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Up for Debate
directed by Liz Mermin; composed by Nick Fyffe, 1972-; produced by Liz Mermin (Falls Church, VA: Landmark Media, 2010), 1 hour
In September 2008, five teenagers, a Qatari, an Iraqi, a Syrian-Armenian, a Pakistani, and an Iranian, journeyed from the Middle East to Washington, DC to join teens from around the world in an intensely competitive annual ritual: the World School Debating Championships. Well aware that their region is associated,...
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directed by Liz Mermin; composed by Nick Fyffe, 1972-; produced by Liz Mermin (Falls Church, VA: Landmark Media, 2010), 1 hour
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In September 2008, five teenagers, a Qatari, an Iraqi, a Syrian-Armenian, a Pakistani, and an Iranian, journeyed from the Middle East to Washington, DC to join teens from around the world in an intensely competitive annual ritual: the World School Debating Championships. Well aware that their region is associated, in Western minds, with oil, money, and jihad, they are determined to show that they are not closed-minded extremists. Coached by some...
In September 2008, five teenagers, a Qatari, an Iraqi, a Syrian-Armenian, a Pakistani, and an Iranian, journeyed from the Middle East to Washington, DC to join teens from around the world in an intensely competitive annual ritual: the World School Debating Championships. Well aware that their region is associated, in Western minds, with oil, money, and jihad, they are determined to show that they are not closed-minded extremists. Coached by some of the most successful debaters in the world, they are also determined to win. They are charismatic, intelligent, worldly teens with strong views, immense curiosity, and boundless ambition, which, for ten intense weeks, they direct toward mastering the arcane strategies of British parliamentary debate. Follow TEAM QATAR on this unusual journey. Quirky and endearing, entertaining and informative, this story offers a rare glimpse into the rapidly growing global culture of the Arab world and its relation to the West.
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Field of Study
Education
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Liz Mermin
Author / Creator
Nick Fyffe, 1972-, Liz Mermin
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Landmark Media
Topic / Theme
Government, Humanities
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011. Used by Permission of Landmark Media Inc.
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