GCC Debate League
Coming to Dubai 2024-2025
About us
About us
Atlantic Ivy was founded to expand Speech & Debate in Dubai and the GCC. We offer coaching for all ages, led by top instructors, including former head coaches from Oxford and Harvard. Our partnerships with Ivy League universities keep our students on the cutting edge of strategy.
We empower future leaders to express themselves and engage with global issues through Speech & Debate, a skill proven to boost grades, test scores, and college acceptance rates. We offer weekly classes, one-on-one tutoring, and opportunities to compete locally and internationally, including prestigious tournaments like the Harvard and Yale Invitational and the American National Championship.
At UniHawk, we are dedicated mentors committed to your success. Founded by passionate individuals, we guide students to overcome challenges and achieve their dreams through our unique SECI methodology—Socialisation, Externalization, Combination, and Internalization. We go beyond academics, offering tailored support in test prep, college applications, CV building, career coaching, essay writing, and interview preparation.
Our mission
Students everywhere deserve a forum to practice thinking critically and speaking confidently. We founded the Gulf Debate League to bring frequent, reliable, and high-quality debate competition to one of the most rapidly innovating places on earth. With our international focus, experienced leadership, and partnerships with top Universities, we are excited to help schools and students build skills and share ideas.
Our experience
Our team has years of experience running some of the biggest debate tournaments in the world including the North American Universities Debating Championship, North American Debating Championship, and National Speech & Debate tournament. In addition, our team has also helped host other academic events such: Academic events such as personal statement workshops, Speech and drama classes, etc. .
The Events
Harvard Dubai Invitational
- Date: Nov 16 - 17
- Event: Public forum
- Location: Dubai
Oxford Schools
Dubai
- Date: Jan 18-19
- Event: Public forum
- Location: Dubai
Schedule
Schedule
DATE
Nov 16-17
Jan 18-19
Location
Dubai
Tournament
Dubai Harvard Invitational & Oxford Schools Regional Round UAE
Format
British Parliamentary (Five Minutes Speeches) for Oxford Schools, and
Founding Partners
Benefits of Debate
Debaters
Average
Top 10 University
Top 25 University
Top 25 University
Top 50 University
Resource
Resource
Files
Explore our extensive library of practice schedules, event guides, topic preparation, and sample cases
Membership
Sign up to stay in the loop and receive tournament updates, extra resources, and access to lectures from our Ivy League partners for free
Rankings
Check our regularly updated rankings to track your progress, scout the competition, and verify your debate accomplishments
Rankings
Rankings
Rankings will be posted after the first tournament of the year
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Why Debate
In a rapidly changing world, the ability to communicate, think critically, and persuade is vital. Speech & Debate helps students explore complex topics, refute arguments, engage audiences, and connect globally. It also offers a chance to stand out: in 2024, international students can qualify for the National Championship, the world’s largest academic competition.
The stats
87%
Increase in Analytical Thinking Skills
7 times
More Likely to be Admitted to a TOP 10 University
>200
Debate-specific scholarships offered every year
21%
Improvement on English Language Tests
20%
Increase in Grade Point Average
20%
More likely to have a Job after University Graduation
15%
Boost in Social Confidence
10%
Boost in Standardized Test Scores
21%
More likely to be Promoted yearly
Famous debaters
Oprah Winfrey
Legendary Talk Show Host Class of 1971 | East Nashville High School, Tennessee "[Speech and Debate] gives you a sense of confidence in speaking in front of people, a sense of presence, and a sense of pride. It’s about the power of words to influence ideas, to uncover a higher truth, to change minds, and for a lot of people, even to change lives. Oprah Winfey
Elinor Ostrom
Nobel Prize In Economics Class of 1951 | Beverly Hills High School, California “Learning debate was an important early impact on my ways of thinking. You are taught that there are always at least two sides to public policy questions, and you have to learn a good argument for both sides as well as knowing how to critique both sides.” Elinor Ostrom
Samuel Alito
US Supreme Court Justice Class of 1968 | Trenton Hamilton East High School, New Jersey "The skills developed through competitive debate are not limited to helping a legal career: top-notch research skills, quick analytical thinking, and strong public speaking are tools needed to be successful in almost any profession. Samuel Alito