DOCSLIB.ORG

The Reform of Qatar University

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
The Reform of Qatar University THE ARTS This PDF document was made available CHILD POLICY from www.rand.org as a public service of CIVIL JUSTICE the RAND Corporation. EDUCATION ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT Jump down to document6 HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit NATIONAL SECURITY research organization providing POPULATION AND AGING PUBLIC SAFETY objective analysis and effective SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY solutions that address the challenges SUBSTANCE ABUSE facing the public and private sectors TERRORISM AND HOMELAND SECURITY around the world. TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE Support RAND WORKFORCE AND WORKPLACE Purchase this document Browse Books & Publications Make a charitable contribution For More Information Visit RAND at www.rand.org Explore the RAND-Qatar Policy Institute View document details Limited Electronic Distribution Rights This document and trademark(s) contained herein are protected by law as indicated in a notice appearing later in this work. This electronic representation of RAND intellectual property is provided for non-commercial use only. Unauthorized posting of RAND PDFs to a non-RAND Web site is prohibited. RAND PDFs are protected under copyright law. Permission is required from RAND to reproduce, or reuse in another form, any of our research documents for commercial use. For information on reprint and linking permissions, please see RAND Permissions. This product is part of the RAND Corporation monograph series. RAND monographs present major research findings that address the challenges facing the public and private sectors. All RAND mono- graphs undergo rigorous peer review to ensure high standards for research quality and objectivity. The Reform of Qatar University Joy S. Moini, Tora K. Bikson, C. Richard Neu, Laura DeSisto With Mohammed Al Hamadi, Sheikha Jabor Al Thani Foreword by Sheikha Al Misnad RAND-QATAR POLICY INSTITUTE The research described in this report was conducted within RAND Education and the RAND-Qatar Policy Institute, programs of the RAND Corporation. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The reform of Qatar University / Joy S. Moini ... [et al.] ; with Mohammed Al Hamadi, Sheikha Jabor Al Thani. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-0-8330-4744-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Jami’at Qatar. 2. Educational change—Qatar. I. Moini, Joy S. LG358.D38R44 2009 378.5363—dc22 2009025069 Cover photo courtesy Qatar University The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit research organization providing objective analysis and effective solutions that address the challenges facing the public and private sectors around the world. RAND’s publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors. R® is a registered trademark. © Copyright 2009 RAND Corporation Permission is given to duplicate this document for personal use only, as long as it is unaltered and complete. Copies may not be duplicated for commercial purposes. Unauthorized posting of RAND documents to a non-RAND Web site is prohibited. RAND documents are protected under copyright law. For information on reprint and linking permissions, please visit the RAND permissions page (http://www.rand.org/publications/permissions.html). Published 2009 by the RAND Corporation 1776 Main Street, P.O. Box 2138, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138 1200 South Hayes Street, Arlington, VA 22202-5050 4570 Fifth Avenue, Suite 600, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2665 RAND URL: http://www.rand.org To order RAND documents or to obtain additional information, contact Distribution Services: Telephone: (310) 451-7002; Fax: (310) 451-6915; Email: [email protected] Preface Since the 1990s, the State of Qatar has been capitalizing on the country’s extraordinary oil and gas wealth to launch economic and social reforms aimed at modernizing and diversifying the country’s economy. Key to these reforms has been the improvement and expansion of Qatar’s edu- cation system from kindergarten through the post-secondary level. As part of the overall effort to improve the country’s educational offerings, in 2003 His Highness the Emir of Qatar mandated major reforms at Qatar University (QU), the nation’s first and only public higher education institution. The Diwan Amiri engaged the RAND-Qatar Policy Institute (RQPI) to assist the University with reform of its major administrative and academic structures, policies, and practices. This monograph summarizes that reform effort. The formal reform project lasted from October 2003 through January 2007, and began with intensive discussions about the mission of the University, the obstacles the University faced in trying to fulfill this mission, and strategies for overcoming these obstacles. After articulating a plan for reform, the University embarked on an implementation process that addressed every major area of University operations, including achiev- ing institutional autonomy, improving University decisionmaking pro- cesses, revitalizing academic offerings, improving faculty quality and performance and student achievement, and strengthening the Univer- sity community. The fundamental principle of the reform effort was that the Uni- versity itself had to plan and institute the reform. Outsiders acted only as advisors, sharing their experiences and offering suggestions. By iii iv The Reform of Qatar University design, RQPI’s role was limited to assisting the University leadership in organizing and facilitating the reform effort. In particular, RQPI helped the University to identify a handful of foreign experts