“My brother’s murderer wanted to bury me in the same grave. He wanted to bury me, my dreams and my humanity in the very same grave as that of my brother.” Mr Awwad, a Palestinian activist and pacifist, and advocate of non-violent resistance in the Israel-Palestine conflict, was a featured presenter at the QLC 2015.…
Qatar Leadership Conference 2015
Early Beginnings and Exceptional Valor- Sulaiman Sulaimankhil (post conference interview).
Early Beginnings and Exceptional Valor- Sulaiman Sulaimankhil (post conference interview). Moved by the entrenched destitution in Afghanistan, Sulaiman Sulaimankhil began teaching at the young age of 14. A year into his teenage years and Sulaiman was doing things far beyond his age. Today Sulaiman is 17 years old and his habit has not changed but…
Video Project Showcases HELA
From dream to reality, the THIMUN Qatar Afghanistan Initiative came full circle at #QLC15 when HELA’s Development Director and TQ 2015 delegate, Sulaiman Sulaimankhil, attended the Qatar Leadership Conference in October 2015. In addition to presenting at the conference and sharing his organization’s growth from a small MUN club to Afghanistan’s first NGO focused on…
Marie Luthra reminisces on QLC
In a pre-conference interview Ms. Marie Luthra, MUN Director of DPS- Modern Indian School and THIMUN Advisory Board member shared her valuable thoughts on the Qatar Leadership Conference. She has been associated with the Qatar Leadership Conference since 2012 and has sweet reminiscences about the latter. On being asked to recollect some of these, she…
QLC and a thanks to Qatar Foundation
Emmy Josefson is the MUN Director from Awsaj Academy, a PreUniversity School based in Education City. It was their school’s first QLC experience. As I finish typing up all of my notes taken at Qatar Leadership Conference I find myself reflecting on what an opportunity I was given to participate in a conference like this.…
Adam Carter talks service learning
Since THIMUN is very keen on mobilizing students to step beyond the classroom to improve their communities, we were very happy to welcome Adam Carter – a service learning specialist and social studies teacher – to present two workshops at this year’s QLC in Doha. Mr Carter is the founder of a non-profit called Cause…
Dealing with Post-QLC Depression.
An article by Caleb Meyer the Head of Press for MISMUN 2015. We all suffer from it, or at least most of us do. That tingly feeling of dreariness after MUN conferences or an MUN related conference. The constant struggle to stay motivated and kickstart life after an MUN conference or the QLC is something most…
The Power of Stillness
As the Qatar National Convention Centre swarmed with presentations stimulating the mind with copious food for thought, one unique workshop brought stillness to these minds racing with ideas. The workshop by Mr. Steve Lawrence gave an unprecedented dimension to leadership which began not with controlling the world around us but with controlling ourselves. Introducing the…
Leadership and Collaboration: Working in the front lines – Peter Dalglish
“One of the two children had his eyes burned, tongue cut and a gunshot in his head. He saw something wrong, he raised his voice against it and he was murdered.” Peter Dalglish belonged to an affluent family, went to Stanford University and was on his way to leading a traditionally successful life in a…