Browsing Gulf Studies Center by Subject "Saudi Arabia"

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    • Building a Local Sport Identity: The World Cup and its implications on community sports in Qatar and Saudi Arabia 

      Sons, Sebastian ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2022 , Conference Paper)
      The FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar has resulted in more engagement in Qatar to promote local and domestic sport on different levels. Driven by the overarching goal to enhance and improve physical activities among the Qatari ...

    • Challenges to Re-Structuring Iran's Energy Industry 

      Keynoush, Azra Banafsheh ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2019 , Conference Paper)
      Ad hoc macro policies to generate added value revenue from crude oil, in part by investing in petrochemicals, drives Iran's energy sector to mitigate the impact of US-led sanctions. Similar policies aim to offer crude oil ...

    • Neo-Gender Balancing in Saudi Arabia Divorce under Social Exchange Theory 

      Alrebh, Abdullah; Al-Mabuk, Radhi H. ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2023 , Conference Paper)
      The recent and unprecedented reforms introduced by the Saudi government have touched and changed many aspects of the Saudi society. Among the new and open-minded policies that have so affected life for Saudi women and ...

    • Quality of Life (QoL) of the Elderly in GCC region: A case of Taif in Saudi Arabia 

      Khan, Hafiz T.A. ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2023 , Conference Paper)
      In Middle Eastern and Arabic context, the family structure is considered a solid foundation of population growth and is essentially considered an integral part of family ties and developments. However, urbanisation, ...

    • Reverse Orientalism? French Salafis' Fascination with Saudi Arabia 

      Adraoui, Mohamed Ali ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      Recently, French Muslims have been seen by several media outlets and politicians to be increasingly influenced by some of the understandings of Islam generated in Saudi Arabia. While some connections do undoubtedly ...

    • Saudi Arabia and the Emirates' Quest for Alternative Energy: Geopolitics of the Nuclear Option 

      Haghirian, Mehran; Al-Saidi, Mohammad ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2019 , Conference Paper)
      Nuclear energy programs are under formalization in countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), with the UAE's first power plants due to be operational in 2020, and Saudi Arabia's program under development. A ...

    • Saudi Arabia in Struggle for the Chinese Oil Market: the Price War as Necessity 

      Kozhanov, Nikolay ( Gulf Studies Center , 2020 , Article)
      The new agreement between the OPEC members and a group of non-OPEC countries (so called OPEC+ group) that was reached on 12 April 2020 does not necessarily mean the end of the price war. Starting from May, the participants ...

    • The dynamics of energy geopolitics in the Gulf and Qatar's Foreign relations with East Asia 

      Piet, Remi; Wright, Steven ( Springer Singapore , 2016 , Book chapter)
      Five GCC countries have developed shortages of natural gas, while Qatar possesses the third largest reserves of natural gas globally, and yet no meaningful GCC-wide gas network exists. Qatar's commercially grounded energy ...