in higher education who joined with senior mem- bers of the University to form a Senior Reform Committee (SRC) that advised the University President on reform matters. RQPI worked with University staff to organize meetings of the SRC and to set agendas for these meetings. Only the RQPI project leader was a member of the SRC, and his role was restricted to organizing and facilitating meet- ings. RQPI also assisted the University in creating a small secretariat to support the SRC by gathering background information, documenting SRC recommendations, and tracking reform actions. A small number of RQPI staff worked alongside University staff as a part of this sec- retariat. RQPI’s contribution to the QU reform effort was primarily organizational and supportive, rather than analytic. In its assigned roles, RQPI was well positioned to observe the reform process, to understand the reasons that certain decisions were made, and to note the extent to which reforms were implemented in the years immediately following the decision to reform. RQPI had no mandate, however, to dictate any changes to QU’s policies and practices or to assess independently the success of particular reform measures. These limitations on RQPI’s role are reflected in this monograph. In this document, we limit ourselves to describing what happened and why. Defense of the particular reform path chosen and assessment of the success of the reform are tasks for other analysts, best undertaken in the future when reforms have been fully implemented (or not, as the case may be) and their effects can be observed from an analytically appropriate distance. This monograph should be of interest to Qatar University faculty, staff, and students in search of an overview of the reform process and a summary of changes that have been made at the University. The mono- graph may also be of interest to education policymakers, researchers, and scholars in Qatar, in the Gulf region, and internationally who are working on policy reform, implementation, and organizational change in higher education. Preface v This project was conducted under the auspices of the RAND- Qatar Policy Institute and RAND Education. RQPI is a partnership of the RAND Corporation and the Qatar Foundation for Education, Sci- ence, and Community Development. The aim of RQPI is to offer the RAND style of rigorous and objective analysis to clients in the greater Middle East. In serving clients in the Middle East, RQPI draws on the full professional resources of the RAND Corporation. RAND Educa- tion analyzes education policy and practice and supports implementa- tion of improvements at all levels of the education system. For further information on RQPI, contact the director, Bruce Nardulli. He can be reached by email at [email protected]; by telephone at +974-492-7400; or by mail at P.O. Box 23644, Doha, Qatar. For more information about RAND Education, contact the director, Susan Bodilly. She can be reached by email at [email protected]; by telephone at +1-703-413-1100, extension 5377; or by mail at RAND, 1200 South Hayes Street, Arlington, Virginia, 22202-5050. More information about RAND is available at www.rand.org. Contents Preface ............................................................................. iii Figures and Tables ............................................................... xi Foreword .........................................................................xiii Summary ........................................................................ xvii Acknowledgments ............................................................xxvii Abbreviations ...................................................................xxix CHAPTER ONE Introduction ....................................................................... 1 The State of Qatar .................................................................. 2 Education in Qatar ................................................................ 4 Qatar University ..................................................................
Load more

Recommended publications
  • S'installer, Travailler, Sortir
    Qatar Guide pratique 2019 S'installer, travailler, sortir Éditions Phalente Édito Le Qatar alimente de nombreuses conversations, et pourtant peu le connaisse. Il semble nécessaire d’y vivre pour comprendre qu’il oscille entre modernité et tradition. Le Sidra, l’arbre emblématique du pays, est à l’image de cette dualité : ses racines ancrées dans le sol représentent la tradition, tandis que ses branches tendues vers le ciel sont le signe de la volonté de se moderniser. En visitant le Qatar, l’observateur retrouve ce contraste, entre le Souk Wakif et le centre-ville de West Bay, d’une part, et le site d’Education City ou le futur quartier du Msheireb à Doha, d’autre part. Ce paradoxe se prolonge dans le désert avec les campements des qatariens qui re- trouvent leurs racines bédouines le temps de la saison douce. Par ail- leurs, le développement du pays se poursuit, avec pour ligne de mire la Coupe du Monde 2022. La construction de huit stades, la nouvelle ville de Lusail et les infrastructures de transport – métro et tramway - en constitueront le point d’orgue. Ce guide permet aux nouveaux arrivants de comprendre le pays. Il a pour vocation d’accompagner et d’aider à l’installation, grâce aux informations relatives aux différents aspects de la vie à Doha : les mé- decins, les écoles, le logement, mais aussi les loisirs. Pour cette raison, deux membres de Doha Accueil - association francophone membre fondateur de la Maison de la France au Qatar – ont participé à sa ré- daction, illustrant le souci de notre institution d’être au plus près des résidents, en fournissant des conseils pratiques basés sur le partage d’expérience de la vie quotidienne.
