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Chai Karak: The Politics of Tea and its Impact on the Status of South Asians in the United Arab Emirates
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)Chai karak is a popular tea beverage in in the UAE and the other Arab Gulf states that is widely consumed across class and ethnic lines, particularly among wealthy UAE citizens and the poorer South Asian manual labourers ... -
Challenges Facing the Gulf Petroleum Industry: Covid-19, New Technologies, Energy Transition
( 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 ... -
Challenges for Middle Eastern Petroleum Exports: Regional Conflicts or Internal Instability?
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2019 , Conference Paper)What are the main challenges impacting the exports of oil and gas from the Middle East to the global markets? The focus has always been on the regional conflicts such as the Arab oil embargoes applied in the aftermath ... -
Challenges to Re-Structuring Iran's Energy Industry
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2019 , Conference Paper)Ad hoc macro policies to generate added value revenue from crude oil, in part by investing in petrochemicals, drives Iran's energy sector to mitigate the impact of US-led sanctions. Similar policies aim to offer crude oil ... -
Changing Paradigm in The Global LNG Market: Opportunities And Risks For Major Suppliers in The Gulf Region
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2019 , Conference Paper)Beginning from early this decade, global LNG market is going through dramatic changes. The market is increasingly becoming oversupplied and competitive by new large volumes from Australia, USA and Russia. At the same ... -
Childcare in Bahrain: The Role of Extended Family and Domestic Workers
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2023 , Conference Paper)This paper explores the role of extended family and domestic workers in childcare among Bahraini families, delving into parental responsibilities, childcare arrangements, and individuals' navigation between family, care, ... -
China in the Middle East: Foreign Direct Investment, Economic Transformation, and Regional, Development
( 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 ... -
China's economic and political presence in the Middle East and South Asia
( Routledge , 2022 , Book)This book explores a range of key issues connected to China's relations with countries in the Middle East and South Asia. It discusses economic and political connections, and projects which have arisen as part of China's ... -
Comments on Transnational Generations
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Contemporary issues in Qatar’s food security
( Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore , 2018 , Other)Qatar is one of the richest countries in the world. However, its domestic food production is so low that over 90 percent of its food supply has to be imported. This article provides some stylised facts on Qatar’s food ... -
Contemporary Qatar : Examining State and Society
( Springer , 2021 , Book)This book addresses critical topics and unanswered questions on the contemporary state of Qatar. Drawing together a unique combination of authors that have researched the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in general, and the ... -
Contemporary Qatar Through the State and Society: An Introduction
( Springer , 2021 , Book chapter)"Inside Contemporary Qatar: An examination of State and Society" is an interdisciplinary book that includes the following themes, the politics and security of Qatar, the political economy and natural resources of Qatar, ... -
Corporate Choice between Conventional Bonds and Sukuk Issuance: Evidence from GCC Countries
( Elsevier , 2018 , Article)Although there have been recent developments in respect of the diversification of capital markets in GCC countries, the motivations of the firms issuing Sukuk or conventional bonds have remained largely unexplored. Using ... -
Countering The Growing Cyber Threat To Gulf Security
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2021 , Conference Paper)The global threat of cyber attacks from hostile international and domestic actors against states, commercial enterprises and private individuals is rising exponentially. Foreign states use cyber operations against governments, ... -
COVID-19 and Migrant Workers in the Gulf
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)As the global COVID-19 crisis unfolds, the Gulf countries faces an unprecedent challenge of containing the spread of the virus among the non-national residents. Since migrants in Gulf countries live primarily in labour ... -
COVID-19 and Plummeting Oil Prices; a Time of Reckoning for Oman
( Gulf Studies Center , 2020 , Article)As Oman braces itself to embark on the 'Oman 2040 Vision', the year 2020 comes as a year of reckoning in several regards. The death of Sultan Qaboos on 10th January, marked the beginning of an era where state institutions ... -
Covid-19 Crisis and Iran-Turkey-Qatar Relations: Economic Downgrade and Corona Diplomacy
( 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 Kuwait: An Opportunity for the Government
( 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 ... -
Covid-19 in Qatar: Well Versed in Crisis Management
( Gulf Studies Center , 2020 , Article)As of April 13th 2020, Qatar has 2979 positive cases of Covid-19. Like a number of other countries, Qatar was caught off guard by the novel respiratory virus. Initially assessed as posing a low risk to the country, the ... -
Covid-19 in Saudi Arabia: Beyond the health crisis
( 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 ...
