Marwan M. Kraidy

It was fabulous to host Tarek El-Ariss @nuqatar.bsky.social to discuss his acclaimed book Water on Fire, an evocative & insightful memoir about war, trauma & desire. He discussed his journey from academic to personal writing, the sea as liberation & threat & the obsessions that make us human.

Good morning, Doha.

This week, 55 faculty, staff, students, alumni & partners @nuqatar.bsky.social at #WebSummitQatar2026 engaged a global audience in conversations rigorous and generous that reflect what we do best: advancing knowledge, nurturing talent, and shaping ideas that matter.

#NUQProud

Today the @nuqatar.bsky.social community continues to blaze a distinctive trail of scholarship, creativity, and engagement at #WebSummitQatar2026 . This is the third day of our third yearly contribution to this important global event.

Please join us!

#NUQProud

On Day 2 of #WebSummitQatar2026 the stellar @nuqatar.bsky.social line-up continues, with wide-ranging contributions in research, mediamaking, and other modalities of evidence-based storytelling!

#NUQProud

I am thrilled to share that HE Sheikh Jassim bin Mansour bin Jabor Al Thani, Director of the Gov Comms Office, Chairman of the Permanent Web Summit Organising Committee, & @nuqatar.bsky.social alumnus, will join me for the #WSQ Dean’s Global Forum at Web Summit Qatar 2026
#NUQWebSummit2026
#NUQProud

The future is rarely singular—or settled.

At @nuqatar.bsky.social we confidently grapple with uncomfortable questions. Hence our latest Media Majlis Museum exhibition, “What’s between, between?” invites visitors to ponder the uncertainty of the future.

A must-do if in Doha btw now and June!

Congratulations to the winners of Star Awards @nuqatar.bsky.social our colleagues who exemplify excellence, collaboration, community, and sustainability—recognizing the everyday contributions that strengthen our workplace and reflect our shared values.

Your work makes a difference. Thank you!

The spring 2026 semester at @nuqatar.bsky.social launched with an @iasnuq.bsky.social Winter School on Theory & Method with scholars from all over the world, incl @christopherali.bsky.social Sami Atallah & Carola Richter. Thank you @marinakrikorian.bsky.social & #IAS_NUQ staff!

A blue #qahwapause - who would have thought?!

Join us streaming tomorrow from Northwestern University Qatar, 1pm local time, 5am ET

We kicked off 2026 with the #IAS_NUQ Theory and Method Winter School.

Three days of master classes and conversations on media policy and governance at @nuqatar.bsky.social.

Organized by #IAS_NUQ with support from @carnegie.org.

Stay tuned!

I am thrilled to host the great @alondra.bsky.social for a @nuqatar.bsky.social Dean’s Global Forum to discuss “AI: Purpose, Governance, and Public Benefit.” January 13 at 1 pm Doha, 4 am Chicago, 5 am NYC.

Thank you, Bilge—to you and yours as well!

Good morning #Doha

Today’s #qahwapause is emerald

Today’s #qahwapause has an urban backdrop

Today’s #qahwa pause comes with a view

The cats of #Wakrah

Merry Christmas!

We @nuqatar.bsky.social wish you a happy and healthy holiday season!

Employment

3 outstanding opportunities to join the fabulous @nuqatar.bsky.social faculty:

Assistant Professor, Strategic Communication

Open Rank, Environmental Humanities &

Open Rank, Humanistic & Critical Approaches to Artificial Intelligence

www.qatar.northwestern.edu/about/employ...

Apply by 1/4/26

We @nuqatar.bsky.social‬⁩ wish all our students, employees, partners, and friends a Happy Qatar National Day

#Doha morning after rainfall

Today’s #QahwaPause combines cardamom and Cubism

ICA 2026 Preconference Echoes and Overlaps in Arab and African Thought on Media and Culture: Forging New Directions for Research

Your last reminder that the @iasnuq.bsky.social @nuqatar.bsky.social is hosting a fabulous pre-conference, "Echoes and Overlaps in Arab and African Thought on media and Culture" @icahdq.bsky.social #ICA26 in Cape Town, South Africa, on June 3, 2026.

www.qatar.northwestern.edu/research/ias...

Good morning #Doha

Thank you @zidani.bsky.social Ada Petiwala
Harsha Man Maharjan Ayesha Omer Mariam Karim and @bilgeyesil.bsky.social. My utmost gratitude goes to my colleague Clovis Bergere for his effective and thoughtful leadership & everyone at @iasnuq.bsky.social and @nuqatar.bsky.social who helped!

Together, contributions move beyond the critique of Western-centric epistemologies to propose new ways of understanding digital life that arise from the region’s own histories, networks, and intellectual traditions.

This grew through events in Australia, Lebanon, New Zealand, Qatar, & the United States. Through the prism of the digital, we reconceptualize Asia as a dynamic, interconnected formation defined by relationships & divergences rather than fixed cultural or geopolitical boundaries.