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Application of PERS to Evaluate Walkability in State of Qatar
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Qatar University Press
, 2023 , Conference Paper)
Well-designed pedestrian facilities are essential to promote walking among residents. These facilities also act as safe space for use of cycling and other personal mobility vehicles. In 2018, Ministry of Transport developed ...
Motives for Choosing to Study in International Branch Campuses in Qatar: Focusing on Nationalities in "National-minority States"
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
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 ...
Building a Local Sport Identity: The World Cup and its implications on community sports in Qatar and Saudi Arabia
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2022 , Conference Paper)
The FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar has resulted in more engagement in Qatar to promote local and domestic sport on different levels. Driven by the overarching goal to enhance and improve physical activities among the Qatari ...
Ambivalent Sexism in the State of Qatar: Gender Roles and Patriarchal Attitudes
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International Sociological Association
, 2021 , Conference Paper)
The State of Qatar has undertaken considerable initiatives that prioritize strategies for female empowerment and promote gender equality. This paper investigates whether the effects of these equality initiatives are reflected ...
The Qatari Identity: Crisis, Change and Transition
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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 ...
The 2022 World Cup and the Post-Colonial Narrative Examined
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2022 , Conference Paper)
This paper seeks to examine the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and the Post-Colonial narratives associated with Qatar's attempt at identifying itself out of the frame of modernity set by the West. Sports diplomacy is the device ...
From the Renewed Policy of Sport Mega Events to Prosumerism: Articulating the challenges faced by the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2022 , Conference Paper)
Although research has long focused upon Sport Mega Events (SMEs) in the Global North, it is only in recent decades that a similar level of scrutiny has been applied to SMEs outside of this region, and particularly those ...
The Role of GCC Foreign Aid Policy in Enhancing the Regional Security: The Case of the State of Qatar
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2021 , Conference Paper)
This paper presents an important aspect of the regional security of the GCC region and the neighboring countries. It explores the use of foreign aid policy in GCC states, and the state of Qatar in particular, to enhance ...
Fertility Decline in the GCC: Causes and the Way Forward Evidence from Qatar
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2023 , Conference Paper)
Fertility rates in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have been declining in recent decades. This decline has been attributed to a number of factors, including urbanization, education, and employment opportunities for ...
Rethinking the Family: Migration, Mobility and Urban Space in Doha, Qatar
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2023 , Conference Paper)
This paper commences with a summary of the analytic architecture underpinning my 2011 publication entitled Gulf Migration and the Family. From scholar attendees to the conference, I'm foremost interested in gathering insight ...