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Iran’s Regional Role in the Arab World and Iranian State-Society Relations
( Arab Reform Initiative , 2021 , Article)Iran’s regional role in MENA is influenced by the evolution of its state-society relations and shifts within its state institutions. This paper argues that the growing regional role of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ... -
Iran’s Relations with the Arab States of the Gulf: Common Interests over Historic Rivalry
( Gerlan Press , 2016 , Book)Iran’s relations with its neighbours have never been smooth. During the monarchy, for example, while Iran cultivated close relations with Saudi Arabia it at the same time competed with Riyadh for control of the oil market ... -
Is there a symbiotic relationship between secularism and fundamentalism?
( Common Ground Research Networks , 2019 , Article)This article explores the relationship between secularization and fundamentalism in 'Western' liberal society and the manner it impacts socio-political "exclusionary" narratives, which is a theme both timely and important. ... -
Islam and the myth of the other: The noble colloquy between st. francis of assisi and sultan al-malik al-kāmil
( Wiley , 2019 , Article)This article aims to explore a profound ethical challenge confronting heterogeneous, multi-denominational, and ethnically variegated societies as they confront modernity, seek bonding capital, and come to terms with their ... -
Islam, Religion and Society: The Movement for Pakistan
( Common Ground Research Networks , 2012 , Article)The relationship between the sacred and temporal has been an enduring phenomenon throughout history. Both in ancient and medieval times, religion and the formation of society, including the politicization of religion into ... -
Islam, the West and ‘Man’ in the State of Nature
( German Orient-Institute , 2014 , Article)What is the natural condition of human beings in the state of nature? What are the circumstances that exist in the state of nature and what may one, convincingly, claim in regards to human nature? Or, better still, how do ... -
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 ... -
Kuwait Islamists: From Institutionalized to Informal Opposition
( ministry of research, science and technology , 2019 , Article)This article analyses the evolution of the Islamist political associations and groups, both Shiites and Sunnis since the independence of Kuwait in 1962 to the last legislative elections which was held in 2016. It tries to ... -
Kuwait's Mediation in the Gulf Crisis: Dynamics of Kuwait's Foreign Policy Approaches
( Springer , 2023 , Book chapter)This study examines Kuwaiti mediation in the 2017 Gulf crisis from the perspective of the disputants-mainly Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar-and the mediator-Kuwait. While using qualitative research method ... -
Kuwait’s Islamist Proto-parties and the Arab Uprisings: Between Opposition, Pragmatism and the Pursuit of Cross-Ideological Cooperation
( edinburgh university press , 2018 , Book chapter)Exploring the evolution of Islamist proto-parties in Kuwait, this chapter revealed that in the aft ermath of the Arab uprisings their behaviour was guided mostly by pragmatism, albeit with diff erent outcomes. As we have ... -
La Convivencia: The Spirit of Co-existence in Islam
( Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University, Islamabad , 2009 , Article)The tremendous inter-dependence of our era underlines the importance of successfully removing racial, cultural and religious barriers in a manner that nurtures understanding, togetherness, and acceptance. To do so, would ... -
La República Islámica de Irán en perspectiva
( Fundación Dialnet , 2019 , Article)En febrero de 2019 la República Islámica de Irán acaba de cumplir cuarenta años de edad. Lejos queda la imagen del ayatollah Ruhollah Jomeiní regresando a Teherán desde su exilio en Neauphle le Châteaux, recibido en clamor ... -
Las políticas de ciudadanía en los estados del Consejo de Cooperación del Golfo
( Grupo de Estudios de Relaciones Internacionales (GERI) , 2017 , Article)This article explores the legal frameworks of citizenship and naturalization of the six states of the Gulf Cooperation Council, and analyzes how they have been used since the creation of modern states to the present, with ... -
Lifting Sanctions on Iran: Shifting Sands or Major Earthquake?
( Al Sharq Strategic Research , 2016 , Article)The nuclear deal and its ramifications have added new elements of tensions between the Islamic Republic and the Gulf States. The lifting of the sanctions will be a significant addition to Iran’s financial capacity, which ... -
LOS PAÍSES DEL CONSEJO DE COOPERACIÓN DEL GOLFO E IRAQ
( AWRAQ Estudios sobre el mundo árabe e islámico contemporáneo , 2016 , Article)Relations between Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) countries and Iraq have been determined by the role that Iraq has played, both during the era of Saddam Hussein and after his fall. Having ... -
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA): Fragility, Fragmentation, and Crisis
( Common Ground Research Networks , 2023 , Article)The paper examines the fragility, fragmentation, and crisis in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) by dissecting the region into three subregions-Maghreb, Mashreq, and the GCC-and elaborating on their complex contours, ... -
Migrant wives: dynamics of the empowerment process
( Taylor & Francis (Routledge) , 2018 , Article)An increasing number of male migrants are taking part in intra- and inter-regional migration in Asia, leaving their wives behind at home. Their wives, whom we call emigrant wives, often adapt to new roles and responsibilities ... -
Migration, debt, and transnational livelihood: Indian labour diasporas in the GCC states amid the pandemic
( Routledge , 2023 , Article)South Asian labour migration to the GCC States is a debt-financed migration in which labour diasporas mobilise resources from a variety of sources, often at exorbitant interest rates, to cover migration costs. In the event ... -
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 ... -
Navigating Murky Waters: Iranian-Gulf Relations a Year into Raisi's Presidency
( John Wiley and Sons Inc , 2023 , Article)This paper examines the first year of Ebrahim Raisi's presidency and focuses on Iran's relations with neighboring Gulf states. The paper analyzes how President Raisi was able to navigate his foreign policies amidst numerous ...
