H E Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani presents An-Najah National University with the Winners’ title
NT Bureau
Doha
The 7th International Universities Debating Championship concluded on Wednesday, with HE Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani, Vice Chairperson and CEO of Qatar Foundation (QF), present-ing the first-place award to An-Najah National University from Palestine, which won the competi-tion for the first time.
The second and third-place awards were given to the University of Arts and Sciences in Lebanon and Georgetown University in Qatar respectively.
The awards were presented at the closing ceremony, which took place at the Qatar National Con-vention Centre. The ceremony was attended by HE Buthaina bint Ali Al Jabr Al Nuaimi, Minister of Education and Higher Education, and several other dignitaries.
HE Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani also honored the top three speakers in the tournament in-cluding Moza Khaled Al-Hajri from Georgetown University in Qatar, Abdullah Jassim Al-Kubaisi from Qatar University, and Rawan Muhammad Harshi from the University of Arts and Sciences in Lebanon.
Abeer Al Khalifa, President of Pre-University Education at Qatar Foundation, honored the remain-ing seven top speakers and presented the Championship Award for the non-native Arabic speakers’ category to the University of Boğaziçi from Türkiye.
The final round, held under the motion, “This house, as a young Muslim, would migrate to the West,” featured a heated debate that engaged the audience as both teams exchanged their argu-ments.
Farah Iyad Atatari, a member of the Palestinian team, along with Zeina Jamal Hourani and Ham-mam Salah Jallad, was thrilled to win in the finals.
Atatari remarked, “Reaching the final was an achievement. Our hard work and diligence paid off and we won the title after an intense final debate. It was a wonderful and beneficial experience, where we had the opportunity to meet brilliant speakers from all over the world.”
