CONGRATULATIONS

...Celebrations! Well done IBA debaters! May there be many more debates your way :)


and well of course CONRATULATIONS to our IIUM team, who so ardently held up the IIUM pride (he he.. drama much?) 


and with that the Debate Championship came to an end.... 

and the REAL DEAL RESULTS are

                   and tokens of appreciation are been given to the Sponsors of the entire event....

and the Best speaker goes out to: Tasneem Elias

the best speaker for the finals is: Mohamed Abir Hassan

       *the crowd holds their breath........it's....... IBA with a split of 6-3

Participants'

Meor and Khalidah sitting on the steps, anticipating the results. Meor keeps touchinh his shoes for reassurance..

WINNERS YO

and the WINNER issssssssssssssssssssssssssssss   *drum roll.... (*Final countdown plays as the background music.... )

Observing the Grand Finale

the debate picks up as the clashes begins at the whip speeches. Tasnim from IIUM and Md. Abir from IBA... Woohoo... and the crowd awakens...

Oh wait, the reply speeches...  even better..

The Grand Finale is onnnn

International Islamic University Malaysia as the government bench whilst Institute of Business Administration takes Opposition.

And what may the Motion be?

THBT OIC should have its own elected parliament.

Govt Bench: IIUM
Khalida as Prime Minister
Meor as Deputy Prime Minister
and Tasneem as the Whip

Opposition: IBA
Gaushey Shahariar as Opposition Leader
Ashfaqul Hoq Chowdhury as Deputy Opposition Leader
Md. Abir Hasan as Whip

The Grand Finale- is todaaaaay...

and the teams which broke were:


IIUM (Malaysia)  aaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnd  IBA (Bangladesh)


a debate that ought to be watched, indefinitely :p

Semi-Finals

Break for Semi Finals

IIUM
IBA
UM
IUT

and the motions are on Women

1. This house will impose a minimum quota for female teachers on government subsidized madrasas.
2. THBT governments of conservative Muslim countries should fund corporations that employ only women to further the feminist agenda.
3. This house will punish parents who refuse ti send their daughters to school.

Match ups
IIUM (Malaysia)  v  IUT (BD)

Victory Day (No, not debate related)

Happy Victory Day to all the Bangladeshi's!!!!!! May you all be always victorious :p

QUARTER FINALS; Motions

Motions on Democracy

1.THBT OIC should promote democracy amongst its member countries.
2.THBT the West has no right to impose elections on transitioning democracies.
3.This House would give corporations a vote in general elections.

BREAKING TEAMS

Breaking Teams

1. IIUM 1 (Malaysia) - 5 wins
2. NSU 1 (Bangladesh) - 4 wins
3.UITM 1 (Malaysia)- 4 wins
4. BIPEDS (Indonesia)
5.IUT 1 (Bangladesh)
6.UM 1 (Malaysia)
7.IBA 1 (Bangladesh)
8. SWING 1  (not breaking)
9. UGM 1 (Indonesia)

Venue 1: IIUM v UGM
Main Audi: NSU v IBA
Venue 13: UITM 1 v UM 1
Venue 15: BIPEDS v IUT

Observing Round Five

Venue 1:      IIUM 1  v   UM 1

On the Motion: This house believes that OIC should recognize the state of israel in exchange of a two state government.

IIUM on the Government Bench whilst UM at Opposition

Quoting Khalidah, "IIUM seems to always have to defend Israel"...  

Witty repartees between both sides on the 'chicken and egg' issue. 

and we're at the reply speeches, the end is nigh! And who will win? Israel? or Palestine?

Round Five

and the motions are on: "The right thing to do"

1.This house beleives that OIC should recognize the state of israel in exchange of a two state government.

2.This house believes that state should not rebuild in areas prone to natural disasters

3.This house would convict family members of public affairs found guilty of corruption.

The first Motion ought to be debated. Quite the thriller to anticipate OIC countries debating this particular motion.

Observing Round Four

at Venue 2,  NSU 1 and IBA 1 (Dhaka University) are on a roll. The emotions of words spoken in the debate ranged from fiery to passionate to logic and a very calm speech by Mehdi. The question now, is which BD team would take the win?


and O, wot's that, ah yes it's Tasnim's passionate voice rising from the next room. Quite the debater eh :)

Round Four;16th Dec 2010

The Grand dinner last night, was accompanied by a beautiful Nasheed performance, and the crowd kept asking for an encore :p

and Round three has started kicked off with the motions: 

1. THBT member states should grant free movement of labour in the OIC. 

2. THBT the OIC should intervene to protect persecuted ethnic minorities in its member countries.

3. THBT there should be an OIC representative as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.

Round Three

Motions; On Sports


This House believes that OIC member countries should organise a women-only Olympics


This house will punish teams for the misbehaviour of their fans


This house will allow performance enhancing drugs in sports.


(I just got paid. For blogging. By Bro.Latif. 20 cents. I wish that was 20 cents per minute. I'd be a rich person by the end of the day)

Results for Round 1

Room 1:  Government: IUT 1  v  Opposition: Ahlia University 1

Winners: IUT 1 (Bangladesh)

Room2:  Govt: Swing 1 v  Opposition: IUB 1

Winners: Swing 1

Room 3: Govt: UITM 1  v   Opposition: UCTI 1

Winners UITM 1 (Malaysia)

Room 4: Govt: Alexandria University   v   Opposition: IBA 1.

Winners, Opposition: IBA 1(Bangladesh)

Room 6: Govt: IIUM 1  v  Opposition: American University of Central Asia.

Winners: IIUM 1 (Malaysia)

Room 7: Govt: UNISA 1  v Opposition: University of Punjab

Winners: University of Punjab (Pakistan)

Room 8: Govt: Superior University (SU)   v    Opposition:  Kazakhstan Britain Technical University (KBTU 1)

Winners: KBTU 1 (Kazakhstan)

Room 9: Govt: UGM 1 v  Opposition: Cairo University

Winners: UGM 1 (Indonesia)

Room 11: Govt: Qatar Academic Bridge Program 2   v   Opposition: BRAC 1

Winners: BRAC 1 (Bangladesh)

Room 12: Govt: Qatar Academic Bridge Program  1  v  Opposition:

University Malaya (UM 1)

Winners: UM 1 (Malaysia)

Room 13: Govt: University of Helwan  v  Opposition: UKM 1

Winners: UKM 1 (Malaysia)

Room 14: BIPEDS v IUIU Uganda.

Winners to Government Bench, BIPEDS (Indonesia)

Room 15: North South University (NSU) v Universititas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY)

Winners to Governmet Bench: NSU (Bangladesh)

Round Two: Room 3

and The debate is on.


University of Malaya (UM 1) as the Government bench and University of Punjab (PU) takes opposition.


Motion: This House supports Polygamy.


The debate itself is highly ironic as the government bench consists of three girls  while the Opposition, PU are of the male kind. It's a battle between the genders. niiiiceee!!

Round two: Motions

"On Rights"

This House Supports Polygamy

This House understands the French Position to ban the Hijab

This House believes that the State should set the curriculum in religious schools.

these debates ought to be interesting since our debaters come from such OIC cultures :)

and the Bloggers competing

are:    http://reyazqadri.blogspot.com/

http://kayumanis221.wordpress.com/

http://shazminnumb.blogspot.com/


and under the third category for debaters themselves:

http://saadbinamjad.blogspot.com/

http://gaushey.blogspot.com/