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    • Labor Camp Surveys in GCC Countries: Group Quarter Subsampling 

      Le K.T.; Pancratz S.; Diop A. ( SAGE Publications Inc. , 2019 , Article)
      The Gulf Cooperation Council is a regional cooperation of six Middle Eastern countries-Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman. A common feature of these countries is the existence of many ...
    • Labour reforms in Qatar: continuity and change in perceptions and attitudes among citizens and migrant workers 

      Diop, Abdoulaye; Jatić, Šemsia; Trung Kien, Le; Holmes, John Lee Pratt; Madeeha, Muznah; ... more authors ( Routledge [Taylor & Francis] , 2023 , Article)
      Hosting the FIFA World Cup was a pivotal moment for Qatar and the broader Arab region, attracting attention, tourism, and economic benefits. However, it also intensified global scrutiny of Qatar's labor laws that govern ...
    • Language and Nature in Southern and Eastern Arabia 

      Al-Ghanim, Kaltham; Watson, Janet C.E. (2020 , Article)
      This paper examines the relationship between language and nature in southern and eastern Arabia. The work is the result of a two-year interdisciplinary network between the University of Leeds and Qatar University, with ...
    • Legacy perceptions among Qatari nationals: What legacies will the 2022 World Cup bring? 

      Kaplanidou, Kyriaki; Al Emadi, Ahmed; Diop, Abdoulaye; Sagas, Michael; Ahmed Elmaghraby, Engi ( European Association for Sport Management conference , 2016 , Conference Paper)
      Qatar has been awarded to host the 2022 World Cup. For the Middle East this event can bring a number of changes in the region for sport and urban development. Given that the event was awarded very early in Qatar (2010) by ...
    • Lifetime prevalence and potential determinants of psychotic experiences in the general population of Qatar 

      Khaled, Salma M.; Wilkins, Stacy Schantz; Woodruff, Peter ( Cambridge University Press , 2020 , Article)
      Background To estimate the lifetime prevalence and potential determinants of psychotic experience(s) (PEs) in the general population of Qatar-a small non-war afflicted, conservative, high-income, middle-eastern country ...
    • Livestock Practices: Traditional Animal Holdings Classification in Qatar 2020 Towards Sustainable Food Security 

      Elawad, Elmogiera; Atta, Muzzamil; Agied, Mohammed; Ahmed, Mohamed; Alyahri, Hussein; ... more authors ( ASSOC ADVANCEMENT ZOOLOGY , AZADANAGAR COLONY RUSTAMPUR, GORAKHPUR, INDIA , 2023 , Article)
      Background: Traditional animal holdings (TAH) in Qatar face many managerial challenges, such as inadequate usage of land capacity, low levels of animal productivity and low economic returns. The top priority of the Ministry ...
    • Mapping urban living standards and economic activity in developing countries with energy data 

      Agyemang, Felix S.K.; Memon, Rashid; Fox, Sean ( Public Library of Science , 2023 , Article)
      Urban data deficits in developing countries impede evidence-based planning and policy. Could energy data be used to overcome this challenge by serving as a local proxy for living standards or economic activity in large ...
    • Maternal and child health in the occupied Palestinian territory 

      Abdul Rahim, Hanan; Wick, Laura; Halileh, Samia; Hassan-Bitar, Sahar; Chekir, Hafedh; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2009 , Article)
      The Countdown to 2015 intervention coverage indicators in the occupied Palestinian territory are similar to those of other Arab countries, although there are gaps in continuity and quality of services across the continuum ...
    • Meanings of Women's Agency: A Case Study from Qatar on Improving Measurement in Context 

      Qutteina, Yara; James-Hawkins, Laurie; Al-Khelaifi, Buthaina; Youn, Kathryn M. ( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2019 , Article)
      The measurement of women's agency poses numerous challenges, including multi-dimensionality and context-specificity. This challenge is especially large for non-Western contexts that adapt measurement instruments without ...
    • Meanings of Women's Agency: Improving Measurement in Context 

