Doha Debates

This town hall will explore whether Western media, politics and public rhetoric shape global narratives about justice. It will examine claims that the West promotes free speech while silencing dissent, using examples like the global war on terror to discuss how potential patterns of narrative control play out on the world stage. Are Western media and politics a force for good or are they just advancing their own interests?

PUBLISHED: April 04, 2024 Maryam Faraj Al-Suwaidi, the Qatari artist behind Doha Debates’ geometric brand pattern, wants to use art to encourage open-mindedness. A circle is one of the simplest shapes in art. But its single curved line, with no beginning or end, is also an easy symbol for “infinity,” a concept so complex that even mathematicians can’t agree on its definition. And when reinforced with a few straight lines, circles become a source of infinitely rich patterns.

A cohort of 98 emerging leaders from around the world, including 20 young people studying and working in Qatar, have been selected for the fourth cohort of the Doha Debates Ambassador Program. Cohort members will work with facilitation experts and international guest speakers to develop advanced communication skills, engage in productive dialogue around complex global issues and work collaboratively to envision the future they want for themselves.

Podcast series From Doha Debates and Al Jazeera, a new podcast that imagines futures to come.

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Doha Debates News / February 13 2024 Meet the 2024 Doha Debates ambassadors A cohort of 98 emerging leaders from around the world, including 20 young people studying and working in Qatar, have been selected for the fourth cohort of the Doha Debates Ambassador Program.

About the series Ursula, an AI instructor from the future, encourages listeners to study the turbulent 2020s. Mixing speculative fiction and documentary, leading sci-fi authors bring us three futures that seem like fantasy: animals are people, capitalism is banned from outer space and humans and AI have become kin. We meet the writers who dream of these futures and the activists, scientists and thinkers who are turning fiction into fact.

Full Transcript Note: We encourage you to listen to the audio if you are able, as it includes emotion not captured by the transcript. Please check the corresponding audio before using any quotes. [PULSING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC] URSULA: Welcome back to Necessary Tomorrows. In this session, we will turn back to fiction. Once again, we will be listening to a story crafted more than 40 years ago. As you listen, please consider yourself invited to negotiate.

About the event Global power, once wielded largely by the West, is in flux. Economically, strategic alliances like BRICS are bolstering the influence of non-Western countries, and the rise of pop culture like Bollywood and Nollywood is giving more soft power to countries in the global south. With global dynamics shifting toward an uncertain future, Doha Debates, in partnership with Doha Forum, presents a town hall-style event about who should lead in this new multilateral world.

Doha Debates– Don't settle for a Divided World Doha Debates is a production of Qatar Foundation Learn more at www.qf.org.qa Podcast / November 14 2023 From humanitarian catastrophe to peace in Yemen? After nine years of war in Yemen, a peace deal may finally be at hand. Representatives of the Houthis met with the Saudis in Riyadh in September 2023, their first official visit since the war began in 2014.