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America's Game in the Middle East: The 2027 Qatar Basketball World Cup
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Global Energy Cultures: How Energy Shapes our Everyday Lives
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Global Histories and Practices of Islamophobia
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Narratives of Language Landscapes in Qatar: The Language Landscape in Qatar
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American Studies, Regional Studies
America’s Game in the Middle East: the 2027 Qatar Basketball World Cup
The Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) has launched a new research project “America’s Game in the Middle East: the 2027 Qatar Basketball World Cup,” which studies U.S. engagement…
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Regional Studies
Race and Ethnicity in Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia
Background and Scope The Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) has launched this research project in collaboration with Georgetown University in Qatar faculty members, Professors Rogaia Abusharaf and Uday…
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Regional Studies
Narratives of Language Landscapes in Qatar
Background and Scope The Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) at Georgetown University Qatar has launched a new research initiative titled Narratives of Language Landscapes in Qatar. Under the intellectual…