In October 2008, the second annual Qatar Debate League will launch. The league will run from October until May.
Every school and university in Qatar has been able to register up to 3 teams, each containing 3 debaters.
For more information on the league, please e-mail info@qatardebate.com or take a look at the 'Qatar Debate League' page.
From October 2008 we will be streaming debates from the QatarDebate Website. In the meantime some debates you might like to watch are:
WSDC 2008 - KOR vs PAK
- THW force organizations to place women in more senior positions
WSDC 2008 - IRE vs KOR
- This house would legalize all drugs
WUPID 2008 Round 3
- THB that civil disobedience is neccessary for a peaceful society
QatarDebate, a member of Qatar Foundation, is a civic engagement initiative which aims to develop and support the standard of open discussion and debate among students and young people in Qatar and the broader Arab World. Our mission is to foster a culture of discussion and debate, and in doing so, create the leaders of tomorrow.
Since our founding in 2007, over 2500 students have participated in QatarDebate’s annual programme of workshops, and we now have a presence in over 30 schools and universities in Qatar. QatarDebate runs intensive workshops for students, an annual debate league and national competitions, selects the Qatar National Schools’ Debating Team, and produces media resources for use in schools and universities across the Arab World.
QatarDebate currently works with students in secondary schools (12+) and universities in Qatar, and in 2009 will also begin incorporating preparatory school students into our programmes. Going forward, in February 2010 Qatar will host the World Schools’ Debating Championships in the Arab World for the first time, we are in the process of launching an Arabic language debate programme, and we look forward to working with our partner organizations to deliver innovative and interactive curriculum materials to educational institutions around the world. To do all of this we look forward to working with you, the leaders of tomorrow.
Warm regards,
Dr. Hayat Maarafi
Executive Director, QatarDebate
Saturday, November 15, 2008
QatarDebate is pleased
to announce the release of our first interactive educational tool, 'An
Introduction to Debating', a 5-disc DVD training set for
students, teachers and parents.
As part of QatarDebate's mission
to develop, support and raise the standard of open discussion and
debate in Qatar and across the world, we are delighted to offer
educational institutions (schools, universities, not-for-profits and
national debating federations) anywhere in the world up to 3 copies of
the DVD set completely free of charge.
The DVD set will also be available through online retail stores.
Institutions can place orders for the DVDs at: http://www.qatardebate.org/videos/
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Come along to the LAS Building at Education City for a QatarDebate One Day Mini-Competition. QatarDebate Coaches will organise a series of practice debates for both School and University debaters.
You must have attended AT LEAST ONE QatarDebate Workshop to attend the One Day Mini-Competition.
We look forward to seeing you for a day of exciting and fun debating!
Venue: LAS Building, Education City, Doha
Time: 9am - 5pm
Contact e-mail: alex@qatardebate.org
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Between September 5th and September 15th the first Qatar National Schools Debating Team competed at the World Schools Debating Championships in Washington D.C.
For the last 20 years WSDC has been the highest level of debating competition at high school. This year's competition involved 39 countries from around the world.
Team Qatar finished 19th, ahead of established debating nations including Germany, Japan and the USA. Their 4 wins in the preliminary stages of the competition was a new record for a team making its debut.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
In preparation for QatarDebate's bid at WSDC Washington DC in September to host the World Schools' Debating Championships in Doha in 2010, we have released a promotional bid booklet which we hope will answer your questions about Qatar, QatarDebate and our bid to host World Schools. This bid booklet and supplementary technical information about the bid will be presented to the WSDC Council in Washington DC.
We will also be releasing a promotional video in the run-up to WSDC Washington to give you more information about Qatar and debating in Qatar.
Download the bid booklet [PDF, 4Mb]
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
QatarDebate, the national debating organisation for Qatar and a member of Qatar Foundation, is delighted to announce its intention to bid in Washington D.C for the 2010 World Schools Debating Championships.
Below is an outline of how far debating has come in Qatar in recent years, what we think we can offer as hosts and the benefits WSDC 2010 could have for debate across the Arab World:
Qatar: A vibrant debating community
Qatar 2010: A tournament like no other
Beyond 2010: Developing debate in the Arab World
We look forward to seeing you all in Washington in a few weeks time. If you have any questions please have a look at our website – www.qatardebate.org - or send an email to doha2010@qatardebate.org
05/01/2009 to 18/01/2009
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St. Andrews Day Debating Championshipsþ
02/12/08 11:27 from World Debating Website
Asian Unity Tournamentþ
02/12/08 11:23 from World Debating Website
Call for adjudicators WSDC 2009þ
02/12/08 11:20 from World Debating Website
Victoria IV Results
30/11/08 05:53 from World Debating Website
2009 Pacific Rim Championshipþ
28/11/08 09:18 from World Debating Website
