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The Impact of Growing China-GCC Cultural, Education, and Research Relations on Gulf Society
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
Over the past 15 years Gulf China relations have grown exponentially and involved all manner of business, energy, trade, political, and cultural relations. As these two regions of major economic power draw away from ...
China in the Middle East: Foreign Direct Investment, Economic Transformation, and Regional, Development
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
This paper unpacks the complicated manners in which Chinese investment has taken shape in the Middle East, especially the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Rather than focusing on highly emotive (but ...
Special Economic Zone Experience Overseas? Industrial Parks and Ports in the Gulf and China's Presence
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
The Gulf countries have shifted to a new development paradigm in which more dynamics are pursued. The evolution of industrial parks and ports facilitates local development and boosts connectivity. As industrial parks and ...
Impact of Gender-related Legal Regulations on Pursuing Sustainable Development: A study of Kuwait's National Development Plan (Vision 2035)
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
This paper seeks to analyze the impact of gender inequality on the Sustainable Development Goals 2030 as expressed in the UN Post-Millennium global program. More specifically, it aims to illustrate how gender equality and ...
Art in Contact Zone: The Trans-regional Cultural Policy Making in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar and the Formation of New Artistic Movements
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
Dubai and Doha attempt to be known as transcultural places. These cities try to be situations that Mary Louise Pratt named "contact zone". Mary Louise Pratt as a postcolonial theorist tries to use "contact zone" concept ...
Youth as Barometer of Socio-cultural Change in Iran
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
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
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
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
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
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 ...
Mapping biodiversity conservation priorities for protected areas: A case study in Xishuangbanna Tropical Area, China
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Global biodiversity is declining rapidly, posing a severe threat to ecosystem functions and services. Protected Areas (PAs) can be extremely effective in protecting biodiversity, but conservation gaps arise as a result of ...
A systems thinking approach to understanding the challenges of achieving the circular economy
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Springer Nature
, 2020 , Article)
Circular economy (CE) is extensively discussed around the globe. Presently, discussions are mostly concerned with the importance of achieving CE and the benefits associated therewith, with the various barriers surrounding ...