Ndiaye, 2023, June 6. Challenges and Solutions to Access Decision-making and Policy Spaces: Global South Experts Turn the Tables. Stimson Center. Accessed August 23, 2023. https://www.stimson.org/2023/global-south-expertsturn-the-table-challenges-and-solutions-to-accessdecision-making-and-policy-spaces/

• Miller, Rory, Fahad Al-Marri, and Si Liu. 2022, December 25. “Analyses: Transforming the Renewables Sector in the Gulf: The Evolving Strategies of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE (1).” Al Jazeera Center for Studies. Accessed May 30, 2023. https://studies.aljazeera.net/en/ analyses/transforming-renewables-sector-gulf-evolvingstrategies-qatar-saudi-arabia-and-uae-1

• Miller, Rory. 2023. “A side-show to the main event,” in “Saudi-Iranian Normalization and its Repercussions on Israel-Iran Confrontation,” Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University, No. 11, April 2023. Accessed July 31, 2023. http://www.qu.edu.qa/static_file/qu/research/ Gulf%20Studies/documents/Policy%20Brief%20 11%20Updated.pdf

• Miller, Rory. 2023. “Asian Powers in the Gulf Maritime Domain: The Arab Gulf Perspective” in Asia and the GCC: A New Strategic Partner, edited by Adel Abdel Ghafar and Abdullah Baabood pp.15-24. Doha: Middle East Council on Global Affairs, July 2023.

• Parvez, Zarqa. Blog post, “Endemic Violence Against Women Persists in the Middle East.” Wilson Center, November 29, 2022. Accessed May 30, 2023. https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/endemicviolence-against-women-persists-middle-east

QATAR AND THE FIFA WORLD CUP 2022 ANALYSIS

• Blog 28, August 14, 2022. “In the Shadow of the FIFA World Cup: Qatar’s ‘Other’ Favorite Sport,” by John McManus, British Institute at Ankara.

• Blog 29, August 21, 2022. “The World Cup and the Utopian Promise of Upholding Human Rights,” by Zarqa Parvez, GU-Q.

• Blog 30, September 4, 2022. “The Gulf’s Future in International Sport Just Got a Big Boost (from Vladimir Putin),” by Craig LaMay, Northwestern Qatar.

• Blog 31, September 19, 2022. “The Qatar World Cup, Vision 2030, and Women’s Empowerment,” by Jawaher Al-Shamari (SFS’22).

• Blog 32, September 28, 2022. “Football and Technology: The 2022 FIFA World Cup will be Qatar’s Chance to Show its ‘Cool’ Stadiums,” by Clemente Lisi, The King’s College in New York City.

• Blog 33, October 16, 2022. “The 2022 World Cup, Post-Colonial Narratives, and Sports Diplomacy,” by Thomas Bonnie James and Sarah Muhanna Al-Naimi, Qatar University.

• Blog 34, October 24, 2022. “Qatar’s Foreign Policy and the 2022 World Cup,” by Hissa Al-Kubaisi (SFS’22).

• Blog 35, November 10, 2022. “What is Distinctively Qatari about the World Cup 2022? An Expat Perspective,” by Irene Theodoropoulou, Qatar University.

• Blog 36, December 6, 2022. “Analyzing Arab-Israeli Tensions at the Qatar World Cup 2022,” by Giorgio Cafiero, Gulf State Analytics.

• Blog 37, December 14, 2022. “A Successful FIFA World Cup 2022: How Qatar Proved its Critics Wrong and Can Continue to do so,” by Danyel Reiche, GU-Q

Podcast Interviews by Danyel Reiche

• Episode 22, August 2022. “Football in the Middle East and the World Cup,” with Abdullah Al-Arian, GU-Q.

• Episode 23, August 2022. “The World Cup and Women’s Sports in Qatar,” with Lolwa Husain Al-Marri, Qatar Women’s Sports Committee.

• Episode 24, October 2022. “Is Football a Beautiful Game?” with Jack Thomas Taylor, Northwestern Qatar.

• Episode 25, October 2022. “Afghanistan & FIFA World Cup 2022,” with Farkhunda Muhtaj, Afghanistan women’s national football team, and Arni Thor Arnthorsson, American University of Afghanistan.

• Episode 26, January 2023. “Fan Experiences at the Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022,” with Ahmad Al-Kuwari (SFS’23), Suhaim Al-Thani (SFS’24), Santiago GarciaCouto (SFS’24), Sarah Holt, GU-Q; and Robert Laws, GU-Q.

• Episode 27, February 2023. “Experiences of Working at the FIFA World Cup 2022,” with Mohammed AlZeyara (SFS’24), Farasha Jaleel, GU-Q, Jeta Kreka (SFS’23), Mohamed Noeman (SFS’24), and Johan Reiche, German International School.

• Episode 28, April 2023. “Project Overview.”