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A diverse group of 22 students from Northwestern University in Qatar visited Arab News headquarters in Riyadh recently.
The students studying at the NU in Qatar were from diverse nationalities including Kazakhstan, Rwanda, Qatar, Brazil, and Colombia.
The tour consisted of overviews and outlines of different sections, enabling the students to discover how the newspaper works on a daily basis to keep updated on what is happening in and around the Arab region.
Noor Nugali, acting deputy at Arab News, who received the students and discussed a range of issues relating to journalism in general and Arab News in particular, said: “It was a joy to host students from Northwestern University at our headquarters in Riyadh.”
“They were inquisitive about our organization and asked many intricate questions about journalism,” she said, adding: “At Arab News, we always support youth and are invigorated by their passion and ambition. We wish them the best of luck in their future.”
The students also posed for a group photo with the assistant editor-in-chief.
Arab News is an English-language daily newspaper published in Saudi Arabia. The target audiences of the paper, which is published in broadsheet format, are businessmen, executives, diplomats, and the diverse expatriate community.
NU Qatar is part of the Qatar Foundation’s Education City, a destination for artists and scientists, entrepreneurs and educators, researchers, and innovators.
NU is one of six US universities in Education City, which represents a unique model of academic and research excellence, pioneering a new approach to multidisciplinary, global education and enabling breakthroughs that benefit Qatar and the rest of the world.
Diverse in nature, NU Qatar students, faculty, and staff represent nearly 60 nationalities, according to its official website.
Qatar Foundation is a not-for-profit organization whose centers and programs focus on education, research and innovation, and community development.