The sixth international schools debating championship in Arabic, organised by QatarDebate in Doha recently, under the patronage of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, saw Team Singapore winning first place in the International Schools Debating Championship in the Non-Native Speakers category, while the Indonesia team came in second place.
The Kuwaiti team won the championship title by winning the first place in the native speaker category. The team members were Dania Mohammed Suleiman al-Sarayreh, Omar Ali Shafie al-Kayed, Jana Ali Muhammad al-Faouri, Leen Ahmed Ali al-Hilalat.
The Jordanian team, which came in second place, consisted of Abdullah Mohammed al-Jimaz, Jinan Jaber al-Sharif, Ahmed Nawaf al-Hamoud and Nour Sami al-Ajeel.
Algeria finished third after a fierce competition with team Qatar.
Sayed Omar Abdul Aziz al-Naama, Assistant Undersecretary for Special Education Affairs at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, took to the podium with Dr Hayat Marafi, executive director of QatarDebate, to present the winners with their medals.
On the sidelines of the debating championship, Oman Debate Centre chairman Sayyid Firas bin Fatik bin Fahr al-Said and Dr Hayat Marafi signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen the partnership which began years ago with the efforts and management of the centre's ambassador in Amman, Salem al-Shamakhi and Hawa al-Jaradi, member and technical advisor at Oman Debate Centre.
