 Doha Debates first ran from 2005 to 2012, and in 2018 it was relaunched under a new format using live debates, videos, blogs and podcasts.Journalist Ghida Fakhry is the moderator for the debates, and Nelufar Hedayat is the correspondent.The current managing director is Amjad Atallah, the former editor in chief of Al Jazeera America.