GULF STUDIES PROJECT

Bibliography Year: 2015

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This project traces how and why people “without” [bidoon] citizenship emerged as a problem in the United Arab Emirates in the 2000s. It examines the reasons the government refuses to grant them citizenship despite regular complaints that citizens are “outnumbered” by migrants. Chapter 2 draws on archived British documents and

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Over the past years, hostility towards Islam in Europe as well as scathing attacks onWestern values have created the wide-spread impression that “Islam” and “the West” aretwo inherently incompatible and irreconcilable cultures. In light of this debate, expertsfrom Europe and the Middle East convened in Doha to discuss ways to