    [Show full text]
  • K-12 Education Reform in Qatar1
    CHILDREN AND FAMILIES The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and EDUCATION AND THE ARTS decisionmaking through research and analysis. ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE This electronic document was made available from www.rand.org as a public INFRASTRUCTURE AND service of the RAND Corporation. TRANSPORTATION INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS LAW AND BUSINESS NATIONAL SECURITY Skip all front matter: Jump to Page 16 POPULATION AND AGING PUBLIC SAFETY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Support RAND TERRORISM AND Browse Reports & Bookstore HOMELAND SECURITY Make a charitable contribution For More Information Visit RAND at www.rand.org Explore RAND Education View document details Reprints This product is part of the RAND Corporation reprint series. RAND reprints present previously published journal articles, book chapters, and reports with the permission of the publisher. RAND reprints have been formally reviewed in accordance with the publisher’s editorial policy, and are compliant with RAND’s rigorous quality assurance standards for quality and objectivity. Dr. Gail L. Zellman, Dr. Louay Constant, Dr. Charles A. Goldman K-12 Education Reform in Qatar1 I Introduction and supplies. Teachers’ salaries were low com- pared with those of other nations. Several previous In 2001, the leadership of the State of Qatar asked studies had highlighted the very same problems. the RAND Corporation to undertake a broad-based But these earlier reports had been consigned to ex- examination of the nation’s kindergarten through ecutive bookshelves because they offered no di- grade 12 (K-12) education system and propose a rection for change. RAND’s work was unique in strategy for reform.
    [Show full text]
  • Lifestyle Patterns Are Associated with Elevated Blood Pressure Among Qatari Women of Reproductive Age: a Cross-Sectional National Study
    Nutrients 2015, 7, 7593-7615; doi:10.3390/nu7095355 OPEN ACCESS nutrients ISSN 2072-6643 www.mdpi.com/journal/nutrients Article Lifestyle Patterns Are Associated with Elevated Blood Pressure among Qatari Women of Reproductive Age: A Cross-Sectional National Study Mohammed Al Thani 1, Al Anoud Al Thani 2, Walaa Al-Chetachi 2, Badria Al Malki 2, Shamseldin A. H. Khalifa 2, Ahmad Haj Bakri 2, Nahla Hwalla 3, Lara Nasreddine 3,:,* and Farah Naja 3,:,* 1 Public Health Department, Supreme Council of Health, Doha, Al Rumaila West, 42 Doha, Qatar; E-Mail: [email protected] 2 Health Promotion and Non Communicable Disease Prevention Division, Supreme Council of Health, Doha, Al Rumaila West, 42 Doha, Qatar; E-Mails: [email protected] (A.A.A.T.); [email protected] (W.A.-C.); [email protected] (B.A.M.); [email protected] (S.A.H.K.); [email protected] (A.H.B.) 3 Nutrition and Food Sciences Department, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, P. O. Box 11-0.236 Riad El Solh, 11072020 Beirut, Lebanon; E-Mail: [email protected] : These authors contributed equally to this manuscript. * Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mails: [email protected] (L.N.); [email protected] (F.N.); Tel.: +961-1-350000 (ext. 4547) (L.N.); +961-1-350000 (ext. 4504) (F.N.); Fax: +961-1-744460 (L.N. & F.N.) Received: 12 June 2015 / Accepted: 27 August 2015 / Published: 9 September 2015 Abstract: Women of childbearing age are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of elevated blood pressure (BP), with dietary and lifestyle habits being increasingly recognized as important modifiable environmental risk factors for this condition.
