• Privileged but Immobile: Citizenship and Career Path of the Youths of Bicultural Families in Kuwait 

      WATANABE, Akiko ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      This paper aims to depict privilegedness yet immobilities of the youths of bicultural families on their citizenship and career path, particularly on the second generations who have roots of Filipino traits on one side and ...
    • 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 ...
    • Social Media in the GCC`s Countries - Facilitator or Curse for Generation "Z"? 

      Pripoae, Ciprian ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      The aim of this paper is to explore the directions and the magnitude of the social change in some of member's states of Golf Cooperation Council (GCC), by analyzing how traditional family interactions and pattern evolution ...
    • Special Economic Zone Experience Overseas? Industrial Parks and Ports in the Gulf and China's Presence 

      Zhou, Luyang ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      The Gulf countries have shifted to a new development paradigm in which more dynamics are pursued. The evolution of industrial parks and ports facilitates local development and boosts connectivity. As industrial parks and ...
    • The Dilemma of Being Gulf-born NRIs: An Analysis of Cases in Kuwait 

      MATSUKAWA, Kyoko ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      This paper attempts to elucidate the dilemma of being Gulf-born NRIs (Non-Resident Indians), focusing especially on cases in Kuwait. As the Arab Gulf States (AGS) rarely offer citizenship to expatriate residents, the ...
    • The Dominant Discourse Representing Iranian National Identity in Social Media: A Case Study of Twitter 

      Amin, Majidifard; Majidifard, Ehsan; Hajmalek, Muhammad Mahdi ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      Identity is defined through the comparison of oneself to the other and it is rooted in human beings' need to be different and distinguished from others. From a post-structualist viewpoint, identity is plural, dynamic and ...
    • The Gender-Pay Gap and the Family in the Gulf: Root Causes, Implications and Policy Response 

      Al-Ahmadi, Hala ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      Despite the remarkable progress in women's status in countries of the Gulf gender equality remains unfulfilled. According to evidence, the Gulf has been underperforming on the arena of women's economic participation, ...
    • The Gulf as a Global Contact Zone: Chronotopic identities and (linguistic) landscapes 

      Lombezzi, Letizia ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      Migration, transformation, and urbanization emerge as the key- factors that brought changes in the Gulf area. Social change as changes in social interaction involve differently different segments of population, according ...
    • The Impact of Growing China-GCC Cultural, Education, and Research Relations on Gulf Society 

      Armijo, Jacqueline ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      Over the past 15 years Gulf China relations have grown exponentially and involved all manner of business, energy, trade, political, and cultural relations. As these two regions of major economic power draw away from ...
    • The Problem of Marginal People and Its Governance in GCC Countries 

      Jie, Chen ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      The emergence of marginal people is the result of globalization. The process of globalization makes population flow an irresistible trend, and the relatively developed countries have a strong attraction to the population ...
    • The Qatari Identity: Crisis, Change and Transition 

      Al-Shamlan, Maryam Tariq Marzooq ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      The paper presents a set of qualitative and quantitative data (including interviews with policy instigators, academics and social/cultural influencers of different age ranges, backgrounds and professions, as well as an ...
    • To Which Extent is the Educational Sector in the Gulf Countries Contributing to Social Change? 

      Hvidt, Martin ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      The overall theme of this conference is social change. This paper focus on one, however important, factor behind social change in the Gulf countries, namely that of education. Each of the Gulf countries have embarked on a ...
    • Transnationalism and Intersectionality: Views and Experiences of Second-Generation Filipino Youth in UAE Cities 

      HOSODA, Naomi ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      Permanent temporariness experienced by Gulf migrants--especially among middle class professionals and their family members--has received increasing scholarly attention over the last decade. Some migrant scholars further ...
    • Volunteers of Oman during the Corona Crisis: An Exploratory Study in the Sociology of Altruism 

      Tabishat, Mohammed ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      Volunteering is a major aspect of contemporary globalized societies. It has long been an indicator for proper functioning of society at large. Further, it made notable difference for individuals, groups and organizations. ...
    • Where rhetoric meets reality: an ethnographic analysis of the sports education sector in Qatar 

      McManus, John ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      This paper explores the growing provision of sports education in the state of Qatar. Since 2010, there has been a rapid increase in new courses in sports administration as part of wider, government-backed initiatives to ...
    • Where's the 'Bedouin' in 'Tribe'? Tribal Ruling in Urban Kuwaiti Society 

      Chay, Clemens ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      In the contemporary era, tribalism has been reframed, time and again, as a primitive social form antithetical to modernity, and by extension, to development. Yet, the inverse is often true. In Kuwait, individuals of tribal ...
    • Yemen, the wound that still bleeds in the Middle East 

      Foyth, Joel ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      In 2011 Yemen began a process of profound political-social changes. At that time, various actors of the multiform civil society mobilized, achieving the removal of their president, who for more than thirty years had governed ...
    • Youth as Barometer of Socio-cultural Change in Iran 

      Tajmazinani, Ali Akbar ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      Young people are regarded as agents of socio-cultural change as well as being subject to structural forces. These dynamics of interaction between agency and structure forms the outcomes of social change in any society. Due ...