Research & Polling
Gauging public opinion across the Arab world...
It’s one thing to get the views of the local audience at each Debate, but the Doha Debates are also keen to find out what the rest of the Arab world thinks about the issues we raise.
To that end YouGov, a research and polling company, has been commissioned to seek the views of thousands of people across the region after each of the debates.
In the Gulf, the Levant, North Africa and Iraq respondents have been expressing a broad range of opinions, widening and enriching the debate on some of the most controversial political questions of the day.
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Doha, Qatar, May 18 2010: Six out of 10 Arabs believe that President Obama is too weak to make peace in the Middle East, according to a recent poll commissioned by The Doha Debates.
Doha, Qatar, April 7 2010: : A majority of Arabs say that violence - not peace talks - stands the best chance of resolving the conflict with Israel, according to an opinion poll commissioned by The Doha Debates.
Doha, Qatar, February 8 2009: The vast majority of Arabs have no faith in the Afghan government - and almost a quarter believe the Taliban would be a better option.
Doha, Qatar, January 10: After months of financial gloom, Arabs have given the troubled Emirate of Dubai a resounding vote of confidence, according to an opinion poll, commissioned by The Doha Debates.
Doha, Qatar, December 9, 2009: Eighty percent of Arabs disbelieve Iran's assurances that it will not build nuclear weapons, according to a new region-wide poll, commissioned by The Doha Debates.
Doha, Qatar, November 4: Six out of 10 Arabs support the Scottish government's decision to send the convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi back to Libya on compassionate grounds - but a similar number didn't believe Libya would have done the same.
Doha, Qatar June 17, 2009: Arabs across the Middle East have voiced serious opposition to a recent vote at the Doha Debates that Muslim women should be free to marry the man of their choice.
Doha, Qatar May 22, 2009: Fifty-seven percent of Arabs hold Sudan's President Al-Bashir either partially or entirely responsible for major crimes in Darfur - but more than three quarters of them rejected the warrant for his arrest, issued by the International Criminal Court.
Doha, Qatar April 15, 2009: Americans are showing significant disenchantment with their government's policy towards Israel - and nearly half of them want a more balanced approach to the Middle East conflict.
Doha, Qatar March 17, 2009: A majority of Arabs believe that Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt were wrong to boycott a summit on Gaza, hosted by Qatar last January and many say a new “Cold War” has broken out in the region, according to the latest opinion poll commissioned by the Doha Debates.
Doha, Qatar February 28, 2009: Almost 50 percent of Arabs living in the Middle East believe that Islam is heading for a clash with the West, according to the latest poll commissioned by the Doha Debates.
Doha, Qatar November 30, 2008: Rich Gulf Arabs should not be propping up the world’s struggling economies nor the World Bank or IMF (International Monetary Fund), according to a recent poll in the Middle East, commissioned by the Doha Debates.
Doha, Qatar November 25, 2008 -- 40 percent of Iraqis would have Washington bomb Iran to halt its nuclear weapons programme, while more than half of all Arabs share the US view that a nuclear-armed Tehran is intolerable.
Doha, Qatar October 23, 2008: Almost two thirds of Arabs would choose stability over democracy, according to a poll commissioned by the Doha Debates. A clear majority also said they believed that the Middle East is more democratic today than in 2004.
Nearly two thirds of Arabs believe Sunni-Shia conflict is seriously damaging Islam’s reputation as a religion of peace
Doha, Qatar June 9, 2008: Nearly two thirds of Arabs believe that the Sunni-Shia conflict is seriously damaging Islam’s reputation as a religion of peace, according to a YouGov poll commissioned by the Doha Debates.
Hamas-Fatah conflict a bigger threat to Palestinians than Israel according to poll
DOHA, QATAR 12th May 2008: Nearly 40 per cent of Arabs think that the Hamas-Fatah conflict is a bigger threat to Palestinians than Israel, according to a YouGov poll commissioned by the Doha Debates.
Poll reveals Saudi Arabia at greater risk from religious extremism than any other country
DOHA, QATAR, March 30, 2008: Nearly a third of all Arabs believe that Saudi Arabia is at greater risk from religious extremism than any other country in the world, according to a YouGov poll commissioned by the Doha Debates.
Arab governments and Arab League not doing enough over Darfur
DOHA, QATAR 22nd February 2008: Seven out of 10 Arabs want their governments to do more to end the conflict in Darfur, according to a YouGov poll commissioned by the Doha Debates.
Doha Debates-YouGov Poll reveals Britain’s decline in the Middle East – disagrees with vote at recent debate
DOHA, QATAR 29th December 2007: Six out of 10 Arabs no longer feel Britain has sufficient credibility to be a major player in the Middle East, according to a YouGov poll commissioned by the Doha Debates. In addition, most blamed the UK’s declining influence on its involvement in Iraq.
