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The Sudden Cost of Unexpected Threats: The Novel Coronavirus and Dubai
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Gulf Studies Center
, 2020 , Article)
The economy of Dubai is remarkable in that it has moved away from an oil-based to one in which 95% of its income is derived from non-oil sectors. This diversification has been possible thanks to the real estate, tourism, ...
Covid-19 in Kuwait: An Opportunity for the Government
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Gulf Studies Center
, 2020 , Article)
The first Covid-19 disease case was found in Kuwait on February 24th, 2020 when a Kuwaiti citizen was tested positive after coming back from Iran. Since then, the Kuwaiti government has taken many measures to contain its ...
Saudi Arabia: More Room for Wahhabism Lite?
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Gulf Studies Center
, 2020 , Article)
The Saudi government was surprisingly quick to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic. One of the decisive measures it took was closing the holy sites of Mecca and Medina, something which had not happened since Napoleon invaded ...
Covid-19 in Saudi Arabia: Beyond the health crisis
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Gulf Studies Center
, 2020 , Article)
The Covid-19 pandemic is already exerting a heavy economic toll on all areas of the world. The energy producing countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) make no exception. In Saudi Arabia, the economic impact of the ...
Covid-19 Crisis and Iran-Turkey-Qatar Relations: Economic Downgrade and Corona Diplomacy
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Gulf Studies Center
, 2020 , Article)
The Covid-19 pandemic has become a global issue beyond being a health crisis alone. Since its emergence in China, the virus has spread to every continent except Antarctica. The Middle East is no exception and the socio-economic ...
Covid-19 in War-Ravaged Yemen: Ends or doubles the war?
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Gulf Studies Center
, 2020 , Article)
Yemen is a suffering war zone since the beginning of the civil war in 2014, out of the clash between Yemeni government in Sana'a' and the Northern tribes, mainly, the Houthi insurgents. As of 2020, after two military ...
Pandemic threatens to drive wedge into US-Gulf relations
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Gulf Studies Center
, 2020 , Article)
It is early days, but first indications are that the global pandemic is entrenching long-drawn Middle Eastern geopolitical, political, ethnic, and sectarian battle lines rather than serving as a vehicle to build bridges ...
Covid-19, a Common Threat towards Intrusive Regionalism
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Gulf Studies Center
, 2020 , Article)
The Covid-19 pandemic news has become the top headline of almost all international media and the topic of everyday conversation among people. Coronavirus, like international terrorism is a global challenge to both states ...
Immune Modulatory Effects of Vitamin D on Viral Infections.
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MDPI
, 2020 , Article)
Viral infections have been a cause of mortality for several centuries and continue to endanger the lives of many, specifically of the younger population. Vitamin D has long been recognized as a crucial element to the ...
Platforms Exploited for SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Development.
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MDPI
, 2020 , Article Review)
The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the only zoonotic-origin coronavirus (CoV) that has reached the pandemic stage. The virus uses its spike (S) glycoprotein to attach to the host cells ...