Topics
Series
Media type
Topics
Featured topics
Arts & Media
Economics
Environment
Governance & Politics
Health
Human rights
Peace & Conflict
Social movements
Technology
Series
Featured series
Doha Debates
Doha Debates Podcast
Necessary Tomorrows
The Negotiators
Town Halls
Vox Pops
Media type
All media types
Podcasts
Videos
Articles
Topics
Featured topics
Arts & Media
Economics
Environment
Governance & Politics
Health
Human rights
Peace & Conflict
Social movements
Technology
Series
Featured series
Doha Debates
Doha Debates Podcast
Necessary Tomorrows
The Negotiators
Town Halls
Vox Pops
Media types
Podcasts
Videos
Articles
December 09, 2025

Family: What should be the future of family?

2025 Episode 8 103 MINS

We’re all living in a moment of real strain. More people feel alone than ever. Many of us are laboring to stay healthy, get ahead, or simply keep up. As individuals struggle and societies fracture, a question surfaces: What role does family play in helping us thrive?

Some believe the answer lies in family structure; some say it lies in the quality of family relationships. And still others argue that we’re asking too much of families in the first place—expecting them to shoulder social, economic and cultural pressures that should be shared by governments, institutions and communities.

Join Paul Dolan, Chika Ezeanya Esiobu, Shareefa Fadhel and Wendy R. Wang for a powerful debate on whether the concept of family needs to be defended, reinvented or simply re-centered in a world that’s changing faster than ever.

Participants

NL9A0294 rotated e1765301928502 104 104

Chika Ezeanya Esiobu

Author, researcher and educator

NL9A0300 rotated e1765302754381 104 104

Wendy Wang

Sociologist and data-driven researcher

NL9A0276 rotated e1765303535926 104 104

Paul Dolan

Behavioral scientist, professor and author

NL9A0283 rotated e1765304169788 104 104

Shareefa Fadhel

Culture strategist and women’s leadership advocate

Moderator

unnamed 104 104

Imran Garda

Watch more from this season

DD MS THUMB FAMILY WEB 02 570 320
Arts & Media

Family: What should be the future of family?

Doha Debates
2025Episode 8103 MINS
DD MS THUMB ENTERTAINMENT HORIZONTAL WEB 570 320
Arts & Media

Entertainment: Is entertainment today making us better or worse?

Doha Debates
2025Episode 7106 MINS
06 DD MS THUMB  HORIZONTAL LOVE web 2 570 320
Technology

Love: What is true love today?

Doha Debates
2025Episode 690 MINS
05 DD MS THUMB  HORIZONTAL WEB 1 570 320
Technology

Social Media: Has technology transformed childhood or hijacked it?

Doha Debates
2025Episode 597 MINS
DD MS THUMB MERITOCRACY HORIZONTAL CLEAN 1 570 320
Arts & Media

Meritocracy: Is “earned success” an illusion?

Doha Debates
2025Episode 4106 MINS
DD MS THUMB TRADITIONALISM INTRO HORIZONTAL clean47 jpg 570 320
Arts & Media

Traditionalism: Should ancient wisdom guide our societies today?

Doha Debates
2025Episode 3103 MINS
DD MS THUMB ARCHITECTURE HORIZONTAL CLEAN 570 320
Arts & Media

Architecture: Have we lost touch with beauty in the world we’ve built?

Doha Debates
2025Episode 2103 MINS
DD MS POSTER NEO FEUDALISM HORIZONTAL CLEAN alt 2 570 320
Economics

Neo-feudalism: Are today’s workers free agents or modern-day serfs?

Doha Debates
2025Episode 1100 MINS

More on this topic

DD MS THUMB ENTERTAINMENT HORIZONTAL WEB 570 320
Arts & Media

Entertainment: Is entertainment today making us better or worse?

Doha Debates
2025Episode 7106 MINS
DD MS THUMB MERITOCRACY HORIZONTAL CLEAN 1 570 320
Arts & Media

Meritocracy: Is “earned success” an illusion?

Doha Debates
2025Episode 4106 MINS
DD MS THUMB TRADITIONALISM INTRO HORIZONTAL clean47 jpg 570 320
Arts & Media

Traditionalism: Should ancient wisdom guide our societies today?

Doha Debates
2025Episode 3103 MINS
DD MS THUMB ARCHITECTURE HORIZONTAL CLEAN 570 320
Arts & Media

Architecture: Have we lost touch with beauty in the world we’ve built?

Doha Debates
2025Episode 2103 MINS
240923 DD BLF Interviews Nabila WEB 570 320
Arts & Media

Nabila Ramdani Explains How Social Media Has Fueled Citizen Journalism

3 MINS
240923 DD BLF Interviews Abdul WEB 570 320
Arts & Media

Abdul Rahman Azzam on Free Speech and Western Hypocrisy

3 MINS
240924 DD BLF Interviews Dorian WEB 570 320
Arts & Media

Dorian Lynskey on the Limitations of Free Speech

3 MINS
240923 DD BLF Interviews Naz WEB 570 320
Governance & Politics

MP Naz Shah on the Politics of Free Speech

3 MINS
240814 DD BLF Vo Pop YT WEB 570 320
Arts & Media

Doha Debates asks: Does Western Media Get the Story Right?

Vox Pops
4 MINS
240711 DD BLF E plainer WEB 570 320
Arts & Media

How Western Narratives Shape Our Understanding

Explainer
4 MINS