Current Affairs . The phrase carries weight. In the email announcing the launch of the series, GU-Q described it as a “bold public series born for these destabilizing times. As power is asserted, contested, and reconfigured before our eyes, this series slows the churn of the news and turns to the intellectual force of this community to examine what has just occurred and what it sets in motion.” It is an ambitious promise, one that asks not just for expertise, but for care in

Being Aware of Disabilities Does Not Necessarily Encourage Students to Ask for Accommodations Coming back from a 10-day study trip at the American University in Cairo (AUC) has made one thing crystal clear: Georgetown University in Qatar is, by far, less representative of students with disabilities than AUC and other American universities in the U.S. What is the reason for the absence of students with disabilities on our GUQ campus? Is it merely "healthy" demographics that pr

Yesterday, I sent my mom a dot on WhatsApp to see if she’s online, like always. She wasn't, but I knew that she was on her way back to Ramallah after a short weekend in her hometown, Beit Ummar – a village on the outskirts of the infamous Hebron city, known for its original “ancient” leather shoes, perhaps the best Palestinian production. Naboly, since 1945, “Best leather comfort shoes." They're so good and durable that they last for generations; a son wears his father’s Nabo