As Doha is home to Al Jazeera, it is perhaps not surprising that they have head hunted a top American journalism school to join other foreign universities in their state of the art Education City.
North Western’s Medill School of Journalism, which is based in Illinois, is likely to start taking students next Autumn. It is likely, if they follow the example of other universities here, that entrance requirements will be high.
What is particularly surprising, at least according to this article in the Sun Times, is that North Western believes it may even attract students from Israel.
While Qatar does maintain low key relations with Israel, it is likely that many residents and citizens, as well as neighbours such as Saudi Arabia (which does not even allow people who have visited Israel to enter their country) will be outraged.
Whether there is controversy or not – and Qatar is used to controversy with Al Jazeera, which has generally managed to annoy just about everyone except the hand that feeds it – it will be great to have some home grown journalists to take their place in Qatar’s media.
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