      Qutteina, Yara; James-Hawkins, Laurie; Al-Khelaifi, Buthaina A.; Yount, Kathryn M. ( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)
      Decades of research has been conducted to understand the processes that under gird women's empowerment and one of its core components-women's agency. However, few inroads have been made into the study of how these processes ...
    • Measuring Citizens Satisfaction of E-Government and Transparency in the State of Qatar 

      Al-Kubisi, Ali Selham (2020 , Article)
      E-Government has become a global phenomenon. Governments, both in developed and developing world, are making significant investments in order to gain more efficient, open and interactive government. In this study, the ...
    • Measuring Parental Involvement in Dual-Earner Qatari Families 

      Lari, Noora; Al-Emadi, Noor ( Springer , 2021 , Article)
      Parental involvement in dual-earner families is a subject that has been widely studied in the literature in Western contexts. Less attention, however, has been allocated to the challenges that dual-earner families encounter ...
    • Migrant Worker Well-Being and Its Determinants: The Case of Qatar 

      Ewers, Michael C.; Diop, Abdoulaye; Le, Kien Trung; Bader, Lina ( Springer , 2020 , Article)
      Despite significant media attention and criticism, we know very little about the living and working conditions of low-income migrants in the Arab Gulf states, how migrants themselves view these conditions, or what factors ...
    • Migration Policies across the GCC: Challenges in Reforming the Kafala 

      Diop, Abdoulaye; Johnston, Trevor; Le, Kien Trung ( Gulf Research Center Cambridge , 2018 , Book chapter)
      Much of the debate over immigration policy in the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar) revolves around the kafala, or sponsorship system. In ...
    • Mobile Disruptions in the Middle East: Lessons from Qatar and the Arabian Gulf Region in Mobile Media Content Innovation 

      Pavlik, John V; Dennis, Everette E; Mersey, Rachel Davis; Gengler, Justin ( Routledge , 2018 , Book)
      Mobile Disruptions in the Middle East identifies trends in mobile media use in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates and, more broadly, explores their impact on the nature of digital journalism. Mobility has long been an ...
    • Mobility Competitiveness and Security: Expatriate Perspectives from Qatar 

      Ewers, Michael Christopher; Shockley, Bethany; Nardis, Yioryos ( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2018 , Conference Paper)
      Introduction: In order to create and sustain a competitive, knowledge-based economy, Qatar must be able to continually attract, retain and integrate expatriate workers. As described in the Qatar National Development Strategy ...
    • MOOCs and International Capacity Building in a UN Framework: Potential and Challenges 

      Lambert, Laurent A; Hassan, Hisham ( Springer, Cham , 2018 , Book chapter)
      This chapter highlights the high potential and challenges involved with developing Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) for capacity building and climate-friendly technology transfer within the United Nations (UN) system. ...
    • MOTIVATION AND LEARNING: A SURVEY STUDY IN PREPARATORY AND SECONDARY LEVELS IN QATARI SCHOOLS 

      Ben Fadhel, Slaheddine; Sellami, Abdellatif; Adawi, Taha Rabia Taha ( Progressive Academic Publishing , 2019 , Article)
      Many studies have investigated the key role that motivation plays in student performance and academic achievement across different grade levels. Using survey methodology, this study aimed at determining student motivation ...
    • Needs, Preferences, and Recommendations of Charity Executives and Experts 

      Lambert, Laurent; Hassan, Hisham; Hassaine, Hichem ( SESRI , 2017 , Report)
      Humanitarian actors in Qatar have understood the many benefits that technological and process innovations could generate for the benefit of all. Results from the survey of charity executives and experts show a preference ...
    • No (Gulf) Country for Syrian Refugees 

      Ewers, Michael; Gengler, Justin ( The Council on Foreign Relations , 2015 , Article)
      A common reaction to the ongoing migrant crisis has been to blame Europe: how can the wealthy nations of western Europe allow such a tragedy? More recently, however, media and popular scrutiny have turned back toward the ...