A view of the final debate of European Universities Arabic Debating Championship in Vienna.
Doha: QatarDebate Center (QD) a member of Qatar Foundation (QF), concluded the European Universities Arabic Debating Championship, hosted in the Austrian capital of Vienna recently.
The three-day tournament featured 20 universities representing 15 European countries. The European Institute of human sciences team from Germany was awarded the championship title, while the Yalova University team from Turkey took second place. The two teams debated the motion, ‘This House believes that the time has come to replace international laws with a single universal constitution.’
Dr Hayat Abdulla Maarafi, Executive Director of QatarDebate, said, “This is an exceptional achievement in QD Center history, which is a good start of the year 2019. by organising the event we have been able to show our keenness to influence young people through debate.”
Commenting on the “EUADC 2019” Aisha Al Nesf, Head of Educational Programmes, QatarDebate, said, “The tournament is a diverse and wonderful gathering, with many cultures, tendencies, and views, and they have met with the principles of debate and thought, as well as the practice of Arabic.”
Abdulrahman Al Subaie, Head of Outreach Programme said, “We have concluded the first European debate Championship in Arabic organised by QD in Vienna, under the title Civilization Dialogue on the European student’s tongue. We are glad that the QatarDebate center has reached every spot in the world through the dissemination the art of debate and expression of opinion, which is one of the pillars of human life.”
