Past Debates: Series 7

Series 7 highlights

Watch a selection of highlights from all Series 7 Doha Debates and Doha Debates Specials.

  • Monday, May 30 2011
    This House believes resistance to the Arab Spring is futile
    This House believes resistance to the Arab Spring is futile
    Anouar Boukhars, Professor of International relations FOR
    Jane Kinninmont, Senior Research Fellow, Chatham House AGAINST
    Nadim Houry, Human Rights Watch FOR
    Ahmed Ali al-Mukhaini, Political researcher AGAINST
    MOTION PASSED by 73% to 27%
    Broadcast: 4-5 June, 2011

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  • Monday, April 18 2011
    This House believes Arabs, not NATO, should be dealing with Libya
    This House believes Arabs, not NATO, should be dealing with Libya
    Mohammed Ali Abdallah, National Front for the Salvation of Libya FOR
    Fadel Lamen, President, American-Libyan Council AGAINST
    Paul Salem, Carnegie Middle East Center, Beirut FOR
    Omar Ashour, Middle East Studies, University of Exeter AGAINST
    MOTION REJECTED by 45% to 55%
    Broadcast: 23-24 April, 2011

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  • Monday, March 14 2011
    This House believes for the sake of democracy Egypt should postpone elections
    This House believes for the sake of democracy Egypt should postpone elections
    Marwa Sharafeldin, Human rights campaigner FOR
    Esam el Erian, Spokesman, Muslim Brotherhood AGAINST
    Shaheer George, Activist FOR
    Sherif Taher, Politician AGAINST
    MOTION PASSED by 84% to 16%
    Broadcast: 19-20 March, 2011
    Venue: AUC Tahrir Square Campus, Cairo, Egypt

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  • Tuesday, February 22 2011
    This House believes that Arab revolutions will just produce different dictators
    This House believes that Arab revolutions will just produce different dictators
    Raoudha Ben Othman, University of Tunis FOR
    Shibley Telhami, Author and scholar AGAINST
    Kamal Ben Younes, Political analyst FOR
    Fares Mabrouk, Yale World Fellow AGAINST
    MOTION REJECTED by 26% to 74%
    Broadcast: 26-27 February, 2011
    Venue: Tunis, Tunisia

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  • Monday, January 24 2011
    This House believes the world is better off with Wikileaks
    This House believes the world is better off with Wikileaks
    Sir Richard Dalton, Former British Ambassador to Iran FOR
    Carl W. Ford Jr., Former US State Department intelligence chief AGAINST
    Carne Ross , Founder and Director, Independent Diplomat FOR
    Scott Gilmore, Executive Director, Peace Dividend Trust AGAINST
    MOTION PASSED by 74% to 26%
    Broadcast: 5-6 February, 2011

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  • Monday, December 06 2010
    This House believes education is worthless without freedom of speech
    This House believes education is worthless without freedom of speech
    Dennis Hayes, Academics for Academic Freedom FOR
    Nagla Rizk, American University in Cairo AGAINST
    Tariq Ramadan, Philosopher and Islamic scholar FOR
    Kevin Watkins, Education For All, UNESCO AGAINST
    MOTION PASSED by 53% to 47%
    Broadcast: 8-9 January, 2011

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  • Wednesday, November 10 2010
    This House would prefer money to free elections
    This House would prefer money to free elections
    N. Janardhan, UAE-based political analyst FOR
    Mani Shankar Aiyar, Indian politician and author AGAINST
    Jean-Francois Seznec, Georgetown University FOR
    Wael Abbas, Egyptian blogger and democracy activist AGAINST
    MOTION REJECTED by 37% to 63%
    Broadcast: 13-14 November, 2010

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  • Monday, October 11 2010
    This House believes France is right to ban the face veil
    This House believes France is right to ban the face veil
    Jacques Myard, French politician,UMP party FOR
    Nabila Ramdani, French journalist and academic AGAINST
    Farzana Hassan, Canadian author and activist FOR
    Mehdi Hasan, NewStatesman magazine AGAINST
    MOTION REJECTED by 22% to 78%
    Broadcast: 16-17 October, 2010

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