Bibliography Country: Qatar
- December 3, 2023
- 2:30 am
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Over the past decade, all six states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have invested considerably in the development of their local heritage industries. In parallel, these states have expanded their efforts at fostering home-grown nationalism. What scholarship exists on the topic of expansion of the heritage industry tends to
- December 1, 2023
- 4:34 am
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Ethnographic information collected by the authors on former star use along the Arabian Sea coast of Oman is presented and discussed. Although the stars were not observed directly, some were identified from detailed descriptions and astronomy software. Many are associated with winds warning of danger at sea, a few to
- December 1, 2023
- 4:24 am
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The Arabian dhow, with its characteristic features, is one of the most evocative images of the Arabian Gulf, the Red Sea, and the Indian Ocean. The great cargo dhows represented a flourishing trade which stretched from the Mediterranean to China, in the time of the Portuguese and the Dutch from
- December 1, 2023
- 4:14 am
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This book is a study of the seafaring communities of the Arabian Gulf and Oman in the past 150 years. It analyses the significance of the dhow and how coastal communities interacted throughout their long tradition of seafaring. In addition to archival material, the work is based on extensive field
- December 1, 2023
- 3:39 am
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Selected Papers of Red Sea Project VI This volume contains a selection of fourteen papers presented at the Red Sea VI conference held at Tabuk University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2013. It sheds light on many aspects related to the environmental and biological perspectives, history, archaeology and human culture
- December 1, 2023
- 3:25 am
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Few images are as evocative as the silhouette of the Arab dhow as, under full sail, it tacks to windward on glittering waters of Red Sea before moving across the face of the rising or setting sun. In this authoritative new book, Dionisius A. Agius, one of the foremost scholars
- October 7, 2023
- 10:26 am
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On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Journal of Arabian Studies (JAS), this article offers the first history of the field of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies (GAPS), including the origins and evolution of JAS. It begins with an overview of the origins and evolution of GAPS as
- September 17, 2023
- 1:27 am
Abstract / Review
Former Vice-President Joe Biden won the bid for the 46th Presidency of the United States, if Trump’s objection did not change the outcome. Although the election was in the US, its reflection is global. Many countries, especially the EU countries, were bidding for Biden, while leaders who have personal connections
- September 16, 2023
- 9:02 pm
Abstract / Review
It has become even more difficult for Al-Jazeera to influence Trump, especially considering Trump’s view of liberal news platforms, which he calls “fake news”. As a matter of fact, Al-Jazeera’s “Rightly” initiative may aim to eliminate this deficiency. Qatar-based Al-Jazeera stands out as one of the non-Western world’s media outlets