QFI Blog

  Every year on April 22nd, more than one billion people take part in Earth Day. Across the globe, individuals, communities, organizations, and governments take action to protect our planet. This year, Qatar Foundation International is hosting Earth Week Qatar 2013, a week of activities surrounding Earth Day in venues across Qatar from April 21st-27th, [...]

A Note From Our Executive Director: On behalf of all of us at QFI, I offer our deepest condolences to those caught up in the tragic events at the Boston Marathon. These tragedies effect us all in different ways, but my heart especially goes out to all of our QFI community in the Boston area, [...]

One of the best weeks in my life was that week I spent in Denver; I have met a lot of new people from different cultures, different beliefs and different perspectives which widened my angle that I see life from. In this week I gained experience knowledge and was introduced to a new amazing culture. [...]

  “Service-Learning” is defined as a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities. This month, the National Youth Leadership Conference, titled “Without Limits” recently wrapped up in Denver, Colorado. QFI brought 11 students from Qatar, the U.S., and [...]

“Service-Learning” is defined as a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities. This month, the National Youth Leadership Conference, titled “Without Limits” recently wrapped up in Denver, Colorado. QFI brought 11 students from Qatar, the U.S., and Brazil [...]

  On the current QFI YALLAH Commit to Action trip to the National Learning Service Conference in Denver, Colorado, QFI student, Anas Ghanim reports on his first two days. In the first day of National service-learning conference trip, we went to many places, learned and enjoyed. It all started with an overview of service learning, [...]

  This student-led webcast was held during COP18 in Doha, Qatar at Qatar Leadership Academy on December 5th, 2012. It is part of a larger Road to Doha series hosted by Global Nomads Group. The Road to Doha program brings together students from Qatar, U.S., and Brazil to explore critical environmental issues via project-based learning [...]

  By Todd Fine In early January, with Qatar Foundation International’s support, I had the special opportunity to attend the “Fourth International Conference on Argumentation, Rhetoric, Debate, and the Pedagogy of Empowerment” in Doha, Qatar. As a long-time debate hand and current coach at Washington Latin Public Charter School in Washington, D.C., I am accustomed [...]

  Happy Digital Learning Day! We are in an exciting time of open education as QFI is providing better tools to learn Arabic, explore STEAM subjects and engage youth to be better global citizens. Over the last couple years, QFI has worked with Khan Academy and Intel to translate the acclaimed Khan Academy math and science [...]

For this year’s National Day of Service, which took place on January 21, 2013, we were thrilled to see students from our partner school Granada Hills Charter High School team up with The American Red Cross in Los Angeles to canvas select neighborhoods with fire prevention messages and door hangers. Together with the Red Cross, students participated in [...]