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Social Science and Humanities in Future University
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Springer International Publishing
, 2023 , Book chapter)
A strong argument for the need of a systematic road map to the Universities of the Future, in the context of radical disruptions such as globalization, the COVID-19 pandemic, and its resultant virtual learning trends, is ...
Energy Security and Diplomacy: A Double- Edged Sword. The Case Study of Saudi Arabia and Iran
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Springer Nature
, 2023 , Book chapter)
Conflicts of energy security have consumed a large fraction of the global agenda and political debates in recent years. Traditionally, the insta- bility in the Middle East has been constructed by a weave of colonial ...
Dealing with the Challenges: GCC Institutional Responses to the Covid-19 and Arab Spring
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Springer Nature
, 2023 , Book chapter)
Like it happened after the Arab Uprisings in 2011, a development originated outside the GCC region-the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic-directly affected all its members and required a quick reaction from the authorities. ...
Gulf Energy Security During the COVID- 19: From the Security of Supply to the Security of Demand
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Springer Nature
, 2023 , Book chapter)
During 2019-2020, neither the outbreak of coronavirus nor growing domestic issues were able to prevent the US and Iran from continuing their confrontation. While being nothing of a new, these tensions unintentionally ...
Challenges Facing the Gulf Petroleum Industry: Covid-19, New Technologies, Energy Transition
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Springer Nature
, 2023 , Book chapter)
The outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic and the resulting economic downturn have undermined the already weakened position of the global oil and gas industry. Since the transportation sector depends on 60 percent of energy ...
Introduction : GCC Hydrocarbon Economies and COVID
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Springer Nature
, 2023 , Book chapter)
The negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the hydrocarbon producers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is raising serious questions about the need to change the focus of Gulf energy security from the necessity ...
Gulf's Migrant Workers Amidst Covid-19 and Workforce Nationalization: A Focus on Qatar's Social Protection Systems
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Springer Nature
, 2023 , Book chapter)
In the early 1970s, oil prices skyrocketed and the resource-rich Gulf states pursued infrastructural development. This created a massive labor demand in the construction, infrastructure, and oil sectors. Foreign labor ...
GHG emission reduction via multiple fuel options in carbon-constrained industrial clusters
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2023 , Book chapter)
This paper primarily investigates the effect of incorporating multiple fuel options onto carbon constrained industrial clusters. The purpose of doing so was to maximize the profit through the optimal allocation of multiple ...
Agricultural applications
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Book chapter)
The agro-industrial activities related to the three most cultivated palm tree species worldwide namely, oil palm, date palm, and coconut palm generate a large amount of residues during pre- and post-harvest processes. ...
The 2017 Gulf Crisis and Changes in Qatar's Economic Landscape
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Springer
, 2023 , Book chapter)
This chapter analyzes the major transformations that Qatar's economy went through during the 2017 Gulf crisis. This chapter argues that the Gulf crisis has proved to be a "blessing in disguise." Qatar confronted unprecedented ...