    [Show full text]
  • Language Ideologies, Schooling and Islam in Qatar
    Language in the Mirror: Language Ideologies, Schooling and Islam in Qatar Rehenuma Asmi Submitted in partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the degree of Doctorate of Philosophy under the executive committee of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 2013 © 2013 Rehenuma Asmi All rights reserved ABSTRACT Language in the Mirror: Language Ideologies, Schooling and Islam Rehenuma Asmi My study explores language ideologies in the capital city of Doha, Qatar, where school reform movements are placing greater emphasis on English language acquisition. Through ethnography and a revised theory of language ideologies, I argue that as languages come in greater contact in multi-lingual spaces, mediation must occur between the new and old relationships that are emerging as a result of population growth, policy changes and cross-cultural interactions. I interrogate the development concept of the “knowledge economy” as it is used to justify old and new language ideologies regarding Arabic and English. As Qataris change their education systems in response to the economic development framework of the “knowledge economy,” they are promoting language ideologies that designate English as useful for the economy and “global” citizenship and Qatari Arabic and Standard Arabic as useful for religious and cultural reasons. I argue that Standard English, through its association with the “knowledge economy,” becomes “de-localized” and branded an “international” language. This ideology presents English as a modern language free of the society in which it is embedded, to circulate around the globe. In contrast, Standard Arabic is represented as stiff, archaic language of religious traditions and Qatari Arabic is presented as the language of oral culture and ethnonationalism.
    [Show full text]
  • This Thesis Has Been Submitted in Fulfilment of the Requirements for a Postgraduate Degree (E.G. Phd, Mphil, Dclinpsychol) at the University of Edinburgh
    This thesis has been submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for a postgraduate degree (e.g. PhD, MPhil, DClinPsychol) at the University of Edinburgh. Please note the following terms and conditions of use: This work is protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights, which are retained by the thesis author, unless otherwise stated. A copy can be downloaded for personal non-commercial research or study, without prior permission or charge. This thesis cannot be reproduced or quoted extensively from without first obtaining permission in writing from the author. The content must not be changed in any way or sold commercially in any format or medium without the formal permission of the author. When referring to this work, full bibliographic details including the author, title, awarding institution and date of the thesis must be given. International Branch Campuses in Qatar: Qatari Students’ Experience of Campus Life Mohammad S. Alkuwari PhD University of Edinburgh 2019 1 Table of Contents List of Tables .................................................................................................................... 7 List of Figures ................................................................................................................... 8 Thesis declaration .......................................................................................................... 10 Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................ 11 Abstract ........................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Imad Mansour ______
    IMAD MANSOUR __________________________________________ Department of International Affairs Qatar University P.O. Box 2713, Doha, State of Qatar +974 4403 4948 [email protected] EDUCATION 2009 Ph.D. Political Science specializing in International Relations, Department of Political Science, McGill University 1998 M.A. Political Science, Department of Political Studies and Public Administration, American University of Beirut 1994 B.A. Political Studies and Public Administration, Department of Political Studies and Public Administration, American University of Beirut ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2013-present Assistant Professor, Department of International Affairs, Qatar University 2012-2013 Visiting Professor, Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po Paris) – Campus Moyen-Orient Méditerranée 2005-2011 Faculty Lecturer, Department of Political Science, McGill University PUBLICATIONS Books 2016 Statecraft in the Middle East: Foreign Policy, Domestic Politics and Security. London: I.B. Tauris. Journal Articles 2017 “The State of Hezbollah? Sovereignty as a Potentiality in Global South Contexts,” Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics (DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.546). 2017 “A Global South Perspective on International Relations Theory,” International Studies Perspectives 18(1): 2-3. Chinese Foreign Policy from) ﺍﻟﺴﻴﺎﺳﺔ ﺍﻟﺨﺎﺭﺟﻴﺔ ﺍﻟﺼﻴﻨﻴﺔ ﻣﻦ ﻣﻨﻈﺎﺭ "ﺍﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ ﺍﻹﺳﺘﺮﺍﺗﻴﺠﻴﺔ"“ 2016 :Siyasat Arabiya) 21) ﺳﻴﺎﺳﺎﺕ ﻋﺮﺑﻴﺔ ”,(”the Perspective of “Strategic Culture 26-41. 2011-2012 “La Libye, croisée des chemins ou sentier tortueux?” (Libya: Crossroad or Curbs?) Afkar/Idées no. 32. 2011 “Seasonal Effects of the Arab Spring,” International Studies Association – Global South Caucus Newsletter 1(1): 5-7. 2010 “Washington and Hezbollah: A Rare Convergence of Interests,” Middle East Policy 17(2): 82-104. 2010 “Is it Time for Political Change in Iran? Looking for Indicators in Society’s Activism,” McGill Foreign Affairs Review 2(1): 6–11.
