• Motives for Choosing to Study in International Branch Campuses in Qatar: Focusing on Nationalities in "National-minority States" 

      NAKAJIMA, Yusuke ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference)
      This paper clarifies the motives of students to study in International Branch Campuses (IBCs) in Qatar. In Qatar, a lot of IBCs have been established in Education City, for example, Georgetown University, Carnegie Mellon ...
    • Youth as Barometer of Socio-cultural Change in Iran 

      Tajmazinani, Ali Akbar ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference)
      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 ...
    • Migration and Social Change in the Gulf: A Comparative Study in the Six Gulf States 

      Rahman, Anisur ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference)
      Migration and flow of people across the world is rapidly growing today. It was estimated that there were about 272 million migrants globally in 2019 which roughly constitutes of 3.2% of the world population. The Gulf ...
    • 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)
      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 ...
    • Chai Karak: The Politics of Tea and its Impact on the Status of South Asians in the United Arab Emirates 

      Moaswes, Abdulla ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference)
      Chai karak is a popular tea beverage in in the UAE and the other Arab Gulf states that is widely consumed across class and ethnic lines, particularly among wealthy UAE citizens and the poorer South Asian manual labourers ...
    • 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)
      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 ...
    • Comments on Transnational Generations 

      YAMAMOTO, Sumiko; D'SOUZA, Rohan ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference)
    • Aspirations for Pursuing the Prominent Leadership Roles in the Academia: Perspectives of Kuwaiti Women 

      Alnaser, Fahed; Shaukat, Sadia ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference)
      Since 1938, oil was discovered in Kuwait that made a progressive source of socio- economic growth. In addition to that, Kuwait took initiatives to start adult education programs for women who followed by parallel programs ...
    • Identity and Globalisation: Tribal Identity in the Age of Social Media 

      Al-Etaibi, Abdulla ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference)
      The age of globalisation and technology have provided people with a platform to stay connected with each other. As elsewhere, social media is rapidly spreading in the Gulf region and creating a virtual forum for people to ...
    • 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)
      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 ...
    • 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)
      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 ...
    • Education and Empowerment of Women in the GCC States 

      Ahmed, Sumaiyah ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference)
      According to the popular view, 21st century is regarded as an era of women. The rising tide of educating and empowering women has considerably influenced the lives of women in every walk of life throughout the world. ...
    • 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)
      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 ...
    • 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)
      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 ...
    • Analysis of the Women's Status in the Process of Iran's Socio-political Development in Last Forty Years 

      Mousanejad, Maliheh ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference)
      Women's participation in political and social development is the one of the most important indicators in the process of sustainable development of societies. The present study examines the status of women's participation ...
    • The Qatari Identity: Crisis, Change and Transition 

      Al-Shamlan, Maryam Tariq Marzooq ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference)
      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 ...
    • Emerging Transnational Identities: Indian Skilled Migration in the UAE 

      Bortolazzi, Omar ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference)
      India has been the source of the largest annual outflows to the GCC countries. The increasing significance of GCC countries as a destination for migrant workers is illustrated by the change in total migrant stock in those ...
    • Reverse Orientalism? French Salafis' Fascination with Saudi Arabia 

      Adraoui, Mohamed Ali ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference)
      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 ...
    • Yemen, the wound that still bleeds in the Middle East 

      Foyth, Joel ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference)
      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 ...
    • GCC and Political Divide: An Analysis of Potentials and Risks 

      Moniruzzaman, M. ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference)
      The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) since its establishment in 1981 has made tremendous achievements over the past forty years in economic, social, military, scientific and educational sectors which made the body to think ...