2016 NU-Q Media and Research Awards

As part of Go Wild Week!, the annual spirit week at NU-Q, the university also celebrates its 6th annual NU-Q's Media and Research Awards (previously Media Awards) to showcase exceptional student talent. In 2016, the awards were broken into 10 categories in which all pieces were self- or faculty- nominated, and then further judged by approximately 20+ external industry experts. This culminated in an award ceremony on Wednesday, March 23.

Below is a listing of all nominees with the winners denoted in purple.

The Written Word

Poetry/Prose

This category is for any kind of writing that is intended to be more expressive than expository, including poetry and short stories.

On the Meaning of the Word Knickerbocker (It was his way of laughing at the British) - Winner
By Alya AlHarthy

Biological Father
By Reem Saad

An Autobiography
By Ifath Sayed

The Complacent Bride
By Silma Suba

Conversations with Dad: You can't escape your culture
By Youmna Al-Gailey

Script

This category is for any kind of writing that is intended to be more expressive than expository, screenplays, and plays.

Reversal of Fortune
By Huda Barakat

Pawtney Way - Winner
By James Copplestone Farmer

Journalistic Writing

This category is for any kind of writing created under the broad umbrella of “news,” including hard news, feature articles, profiles, or editorials.

Journalistic Piece
By Reem Saad

Adopting Qatari Lifestyle
By Shakeeb Asrar

The Orenda Project: Bringing Education to Pakistani Slums - Winner
By Silma Suba

Research and analysis: Humanities

This category is reserved for analytic papers that employ methods and conventions most common in the humanities, including art history, film and media studies, English, history, religion, etc.

Free Speech Movement and the Start of Counterculture
By Shuhan Zhang

Exploring Gender Representations of Arabic Comics in Majid Magazine
By AlReem AlMazroei

Women Correspondents at War - Winner
By Ifath Sayed

Research and analysis: Social Science

This category is reserved for analytic papers that employ research questions and methods most common in the social sciences, including anthropology, communication studies, economics, political science, sociology, etc.

The Politics of Rentier Benefits and Permanent Residency in Qatar - Winner
By Jueun Choi

Examining the Gender Gap: Where are the education Qatar Women in the Workplace?
By Malak Monir

Immigrants in the United Kingdom: Integration through Group Rights
By Shakeeb Asrar

Is there a possible secular Islamic Caliphate - A case study of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the UK
By Syed Owais Ali

The Image

Documentary

This category is for time- and image-based work that falls under the documentary mode of production.

Eyeronic
By Jawaher Al-Moawda and Alessandra El Chanti

Makh'b - Winner
By Aisha Al Muhannadi

Story Corps
By Menna Azzam and Sana Mahdi Ansari

The Story of a Pearl Diver
By Nada Bedair and Shaikha Alderbesti

Khan of Comedy
By Shahnawaz Zali and James Copplestone Farmer

Fiction

This category is reserved for visual stories that are based on entirely fictional events or are fictionalized versions of actual events.

The Tamaashbeens - Duniya Re - Winner
By Muammad Faizan Shakir, Vibhav Gautam, and Urooj Azmi

Independent

This category is reserved for visual stories that are based on entirely fictional events or are fictionalized versions of actual events that was not done for academic course work.

Hakimwala - Of the Rulers
By Syed Owais Ali and Urooj Azmi

100 Steps - Sou Qadam - Winner
By Shahnawaz Zali and Yazan Abughaida

News

Journalistic approaches to visual storytelling would fall into this category, including broadcast news packages, news photography, or video news packages.

Culture Enclosed Within Walls - Winner
By Anzish Mirza