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Social Impact of COVID-19 on Qatari Families: Challenges and Coping Strategies
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2021 , Conference Paper)
The pandemic of the coronavirus has swept the world and affected health, economic, social and financial aspects on all countries around the world in an unprecedented way due to its universal spread. Qatar is no exception ...
Elderly Care in the GCC: Family Experiences with Assistive Technology
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2023 , Conference Paper)
Elderly care is a significant concern in the GCC region, especially with the increasing older population. The talk will delve into the experiences of families in the GCC, particularly in Qatar, with the use of Assistive ...
International military organizations of the Global South: comparing the Peninsula Shield Force, the Africa Standby Force, and the Southern Cross Combined Force
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2021 , Conference Paper)
In the post-Cold War era, only three international military organizations with standing headquarters made up exclusively of militaries of states in the Global South have emerged in the field of peace operations. These are ...
Impact of Twitter on Qatar youth perspectives: activism, digital authoritarianism, and democratization
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2023 , Conference Paper)
This paper aims to investigate the impact of social media on the political perspectives of young people in Qatar by employing an in-depth quantitative interview methodology with students aged 18 to 25 from universities in ...
الأسر التي تعیش من ذوي الإعاقة في قطر
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2023 , Conference Paper)
تعد الأسرة نواة لأي مجتمع، فإن تطور أي مجتمع مرتبط بمدى تطور الخدمات الاجتماعیة المقدمة للأسرة، وقد تحتاج الأسر التي یوجد لدیھا أفرد من ذوي الإعاقة إلى عنایة خاصة. خلال الحدیث المقدم سیتم التعریف بالخدمات والامتیازات التي ...
How Parents in the Gulf States Can Guide Their Children Toward Healthy Environments in the Social Media World
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2023 , Conference Paper)
Children and adolescents spend considerable time surfing and using social media sites. They use the internet for many purposes including to interact with family and friends, access games, watch videos and to blog. Social ...
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 ...
How sanctions and the pandemic affect Iran's economy
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Gulf Studies Center
, 2020 , Article)
Iran has been under international sanctions of one kind or another for four decades, but its economy has never been as bad as it is now. In May 2018, the Trump administration began its campaign of maximum pressure to force ...
Saudi Arabia in Struggle for the Chinese Oil Market: the Price War as Necessity
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Gulf Studies Center
, 2020 , Article)
The new agreement between the OPEC members and a group of non-OPEC countries (so called OPEC+ group) that was reached on 12 April 2020 does not necessarily mean the end of the price war. Starting from May, the participants ...
Covid-19 in Qatar: Well Versed in Crisis Management
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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 ...