On 21 December 2016, the Political Science Department received Dr Arwa Hassan Al-Sayed from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who delivered a great speech to students in the department on diplomatic competency in preparing future diplomats in Bahrain where she highlighted the establishment of a new institute for diplomatic studies.

Among many topics, she discussed several issues with regards to human rights in general and women rights in particular. The discussion was highly interactive with the students under the facilitation of Dr. Khaleel Ibrahim Ahmad, with presence of faculty members of the department.