Building on its success in previous years, QatarDebate Center is organising the 4th edition of the US Universities Arabic Debating Championship, which kicks off this Friday, 13 October.
The University of Utah is hosting the three-day event, which brings together 150 competitors from 42 American universities to debate some of the world’s most pressing issues.
The championship provides a platform for students from different cultures to meet, exchange ideas and hone their skills in addressing critical global issues from various perspectives regardless of personal convictions.
The success of previous editions has attracted an increasing number of American universities to take part in this year’s event, reflecting the key role that QatarDebate is playing in engaging students to express their ideas in Arabic.
QatarDebate organised the first edition of the championship at the prestigious Harvard University in 2019, while the University of Chicago and Stanford University hosted the 2021 and 2022 editions, respectively.
The championship will feature 75 judges, who will moderate discussions on several issues.
Debate training programme
QatarDebate trainer Saad Al-Assad said that the centre, in cooperation with the American Debating Association, organised a training programme in preparation for the championship. The programme featured a variety of workshops on judging standards while participating teams and speakers from different age groups received training on the latest debate practices and how to establish and manage debate clubs.
In preparation for the championship, weekly friendly debates were organised to hone the skills of judges and speakers. The second phase of the programme will resume on the opening day of the championship when the centre organises on-campus training workshops to bring together all participants.
QatarDebate has recently finalized all administrative and logistical preparations for the championship including field visits to ensure that the venue is ready to host participants.
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