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Gender Role Belief Predictors of Husbands' and Wives' Involvement in Household Labor in Kuwaiti and Qatari Families
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2023 , Conference Paper)Couched within the bioecological systems theory, this paper examined 1) whether Kuwaiti and Qatari husbands and wives differed in their sex-role belief structure regarding the spousal distribution of household labor in the ... -
How Parents in the Gulf States Can Guide Their Children Toward Healthy Environments in the Social Media World
( 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 ... -
Identity and Globalisation: Tribal Identity in the Age of Social Media
( 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 ... -
Impact of Gender-related Legal Regulations on Pursuing Sustainable Development: A study of Kuwait's National Development Plan (Vision 2035)
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)This paper seeks to analyze the impact of gender inequality on the Sustainable Development Goals 2030 as expressed in the UN Post-Millennium global program. More specifically, it aims to illustrate how gender equality and ... -
Impact of Twitter on Qatar youth perspectives: activism, digital authoritarianism, and democratization
( 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 ... -
Infrastructural, Socio-cultural and Economic Issues Dealing with Disabled Spectators: Lessons from the FIFA World Cup 2018.
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2022 , Conference Paper)FIFA World Cup 2018 took place in Russia during 14th of June - 15th of July 2018. More than 3 million people watched the games of the 2018 World Cup live in the 11 cities stadiums across country. The average attendance at ... -
International military organizations of the Global South: comparing the Peninsula Shield Force, the Africa Standby Force, and the Southern Cross Combined Force
( 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 ... -
Iran, energy, and geopolitics in 2019: From "strategic patience" to "lose-lose"
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2019 , Conference Paper)In the geopolitical rivalry between Iran and the United States, energy is in the spotlight. Since the US exit from the nuclear deal (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, JCPOA) in May 2018 and the launch of the "maximum ... -
It's just not cricket: what we can learn about Qatar's sports strategy by comparing the FIFA World Cup with other mass-participation sports
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2022 , Conference Paper)This paper sheds new light on the motivations and expectations of Qatar's hosting of FIFA 2022 Men's World Cup by comparing football with another popular sport in the country: cricket. In order to understand the particularities ... -
Key Issues for Long Term Climate Policy Design in Gulf Countries with Focus on Qatar
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2019 , Conference Paper)We analyze the challenges and options of designing an efficient global climate policy for GCC countries. We review the exposure of GCC countries to climate risks and the mitigation and adaptation options at their disposal. ... -
Migrant Domestic Workers and Gulf Families: A Case of Saudi Arabia
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2023 , Conference Paper)Domestic workers comprise 10% of Arabian Gulf immigration. Gulf families rely on domestic staff for children and elderly care. National women's employment has increased Gulf households' demand for domestic workers. Saudi ... -
Migrant Workers Impact on Social life of the Gulf Countries During COVID 19
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)Six GCC countries are the home of the global migrant workers. As at present estimated that about 56 million population of collectively of GCC among 30 million populations are not nationals.Huge migrants population and ... -
Migration and Social Change in the Gulf: A Comparative Study in the Six Gulf States
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)Migration and flow of people across the world is rapidly growing today. It was estimated that there were about 272 million migrants globally in 2019 which roughly constitutes of 3.2% of the world population. The Gulf ... -
Military Challenges for Hydrocarbon Export from the Gulf - An Assessment of Iranian Motives and Methods of Causing Disrupt
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2019 , Conference Paper)The Gulf is a sub-region where crises - including wars - occur from time to time. Alarmist tones of warnings against inevitable war with Iran also appear on a regular basis. Although it seems that war rhetoric is only ... -
Motives for Choosing to Study in International Branch Campuses in Qatar: Focusing on Nationalities in "National-minority States"
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)This paper clarifies the motives of students to study in International Branch Campuses (IBCs) in Qatar. In Qatar, a lot of IBCs have been established in Education City, for example, Georgetown University, Carnegie Mellon ... -
Nation branding legacies in emerging contexts - from 2010 to 2022
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2022 , Conference Paper)Sport mega-events such as the FIFA World Cup or Olympic Games are receiving increasing attention as their hosting is regarded a strategy to obtain global distinction. They are considered as one of the strategies to attain ... -
Neo-Gender Balancing in Saudi Arabia Divorce under Social Exchange Theory
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2023 , Conference Paper)The recent and unprecedented reforms introduced by the Saudi government have touched and changed many aspects of the Saudi society. Among the new and open-minded policies that have so affected life for Saudi women and ... -
Political Dimensions of Climate Justice in the Persian Gulf
( 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 ... -
Privileged but Immobile: Citizenship and Career Path of the Youths of Bicultural Families in Kuwait
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)This paper aims to depict privilegedness yet immobilities of the youths of bicultural families on their citizenship and career path, particularly on the second generations who have roots of Filipino traits on one side and ... -
Prospects for Alternative Energy in the Gulf
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2019 , Conference Paper)The Middle East region holds the world's largest oil and natural gas proven reserves. Several Middle-Eastern states are major oil producers and consumers. Given price fluctuations and environmental concerns, many countries ...