Report Alleges Georgetown U. Received $971 Million From Qatar
“multidimensional takeover”
What do you suppose Qatar expects to receive in return?
Campus Reform reports:
Georgetown received $971M from Qatar, report finds
A new report from the Middle East Forum (MEF) alleges that Qatar has embedded itself across Georgetown University’s governance, faculty hiring, and academic programming, creating what the study calls a “multidimensional takeover” of the Washington, D.C., school.
The report says Georgetown has received “over $971 million” from Qatar since 2005, largely tied to the Doha-based Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q), whose contract was extended through 2035.
Although Georgetown maintains “formal control” over hiring and curriculum, the study argues that the funding model—under which tuition is “retained by the Qatar Foundation”—creates “financial dependencies” and “subtle but pervasive pressure.”
According to MEF, Qatari influence reaches “from Georgetown’s Board of Directors to numerous endowed chairs.” The report highlights the presence of Sheikh Abdulla bin Ali Al Thani, son of a former Qatari emir, on Georgetown’s board, saying it ensures influence “at the highest levels of governance.”
It also points to Qatari-funded positions shaping academic priorities.
Qatar sponsors three Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani endowed chairs, and the Qatari embassy helped fund the Clovis and Hala Salaam Maksoud Chair in Arab Studies. These posts, the report argues, steer scholarship toward “postcolonial critiques,” “decentering the West,” and “anti-Israel advocacy.”
MEF singles out several faculty members for public statements and activism, including Fida Adely at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and Irfan Nooruddin, who has argued for a “post-Western order.” At the Doha campus, the report notes that a faculty representative to Georgetown’s main faculty body had said, “I don’t blame Hamas for this,” referring to the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks.
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MacKenzie Scott has faced scrutiny for her donations to the Solidaire Network, which supports organizations under FBI investigation for alleged ties to Hamas. Her unrestricted contributions have raised concerns about the implications of funding groups that may promote controversial agendas.
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In 2021, Santa Barbara City College received a 20 million gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, the largest donation in school history
Just weeks ago, the school’s Board of Trustees issued a statement saying they were “disappointed to learn” that some of that gift was “used without explicit authorization”
and I dont know if the above is in regards to some other travesty but there it is
the concerted efforts of the lefty elites to marginalize and in fact destroy wht people and america