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Contemporary Qatar Through the State and Society: An Introduction
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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, ...
Social Media in the GCC`s Countries - Facilitator or Curse for Generation "Z"?
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
The aim of this paper is to explore the directions and the magnitude of the social change in some of member's states of Golf Cooperation Council (GCC), by analyzing how traditional family interactions and pattern evolution ...
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 ...
Social Change in the Gulf Region : Multidisciplinary Perspectives
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Springer Singapore
, 2023 , Book)
This open access book, comprising thirty-nine chapters divided into social, cultural, economic, and political spheres, offers a unique opportunity to dive into the complex, dynamic, and sometimes contradictory transformation ...
Where's the 'Bedouin' in 'Tribe'? Tribal Ruling in Urban Kuwaiti Society
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
In the contemporary era, tribalism has been reframed, time and again, as a primitive social form antithetical to modernity, and by extension, to development. Yet, the inverse is often true. In Kuwait, individuals of tribal ...
Identity and Globalisation: Tribal Identity in the Age of Social Media
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
The age of globalisation and technology have provided people with a platform to stay connected with each other. As elsewhere, social media is rapidly spreading in the Gulf region and creating a virtual forum for people to ...
China's economic and political presence in the Middle East and South Asia
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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 ...
The Gulf as a Global Contact Zone: Chronotopic identities and (linguistic) landscapes
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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 Gender-Pay Gap and the Family in the Gulf: Root Causes, Implications and Policy Response
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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, ...
Reverse Orientalism? French Salafis' Fascination with Saudi Arabia
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
Recently, French Muslims have been seen by several media outlets and politicians to be increasingly influenced by some of the understandings of Islam generated in Saudi Arabia. While some connections do undoubtedly ...