    [Show full text]
  • Understanding Qatari Ambition
    In Conjunction with: UNDERSTANDING QATARI AMBITION The Curriculum 2016–20 An updated report with a Foreword by David B. Roberts, PhD By Eldad J. Pardo, PhD, Series Editor David M. Byer, Editor June 2021 Amot Atrium Tower, 2 Jabotinsky Street, 18th Floor, Ramat Gan 5250501 Office: +972-3-7933880 Website: www.impact-se.org Contents 1 Executive Summary 5 Foreword "From Textbook to Policy" by David B. Roberts, PhD 16 Series Preface by Eldad J. Pardo, PhD 19 Author's Preface/Acknowledgements 22 Introduction 31 Islam and Jihadism 40 Jihad: Vehicle to Spread the Faith 45 Toward Democracy? 59 National Identity 68 Global Ambition: A New Attitude? 69 Islamic Outreach in the Name of Peace 83 Britain, Germany and France, the US and China 95 Islamic Nation and Arab World 97 Iran and Turkey 100 Christians, Jews and Israel 142 Gender and Society 148 Conclusion 152 Methodology 154 Bibliography to the Foreword 156 List of Textbooks Executive Summary The Qatari curriculum appears to be in a phase of transformation. While slightly less radical than previous versions, the process of moderation is in its infancy. Since 2019, the national curriculum is no longer accessible to the general public; despite this, IMPACT-se was able to procure the most recent curriculum almost in its entirety. There are five textbooks, two with problematic material, for which updated additions (2020–21) were not found. We were therefore left to analyze the available textbooks and work under the assumption that the two previous editions of these books are those still in use until proven otherwise by Qatari authorities.
    [Show full text]
  • 2 New Schools Join QF's Education Ecosystem
    BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 1 Corinthia Hotels Djokovic sign deals for survives scare to properties at set up Tsitsipas The Pearl-Qatar, semi-fi nal Gewan Island published in QATAR since 1978 THURSDAY Vol. XXXXI No. 11695 October 8, 2020 Safar 21, 1442 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Order to arrest suspects in money-laundering HE the Attorney-General Dr Ali bin Fattis al-Marri has issued an Amir, Erdogan discuss order to arrest a number of people suspected of carrying out money- laundering operations. This comes strategic ties, regional after the first indications from the competent authorities reported the existence of a large movement and international issues of funds suspected of being among the crimes that fall under the crimes of money laundering is Highness the Amir Sheikh quet were attended by a number of punishable by law. The Attorney- Tamim bin Hamad al-Tha- ministers. General has issued an order for an Hni yesterday discussed with Earlier upon his arrival at Doha In- investigation to begin. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Er- ternational Airport on a working visit dogan bilateral strategic relations and to the country, Erdogan and the ac- Webpage for non-Qatari the means to enhance them in all fi elds. companying delegation were met by The Amir and the Turkish president HE the Deputy Prime Minister and ownership of real estate exchanged views on the latest regional Minister of State for Defence Aff airs The Committee for the Regulation and international developments as well Dr Khalid bin Mohamed al-Attiyah and of Ownership and Use of Non- as issues of joint interest, in the meet- Turkish ambassador Mehmet Mustafa Qatari Property has launched a ing that took place at Al Bahr Palace.
    [Show full text]
  • Qatar 2022™ Sustainability Strategy 3
    Sustainability Strategy 1 FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022TM Sustainability strategy 2 FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Sustainability Strategy 3 Contents Foreword by the FIFA Secretary General 4 Foreword by the Chairman of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 LLC and Secretary General of the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy 6 Introduction 8 The strategy at a glance 18 Human pillar 24 Social pillar 40 Economic pillar 56 Environmental pillar 64 Governance pillar 78 Alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals 88 Annexe 1: Glossary 94 Annexe 2: Material topic definitions and boundaries 98 Annexe 3: Salient human rights issues covered by the strategy 103 Annexe 4: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Sustainability Policy 106 4 FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Sustainability Strategy 5 Foreword © Getty Images by the FIFA Secretary General Sport, and football in particular, has a unique capacity The implementation of the FIFA World Cup Qatar We are also committed to delivering an inclusive As a former long-serving UN official, I firmly believe to inspire and spark the passion of millions of fans 2022™ Sustainability Strategy will be a central FIFA World Cup 2022™ tournament experience that in the power of sport, and of football in particular, around the globe. As the governing body of element of our work to realise these commitments is welcoming, safe and accessible to all participants, to serve as an enabler for the SDGs, and I am football, we at FIFA have both a responsibility and over the course of the next three years as we attendees and communities in Qatar and around personally committed to seeing FIFA take a leading a unique opportunity to harness the power of the prepare to proudly host the FIFA World Cup™ in the world.
