5th U.S. Universities Arabic Debating Championship
The U.S. Universities Arabic Debating Championship is one of QatarDebate’s outreach programs that aims to spread the culture of open dialogue and the Arabic language across the globe.
The 5th United States Arabic Debate Championship follows the tremendous success of QatarDebate’s 1st USADC at Harvard University in 2019, the 2nd USADC at the University of Chicago in 2021, the 3rd USADC at the University of Stanford in 2022, and the 4th USADC at the University of Utah in 2023.
New York City will host the 5th edition of the USADC in September. The championship brings together the brightest young minds from across the United States to debate critical global issues in Arabic.
Date
27 - 29 September 2024
Participants
200+
Location
New York University - New York City
Teams
38 teams from across the U.S.
Hosted by:
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Watch the Championship Highlight
The Champions
1st Place
Indiana University
2nd Place
University of California - Los Angeles
Best AFL Team
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
The Best Speakers
Top Speakers - Open Category
- Best Speaker - Aseel Sharawneh
- 2nd best speaker - Fares Hajji
- 3rd best speaker - Majd Moosa Alahmed
- 4th best speaker - Majd Mohsen Alafrange
- 5th best speaker - Roudha Al Marzooqi
- 6th best speaker - Wafaa Abualrob
- 7th best speaker - Ahmed Ebada
- 8th best speaker - Samia Tamer Aljaradat
- 9th best speaker - Yousef AbuHashem
- 10th best speaker - Jana Abulaban
Top Speakers - AFL Category
- Top Speaker - Alexander Ryan Bills
- 2nd best speaker - Caleb Woodruff Dewey
- 3rd best speaker - Annika Marie Herlant
- 4th best speaker - Timothy Mingen Du
- 5th best speaker - Ian Borim
The Championchip TAB
Teams TAB
Speakers TAB
A look at the 5th USADC