Browsing by Subject "Gulf countries"

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    • Building Information Modeling (BIM) for Energy Efficiency Awareness in Gulf Countries 

      Alhamami, Ali Hussain; Abuhussain, Mohammed Awad; Dodo, Yakubu Aminu ( Qatar University Press , 2023 , Conference Paper)
      Energy efficiency in the built environment has been adopted through several initiatives depending on the context of implementation; this paper further assesses Building Information Modelling (BIM) as a toolkit designed to ...

    • COVID-19 and Migrants in the GCC states: Challenges, responses and key lessons 

      Rahman, Md Mizanur ( College of Arts and Sciences - Gulf Studies Center , 2021 , Working Paper)
      As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, the GCC countries face an unprecedented challenge of controlling the spiralling COVID-19 cases. The challenge has become even more formidable in containing the virus among non-national ...

    • Digital youth in Qatar: Negotiating culture and national identity through social media networks 

      Miladi, Noureddine; Messaoud, Moez Ben; Alkhateeb, Ghena; Ashour, Abeer; Al-Mohannadi, Hamda; ... more authors ( Intellect Publishers , 2022 , Article)
      The expanding digital media environment in Qatar is arguably affecting the construction of young people’s identities and the various expressions of who they are. The multiplicity of online digital spaces allows the youth ...

    • Effect of foreign direct investment on domestic enterprises in the gulf countries 

      Mishrif, Ashraf; Al Balushi, Yousuf ( The Institute for Business and Finance Research (IBFR) , 2017 , Article)
      This study examines the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on privately owned domestic firms in the Gulf oil producing countries. It provides its analysis through an examination of the role of FDI in sustainable ...

    • Gender and Return Migration: Gulf Returnees in Ghana 

      Rahman, Md Mizanur; Salisu, Mohammed ( College of Arts and Sciences - Gulf Studies Center , 2021 , Working Paper)
      Labor migration in the Global South is generally conceived as a multidimensional process that comprises three distinct subprocesses: emigration, immigration, and return migration. There is growing consensus that return ...

    • Iran and the Intra-GCC Crisis: Risks and Opportunities 

      Zaccara, Luciano ( foundation for european progressive studies , 2019 , Article)
      The intra-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) crisis started in late May 2017 with the blockade implemented by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt against Qatar, due to its alleged support for terrorist ...

    • Relationship between Inward Investment and Productivity in Oman 

      Mishrif, A.; Balushi, Y.A. ( OMICS International , 2017 , Article)
      This study explores how the peculiarity of economic structure and institutions affect the relationship between inward investment and productivity of domestic firms in Oman. It provides its analysis through an examination ...

    • A systematic review of interventions to promote physical activity in six Gulf countries 

      Nash, Elizabeth A.; Critchley, Julia A.; Pearson, Fiona; Awad, Susanne F.; Abu-Raddad, Laith J.; ... more authors ( Public Library of Science , 2021 , Article)
      Physical activity (PA) levels are low in Gulf Cooperation Council countries (GCC; Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates). We carried out a systematic review (PROSPERO registration number 131817) ...

    • ‘Writing’ small states: contextualizing the construct in the Arab Gulf 

      Sadiki, Larbi; Saleh, Layla ( Springer Nature , 2021 , Article)
      How do IR scholars ‘write’ the Arab Gulf? In attempting to address this question, the focus is twofold: first, the ‘small state’ as a construct and second, its application to the study of Gulf small states. The article ...