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Hiwaraat at Georgetown University in Qatar
Highlights from the Hiwaraat Conference Series
  • 315 Speakers
  • 5032 Attendees

One of the mistakes we make is to treat every one of the problems we face as an ordinary problem and to assume that it’s not necessary to be urgent or to be disagreeable.

Malcolm Gladwell, New York Times bestselling author

At the end of the day, kids in Erbil, and in Basra, and in Mosul all share the same vision, they want to have good jobs, to have dignity, and to have a decent future. The same applies to the Gulf. It’s time we move beyond the politics of the past.

H.E. Barham Salih, Former President of Iraq

The involvement of women in peace processes has positive and sustainable effects on the promotion and sustainability of peace.

H.E. Alya Ahmed Bin Saif Al-Thani, Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations in New York

In the same way that people who believe in war are very vigorous in their advocacy for war, we need the same level of energy to ask for peace.

Victor Ehikhamenor, GU-Q Artist-in-Residence

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