Browsing Gulf Studies by Author "Rahman, Md Mizanur"

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    • 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 ...

    • Development of Bangladeshi immigrant entrepreneurship in Canada 

      Rahman, Md Mizanur ( SAGE , 2018 , Article)
      Canada has developed a comprehensive immigration policy to accept different types of immigrants under its economic, family and humanitarian immigration categories. Canada invites over a quarter-million immigrants in a year. ...

    • Disgraceful return: Gulf migration and shifting national narratives amid COVID-19 

      Rahman, Md Mizanur; Luna, Sabnam Sarmin; Raj, Pranav ( Taylor & Francis , 2023 , Article)
      Several Asian countries that encourage international migration of labour call their emigrants ‘national heroes and heroines’ because of their contributions to foreign currency reserves and subsequent national development. ...

    • 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 ...

    • Gulf householding: implications of gulf migration for social reproduction 

      Rahman, Md Mizanur; Alshawi, Ali A.Hadi; Raj, Pranav ( Taylor & Francis , 2024 , Article)
      This paper introduces the idea of ‘Gulf householding’ to reflect on migrant households that send their members to the Arab Gulf states for work and rely on material and non-material supports for formation and sustenance ...

    • Gulf Migrants Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for the Global South 

      Rahman, Md Mizanur; Hasan, Mehedi ( Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Press) , 2022 , Article)
      As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, countries in the global South face an unprecedented challenge of holding back the spiralling COVID-19 cases. The challenge has become even more formidable in containing the virus among ...

    • The Middle East and North Africa (MENA): Fragility, Fragmentation, and Crisis 

      Ahsan Ullah, A. K.M.; Rahman, Md Mizanur; Chattoraj, Diotima ( Common Ground Research Networks , 2023 , Article)
      The paper examines the fragility, fragmentation, and crisis in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) by dissecting the region into three subregions-Maghreb, Mashreq, and the GCC-and elaborating on their complex contours, ...

    • Migrant wives: dynamics of the empowerment process 

      Luna, Sabnam Sarmin; Rahman, Md Mizanur ( Taylor & Francis (Routledge) , 2018 , Article)
      An increasing number of male migrants are taking part in intra- and inter-regional migration in Asia, leaving their wives behind at home. Their wives, whom we call emigrant wives, often adapt to new roles and responsibilities ...