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Social Change and Transformation in the Gulf Region
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Springer
, 2023 , Book chapter)
Social change is an integral part of human social behavior and a phenomenon that is continuously happening around us. We constantly challenge existing social structures and institutions and transform them by contesting the ...
Risk categorization and decision prioritization for climate change impacts: A rapid risk assessment methodology applied in the State of Qatar
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Article)
The impacts of climate change vary by location and severity, will be experienced over a range of timescales, and governments are not equally able to respond to risks and hazards in the same way. Yet, despite the rapid ...
The World Cup and Human Rights in Qatar: A Catalyst for Change?
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2022 , Conference Paper)
Hosting massive sporting events like the World Cup is a massive accomplishment for a state like Qatar. Regardless of the economic benefits, it forces Qatar to create infrastructure and improve the nation's landscape, but ...
Toward New Architecture for Persian Gulf Order, Necessity of Overlapping the Human Security and State Security
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2021 , Conference Paper)
The security regimes in the Persian Gulf are mainly based on the realism that emphasizes statism. Accordingly, the security regimes have been trying to ensure the security of the state, and in its reduced form, the security ...
To go or not to go: The assessment of the framing of the FIFA World Cup 2022 in the English language press in the UAE
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2022 , Conference Paper)
The aim of this paper is to study the framing of one of the most important world sporting events to take place in Qatar at the end of this year. The framing of the World Cup 2022 in the press of the UAE is especially ...
Political Dimensions of Climate Justice in the Persian Gulf
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2021 , Conference Paper)
The research utilises the framework of Regional Security Complex Theory to explore and integrate a conceptual approach tailored to climate justice in energy debates of the Persian Gulf. This study tries to analyse the ...
Migrants, Refugees, and Displaced Persons in the Middle East and North Africa: An approach from the Global South.
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Scalabriniano Center for Migratory Studies
, 2021 , Article)
This article aims to introduce aspects involved in studies on migratory dynamics in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). In this sense, we present some historical dynamics for defining the territories of what is ...
Evil Eye and Health: Exploring Cultural Beliefs and the Role of Family in Healthcare Provision in Qatar
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2023 , Conference Paper)
Cultural beliefs of the effect of the evil eye on health have been studied across many cultures, which is where a person receives the evil eye from another for various reasons and it causes them harm, such as getting ill. ...
Agri-food markets in Qatar: Drivers, trends, and policy responses
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MDPI
, 2020 , Article Review)
Agri-food markets are vital in achieving food security, especially for resource-poor, food-importing countries such as Qatar. The paper provides an overview of the evolution of agri-food markets in Qatar and explores the ...
Fathers' Involvement in Family and Youth's Delinquent Behaviour
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2023 , Conference Paper)
In this paper, we developed an Arabic Fathering Scale using data from 450 middle and high school students in Qatar between 12 and 19 years of age (M=15.24, SD= 1.74). We developed 38 items about father involvement in various ...