Middle East 2025-2026
The 14th Annual Middle East Rounds for 2025-2026 will be held in Cairo in person, 1-4 February 2026.
FINAL RESULTS:
Overall Winner: The British University in Egypt
Runner Up: Ain Shams University
Best Oralist in Finals tie:
Shahd Ashraf, Ain Shams University and Nourine Gad, the British University in Egypt
Best Memorials: Ain Shams University
Best Memorials Runner Up: Cairo University
Best Oralist in the Preliminary Rounds:
Rawan Magdy, German University in Cairo
Runners Up:
Asal Wisam, Applied Science Private University in Jordan and Aisha Azad, Dar Al Hekma University - Saudi Arabia
Marine Morcos, German University in Cairo
Nourine Gad, The British University in Egypt
Norain Gebely, The British University in Egypt
Farah Shaheer, The British University in Egypt
Fagr Rashwan, The British University in Egypt
AbdelRahman Kamal, Cairo University
Maya Mostafa, Ain Shams University and Farah Atatri, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
Qualified Teams:
- Ain Shams University
- Applied Science Private University in Jordan
- Cairo University
- Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
- Dar Al Hekma University - Saudi Arabia
- The British University in Egypt
Middle East 1-4 February
- Online Registration Opens: 1 October 2025
- Registration deadline: 7 November 2025
- Clarifications submitted by: 24 November 2025
- Memos submitted by: 4 January 2026, 23:59 Middle East time (AST, UTC+03:00)
- Registration fee by: 30 January 2026 (If you wish to pay registration fee, please visit our online shop)
If you have any questions regarding the Rounds, please contact the Middle East Competition Coordinators Ahmed F. Khalifa and Ola Nagy at pricemootoxmid@outlook.com
Supported by:
The Middle East rounds is grateful for the generous support of Global Freedom of Expression Initiative at Columbia University.