page_title: Doha Debates
section_title: Debates
hierarchical_section_title: Doha Debates / Debates
caption_attribution_description: English: Ghida Fakhry moderating an event at the World Bank Group -IMF spring meetings 2017 in Washington DC
context_page_description: Doha Debates produces and distributes solutions-focused debate and interview programs, video reports and interactive content. The franchise's products include marquee debates, the #DearWorldLive interview series, the Course Correction podcast, the #SolvingIt series, digital video reports, Deep Dive education curriculum, and the interactive Doha Portal. Doha Debates is funded by Qatar Foundation.
  Journalist Ghida Fakhry hosts and moderates the debate program. Nelufar Hedayat is Doha Debates' correspondent and host of Course Correction and #DearWorldLive. Conflict resolution expert Govinda Clayton serves as the bridge-building "connector" for the debates. Doha Debates' managing director is Amjad Atallah, who previously served as a news executive, human rights activist and humanitarian.
  Doha Debates' content, production and distribution partners have included the United Nations, TED, the Paris Peace Forum, the Sundance Institute, NowThis News, Vox Media, Shared Studios, Fortify Rights, Doha Forum, Rappler and eNCA.
  Re-launched in 2018, Doha Debates' initial iteration ran from 2005 to 2012, when the debate program was televised by BBC World News.
context_section_description: Doha Debates' marquee debate series resumed in 2019 with a new host and format. Ghida Fakhry hosts and moderates the programs with contributions from correspondent Nelufar Hedayat and bridge-building "connector" Govinda Clayton. Each program features 3-4 debaters, with each debate including a constructive consensus-targeted "majlis" session. Programs include two audience votes on speaker positions, as well as feedback from viewers around the world. Most 2019 and 2020 debate programs have been hosted in Doha's Education City, with 2019 debates also held at the Paris Peace Forum, the TEDSummit in Edinburgh, Scotland and in Cape Town, South Africa.
  The debate programs since the 2019 re-launch of the debate series:
  •  February 26, 2019, Doha: Global refugee crisis. Debaters: Muzoon Almellehan, Marc Lamont Hill, Douglas Murray.
  •  Apri 3, 2019, Doha: Artificial intelligence. Debaters: Nick Bolstrom, Joy Buolamwini, Dex Torricke-Barton.
  • July 24, 2019, TEDSummit, Edinburgh: Globalization. Debaters: Medea Benjamin, Sisonke Msimang, Parag Khanna.
  •  September 10, 2019, Cape Town: Water scarcity. Debaters: Yana Abu Taleb, Georgie Badiel, Obakeng Leseyane.
  •  October 23, 2019, Doha: Capitalism. Debaters: Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, Anand Giridharadas, Jason Hickel.
  •  November 12, 2019, Paris Peace Forum: Loss of trust. Debaters: Brett Hennig, Toni Lane Casserly, Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein.
  •  March 9, 2020, Doha: Gender equality. Debaters: Randa Abdel-Fattah, Christina Hoff Sommers, Ayishat Akanbi.
  •  March 11, 2020, Doha: Future of genetics. Debaters: Jamie Metzl, Katie Hasson, Julian Savulescu.
  •  July 20, 2020, virtual: Socialism. Debaters: Fatima Bhutto, Tabata Amaral, Lord William Hague.
caption: Doha Debates host and moderator Ghida Fakhry at the 2017 World Bank Group-IMF spring meetings.
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