QATARDEBATE
QatarDebate was established in September 2007 as a national debating organization for Qatar. It has the aim of developing, supporting and raising the standard of open discussion and debate among students in Qatar and across the Middle East.
It has run debating workshops at over 20 different educational institutions in Qatar in which over 800 students and faculty have participated.
It plans to establish a Qatar-wide debate league, to run national championships for schools and universities, and to select and train a Qatar student debating team to participate in the 2008 World Schools' Debating Championships in Washington DC.
Its activities are aimed at building a sustainable culture of student debating, and it is hoping to bring to Qatar the 2010 World Schools' Debating Championships, an international competition for high school debaters.
More information on QatarDebate can be found at the website: www.qatardebate.org