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Dr Abdelwahab El Affendi

Welcome from the President

As I welcome visitors to our website at the beginning of the 2024-2025 academic year, the ongoing crime of genocide in Gaza is at the forefront of our thoughts. More than a year on, the suffering remains intolerable, the international and regional collusion outrageous, and the overall moral failure unforgivable. This human-made misery and destructiveness now extends to many countries in the region: Lebanon, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. It has deeply impacted a Significant section of our students and staff.

We have welcomed a record number of students this year and wish them every success in their academic journey, despite the challenges and hardships. We also welcome the distinguished group of new faculty members from all over the world who have joined the DI family this year, and we look forward to their valuable contributions.
This comes at a time when DI has achieved program and institutional accreditations, strengthening its global standing through partnerships with some of the world’s leading universities, including student exchange agreements. The latter is being implemented, with students moving both ways, further affirming the growing international recognition of its global stature.
This reflects and embodies the significant progress made in implementing DI’s vision of actively contributing to the international production of contemporary knowledge from a position of parity. In this, we continue to advance and enrich knowledge, while enhancing the Arab presence in the international academic arena.

Our strategic cooperation with the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, along with The Doha Historical Dictionary of Arabic, is vital in achieving this vision. This is accomplished by adopting Arabic as the primary language of instruction without neglecting other leading languages, particularly English, a prerequisite for admission to the Institute. This linguistic policy is based on the DI’s commitment to the indigenization of scientific knowledge, together with the development and revitalization of the Arabic Language as a teaching and learning tool, both are keys to the Arab Renaissance. The Arab Centre is the leading Academic publisher in Arabic, in both books and academic journals. It also hosts a range of conferences and other key events in all areas of the social sciences and humanities that have become major regional and international fixtures. This partnership enables DI to broaden its engagement and produce and disseminate pioneering studies in various fields.

The Institute’s contributions are not limited to theoretical endeavors; it also places significant emphasis on practical dimensions, particularly in disciplines such as psychology, social work, conflict and humanitarian studies, and journalism, where practical training is an integral part of the academic program. It is the same with public administration, public policy, and development economics, where the curricula include practical training components.  

We wish you all success and prosperity.


    Dr Abdelwahab El Affendi

    President and Provost

    DI Statistics

    2 The Schools

    8 Doctoral Studies' Programs

    19 Master's Programs

    1417 Alumni

    14973 Enrollment applications in 2023

     
     
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