Emad Mourad - Doha
With the participation of 600 arbitrators, coaches and counterparts from 52 countries, the 5th International Arab University Debating Championship will be launched next Saturday, organized by the Qatar Debates Center, a member of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development.
The tournament aims to spread the Arabic language as a non-traditional creative medium and give young people the opportunity to participate in such competitions and competitions and test their language and leadership skills. It is the largest tournament in the world of debate in both Arabic and English in terms of participation and quality of programs offered or even the level of trainers and referees.
Due to the diversity of the levels of Arabic language and the cultural differences among the participants in the tournament, the teams were classified according to the linguistic level into two categories, the first of which is the Open Tournament category, which includes all the Arabic speaking teams as the first language and those who are able to reach the intermediate level.
The second category is the Arabic language for non-Arabic speakers, which includes Arabic language learners. Debates will be held under the name of the International Tournament and will announce at the end of the tournament the winner of the "Pioneers of the Match" award, which is presented to the best project aiming at publishing the debate based on precise arbitration criteria. For new ambassadors to the Center.
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The selection of the issues to be discussed before the date of the debate is about 20 minutes. A special committee was formed to select the various texts that are of interest to the Qatari, Arab and international community, whether economic, social, sports or political, in order to evaluate the level of the university student.
In order to ensure the quality of arbitration during the tournament, Qatar Center for Debates provided 200 local and international arbitrators who were tested and involved in local tournaments to prepare them for optimal preparation.
Comparative science
The study of the debate is an authentic Arab science, which deals with the analogue analogy through the upgrading of its logical rules and moral conditions with the aim of developing the method of investigation between two parties seeking to injure the right in a field of knowledge. Each party confronts the other party with a claim that it claims and endorses with appropriate evidence In that opponent's objections.
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"The 5th International Forum for University Debates in Arabic is a unique experience in driving the new generation to use it with all its motivation, happiness and pride as it is a means to express its ideas," said Dr. Imnan Al-Samadi, a professor of Arabic at Qatar University.
Al-Smadi considers debates to be one of the best ways to employ Arabic in the highest levels of thinking. "The debates we know are the best methods of testing for mental abilities and the best motivator" because they have the potential of argumentation, promptness, argument, good defense, In addition to adapting the soul to patience and the high morals and the possibility of discount without inaction.
Symmetric capabilities
The professor of Arabic at the University of Qatar pointed out that she can distinguish between her students at the university who have been waiting in the experience of Qatar's debates in school education and the students who did not have this experience, and the difference is clear in the possession of a confident and prudent and tongue-safe character of the warp characters, In spreading this experience to all schools of education to become a compulsory decision for students to benefit.
Mr. Abdulrahman Al-Subaie, Head of Programs, Communications and Marketing at the Qatar Debates Center, explained that training workshops, courses and teaching aids were provided to the audience from all over the world via Skype and other means of communication.
The network's media partner, Al-Jazira Media Network, will organize a number of events, dialogues and seminars during the tournament.
The Qatar Debates Center was established in 2008 to promote a culture of debate in Qatar, the region and the Arab world, and to develop, support and raise the standards of open discussion and debate among students in Qatar and the Middle East region.