    [Show full text]
  • The Development of the Qatar Healthcare System: a Review of the Literature
    International Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2015, 6, 177-185 Published Online March 2015 in SciRes. http://www.scirp.org/journal/ijcm http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ijcm.2015.63023 The Development of the Qatar Healthcare System: A Review of the Literature Annekathryn Goodman Massachusetts General Hospital, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Email: [email protected] Received 3 March 2015; accepted 18 March 2015; published 25 March 2015 Copyright © 2015 by author and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Abstract Background: Qatar, one of the smallest and wealthiest countries in the world, is a newly emerging healthcare system. Medical leadership in Qatar has had to create an infrastructure for medical care over the past twenty years. The purpose of this paper is to review the challenges and achieve- ments of the newly emerging Qatar healthcare system. Methods: PubMed was searched using MESH terms: Qatar, healthcare, medical development, medical insurance and medical history. Websites of the World Bank, CIA fact book, Qatar Ministry of Health, Hamad Medical Corporation, Organiza- tion for Economic Co-operation and Development and the US State department were searched for information about Qatar’s healthcare system and its history. Results: Qatar is a rapidly growing, multicultural country with over 80 nationalities represented. Qatar has developed a healthcare system with universal coverage. Up until 2014, the government has subsidized all care. There are plans to develop a medical insurance system.
    [Show full text]
  • Modernity, Wahhabi Islam and Monarchial Power in Qatar
    MODERNITY, WAHHABI ISLAM, AND MONARCHIAL POWER IN QATAR EXHIBITED IN ITS CONTEMPORARY ART ____________ A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of California State University Dominguez Hills ____________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts in Humanities ____________ by Christine Crane Fall 2017 This thesis is dedicated to my husband, Mark, whose confidence in me and support made it possible. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to acknowledge my mentor Dr. Patricia Gamon. I would also like to acknowledge the use of the library and graduate tutoring services at Utah Valley University, especially the help and support of Rebecca and Kelsey in the Writing Center. iii PREFACE Because of the laws in the Gulf that do not allow for criticism of any of the Gulf monarchy as well as Islam, in order to maintain their position at Qatari schools or even their research and travel privileges in the Gulf, authors ignore or soft-pedal any serious problems in the Gulf states; this must be taken into consideration when doing any research regarding this region. Another shortsightedness, I have also seen repeated in the scholarship of Qatar is a disregard for the belief in Wahhabi Islam, almost always reducing it to a “culture” or “tradition.” I examine art created and collected within a cultural context that includes the influence of Wahhabi Islam as religion. To this end, I have chosen to use the English word for Allah, which is of course God. My sources are entirely based on English-language sources. iv TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE DEDICATION ......................................................................................................................... ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS....................................................................................................iii PREFACE ...............................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Qatar's Foreign Policy Towards Libya a Decade on from the Revolution
    s Dr Andreas Krieg examines Qatar's foreign policy towards Libya a decade on from the revolution. SHORT READ 11 MINS SADEQINSTITUTE.ORG 17 TH March 2021 Qatar: From Activism to Pragmatism Author: Dr Andreas Krieg 8 QATAR: FROM ACTIVISM TO PRAGMATISM Qatar: From Activism to Pragmatism by Dr Andreas Krieg atar’s engagement in Libya over the past ten years has been all but coherent with it being one of the first Arab nations together with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to support the NATO-led effort to first protect civilians and then topple the Gaddafi regime. Overall, Qatar’s changing role in Libya has Q been guided by the same ideational vision of overcoming authoritarianism in the Arab world but has witnessed different strategies being used over the years to support this vision. While between 2011 and 2014 Qatar played an active role shaping the conflict on the ground through direct support to a variety of nascent actors, Doha effectively withdrew from the conflict in 2014 to re-evaluate its strategy. Qatar only returned to the conflict in 2020 to support the UN-backed process using ways and means that are profoundly more discreet from the means used in their earlier engagement in the first phases of the Libyan conflict. Vision Qatar’s readiness to aid the NATO-led effort to stop the Gaddafi regime from mass atrocities being committed against protestors, was inspired by the overall vision of the then Emir Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani (HbK) and his Foreign and Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim al Thani (HbJ) to exploit the opportunity presented by the Arab Spring to reshape the socio-political outlook of the Arab world.
    [Show full text]