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Members of the Lebanese American College team at the training session |
The participants expressed their satisfaction at the content of the courses, saying these have helped them prepare for today’s tournament.
Ghadha El Khyat, chief trainer of the team from Alexandria University, Egypt, described the training programme as an opportunity to revive classic Arabic among countries in the region.
“This is truly a remarkable event - so far all the Arab countries have been using various dialects and even among the Arabic speaking people it was very difficult to follow these dialects,” she said.
“Now that QatarDebate has initiated such a competition it has helped in the revival of classic Arabic which is used through all the training as well as the competition,” she added.
Lebanese American College team coach, Nermine Mufti Hage, said: “The training session has been helpful in providing a lot of information as well as learning a number of strategies such as presenting arguments and counter arguments in the most sophisticated and civilised manner.
“It is a new thing for us and is quite challenging but now we are ready to face the challenges,” she added.
Omar Nahas, representing the same team from Lebanon, said he and his team had found the sessions very beneficial. “We had never thought of a debating competition in Arabic but QatarDebate has made it possible,” he said, adding “all the team members are eager to participate in the competition and I hope we will be able to put up a good performance.
“Above all we were able to make a lot of friends from various countries in the Arab region which is just fantastic,” he said.
After today and tomorrow’s preliminary rounds at CNAQ, the semi-finals will be held on Thursday morning, before the grand final to be hosted at Education City in the evening.