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Ali Al Maadid speaks about how QF and its partner university at Education City helped him develop two entrepreneurial projects in Qatar.

QF’s TAMUQ graduate to continue her academic journey at MIT  27 May 2021 - 9:33 Dr. César Octavio Malavé, Dean of Texas A&M University at Qatar, presenting Zeina Barghouti her Mechanical Engineering degree certificate at home. The Peninsula You won’t hear too many teenagers saying Physics was their favourite subject in school, but that was the case with the now 20-year-old Zeina Barghouti, a Palestinian citizen. Born and raised in Qatar, she found a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering would best suit her interests.  When asked why she chose Texas A&M University at Qatar (T...

Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), a member of Qatar Foundation, celebrated the graduation of its Class of 2020 and 2021 yesterday, and the event witnessed the 1,000th graduate mark in the 10th year since the institution’s founding. 

QF’s AI project helps detect ‘disinformation’  24 May 2021 - 8:18 Preslav Nakov, a computer scientist at the Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) a member of Qatar Foundation By Fazeena Saleem | The Peninsula Doha: At present the World Health Organization’s main concern is fighting the pandemic, but then its secondary concern is fighting disinformation. It has raised concern over an ‘infodemic’ - information including false or misleading information in digital and physical environments during a disease outbreak.    The first step to stop fake news and propaganda is to ve...

QF’s Quranic Botanic Garden winds up Ramadan activities  13 May 2021 - 5:01 The Peninsula Doha: Qatar Foundation’s Quranic Botanic Garden (QBG), the first garden in the world to exhibit all plant species mentioned in the Holy Quran, Hadith and Sunnah, hosted a wide range of virtual community-oriented activities during the Holy Month of Ramadan. One of the highlights was QBG’s daily Ramadan competition, where keen botanists and gardeners of all ages could win prizes by answering questions on QBG’s social media pages about verses in the Hadith related to environmental and botanical ...