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    • The Covid-19 Pandemic: Vulnerability of Migrant workers in the GCC States 

      Rahman, Md Mizanur ( Gulf Studies Center , 2020 , Article)
      The six member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates) contain some of the highest numbers of migrants of any country in the world. Estimated at as many ...

    • The Dilemma of Being Gulf-born NRIs: An Analysis of Cases in Kuwait 

      MATSUKAWA, Kyoko ( 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 ...

    • The Disability Price Tag in Qatar 

      Shaban, Sabika; Amin, Hira ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2023 , Conference Paper)
      At the intersection of age and ability, children with disabilities (CWDs) have historically been considered a highly vulnerable group. Managing disabilities is a complex endeavor, requiring a support system that encompasses, ...

    • The Dominant Discourse Representing Iranian National Identity in Social Media: A Case Study of Twitter 

      Amin, Majidifard; Majidifard, Ehsan; Hajmalek, Muhammad Mahdi ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      Identity is defined through the comparison of oneself to the other and it is rooted in human beings' need to be different and distinguished from others. From a post-structualist viewpoint, identity is plural, dynamic and ...

    • The dynamics of energy geopolitics in the Gulf and Qatar's Foreign relations with East Asia 

      Piet, Remi; Wright, Steven ( Springer Singapore , 2016 , Book chapter)
      Five GCC countries have developed shortages of natural gas, while Qatar possesses the third largest reserves of natural gas globally, and yet no meaningful GCC-wide gas network exists. Qatar's commercially grounded energy ...

    • The emergence of new immigrant organisations in the USA: collective engagement 

      Rahman, Md Mizanur ( Routledge , 2023 , Article)
      Immigrant organisations tend to engage with immigrant communities within a host country and their country of origin through various transnational activities. This study explores the emergence of immigrant organisations ...

    • The Existing Initiatives to Establish Regional Security Arrangement in the Region Towards a Desirable Model 

      Dehghani, Hamid Reza; Abbasi, Fahimeh ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2021 , Conference Paper)
      Security, stability, and cooperation are the missing links in our region. Over the last few decades, many attempts have been made to establish the security mechanism such as UNSCR 598, where requests UN Secretary- General ...

    • The Family Role of Young Saudi Men in Transforming Kingdom : Case Studies from the Regions 

      Thompson, Mark C. ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2023 , Conference Paper)
      Women's empowerment, widespread entertainment, and a breakdown of gender segregation: in much of international reporting and academic literature, these exemplify the 'new Saudi Arabia' freed from the more restrictive ...

    • The GCC from the hegemony of one to the balance of power to all 

      Altiok, Huzeyfe; Baycar, Hamdullah ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2021 , Conference Paper)
      Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) was founded by six monarchies to protect the small members from regional threats, namely Iran and Iraq. However, the failure of the GCC to stop the Kuwaiti invasion questioned the organisation's ...

    • The Gender-Pay Gap and the Family in the Gulf: Root Causes, Implications and Policy Response 

      Al-Ahmadi, Hala ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      Despite the remarkable progress in women's status in countries of the Gulf gender equality remains unfulfilled. According to evidence, the Gulf has been underperforming on the arena of women's economic participation, ...

    • The Geopolitics of Energy Transitions in Arab Gulf States 

      Ulrichsen, Kristian Coates ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2019 , Conference Paper)
      The energy-based political economies of the Arab Gulf States are entering a period of significant change as a combination of domestic challenges and regional tensions intersect with the rise of a new generation of more ...

    • The Gulf as a Global Contact Zone: Chronotopic identities and (linguistic) landscapes 

      Lombezzi, Letizia ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      Migration, transformation, and urbanization emerge as the key- factors that brought changes in the Gulf area. Social change as changes in social interaction involve differently different segments of population, according ...

    • The Gulf dream: A study of Representation of Arab and Indian Family in Malayalam Cinema 

      Ahmed, Nehal ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2023 , Conference Paper)
      The extensive migration of labour from India to the Gulf states has brought about notable shifts in Indian society, encompassing social, political, economic, and cultural dimensions. Malayalis from the state of Kerala, a ...

    • The Gulf States and the Petroyuan 

      Pichitkanjanakul, Vorachai Israsena; اسرازينا, فورتساي ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2019 , Conference Paper)
      The introduction of the petroyuan has caused a significant shift in the global energy market today. As a result, the new financial system will appear in a new crude pricing benchmark based in Asia, known as the Shanghai ...

    • The Impact of Growing China-GCC Cultural, Education, and Research Relations on Gulf Society 

      Armijo, Jacqueline ( 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 ...

    • The Impact of Personal Communication Technology on the Family Interaction and Wellbeing in Saudi Arabia: A Qualitative Analysis 

      AlGhalib, Saddiga ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2023 , Conference Paper)
      A strong and healthy familial bond contributes to an individual's wellbeing and happiness. Positive family support at different stages of life is crucial to having a sense of belonging, improved self-esteem and self-worth, ...

    • The Impact of the 2022 FIFA World Cup on Iran: A Clean Sheet for Scoring Political Points 

      Tazmini, Ghoncheh ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2022 , Conference Paper)
      In this discussion, I examine the impact of Iran's qualification in the 2022 FIFA World Cup on the Iranian community. With the event being hosted in Qatar, a nation with which Iran has favourable diplomatic relations, ...

    • The Iraq-Iran war causes; a theoretical reexamination 

      Ghurab, Salem ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2021 , Conference Paper)
      On 22 September 1980, Iraqi forces started their invasion of Iran, heralding the longest conventional war in the twentieth century. A year earlier, both Saddam Hussein in Iraq and Ruhallah Khomeini in Iran consolidated ...

    • The painters of modern life. Family, family roles and space in the first generation of contemporary Qatari painters 

      Alonso, Javier Guirado ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2023 , Conference Paper)
      In the 1970s, a group of Qatari artists started to depict the changes in livelihoods in the country since the 1960s. These group of artists, better exemplified by the Three Friends (Youssef Ahmad, Mohammed Ali Abdullah, ...

    • The privatization of Saudi ARAMCO and the future of national oil companies of the Gulf 

      Kozhanov, Nikolay ( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2019 , Conference Paper)
      On November 3, 2019, Saudi Arabia announced that the national oil company, Saudi Aramco, would be partially privatized. The process is scheduled to begin on November 17. This news made a lot of noise. First, for the first ...