On the 20th of April, Al Khor International School was privileged to host its largest ever conference with delegations from 11 different schools, at the Fourth Annual AKISMUN conference. The conference theme was ‘An Imperfect World’, hoping participants would focus less on our innate flaws as a generation and as a species, but on how they,…
TQ Heroes
Committee Reports for THIMUN Qatar 2018
Committee reports were shared by Zoe Martin-Parkinson, Deputy Secretary General for TQ 2018 __________________ Honorable Secretary General, madame president, student officers, delegates, and guests I would now like to share the final resolution for this year’s 7th annual THIMUN Qatar conference; Believing that THIMUN Qatar 2018 has been the best conference ever Emphasising the importance…
MUN Conferences in the Time of Blockades
There is probably not an MUN program or conference in the GCC region that has not felt the bite of the blockade currently in place against Qatar. I will leave it to future delegate-diplomats to sort through the chaos and find solutions to an events such as these. But for the poor-suffering conference manager trying…
QmunityVoice TQ18 – Final Issue
Qatar Under Siege
Qatar Under Siege Faiq Raedaya On the decisive day of June 5, 2017, a blockade of the air, land and sea was imposed on Qatar by neighboring Arab countries. Relations were severed, ambassadors withdrawn, and bans on trade and travel were imposed. Despite widespread panic amongst the general public, the Qatari government has maintained an…
The Price of Naivety
The Price of Naivety Nafilah Khan Rotting in a four-by-four cell for over three years gives one a lot to think about. Whether for an actual criminal, or one who was simply framed, a life sentence in prison ultimately means hell. So how did I end up in this murky, abominable place? It was all…
Almost a Whole New World
Almost A Whole New World Zoya Salahuddin THIMUN-Q is a conference known to bring together a plethora of opinions from all around the world, coming from various ethnic, religious and linguistic backgrounds. As many students come to Qatar to engage in invigorating debate sessions, they are given the opportunity to experience a foreign culture, which…
The Threat Behind the Screen
The Threat Behind the Screen Nafilah Khan The growth of technology – is it really as a good as the world makes it seem? On your one Saturday off from work, you decide to stay home and spend your day scrolling through (and shopping from) various online websites. Quite a relatable scenario, don’t you think?…
THIMUN Profiles – SG Don Sandev Ferdinando
THIMUN Profiles – Don Sandev Ferdinando Rayan El Amine The THIMUN Profile series seeks to shed light on some of the high-ranking, hardworking individuals who are pushing this conference forward. These are faces you may have seen, and jobs you may even recognize, but THIMUN Profile seeks to really explore these individuals and understand why…
Twittering Trump
Twittering Trump Sundus Aladra The U.S. presidential race of 2016 was like none other, and sure to go down in the books as one of the most influential in American history. With the possibilities of having the first Jewish president, or even the first female president, no one really thought that we could have a…