Intercollegiate Debate: AOU Bahrain vs AOU Lebanon
On May 14th, 2024, a debate titled "Violent Video Games should be Banned" was held under the auspices of the FLS Deanship-HQ. The participating teams were AOU-Bahrain, arguing for the affirmative, and AOU-Lebanon, arguing the opposing viewpoint. Professor Aziz Thabet Saeed, Dean of the Faculty of Language Studies (FLS), appointed a three-member judging panel from three different Campuses to assess the teams' performance. In their closing remarks, all judges and the FLS Dean acknowledged the strong arguments presented by both teams. Ultimately, AOU-Bahrain team was declared winner. FLS-Bahrain was represented by Prof. Ghada Abdel Hafeez, the FLS local dean, Ms. Courtney Miles, and Mr. Hadi Haidari, while Mr. Ralph Soliman attended from Lebanon.