GULF STUDIES PROJECT

Bibliography Year: 2023

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For over a decade now, thinking on regional relations in the Gulf has focused on the competition for regional hegemony between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Today, this perspective is outdated. The smaller Gulf Arab states, led by the United Arab Emirates, are calling for their own goals and interests to

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The Federal Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced a change in weekend days. From January 2022, the Sunday-Thursday weekdays applied in most Arab countries changed to Monday-Friday in the UAE, though Friday remained a half-day holiday. The increase in the holiday period by extending it to two-and-a-half

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Area Studies is in crisis, but research on Area Studies also demonstrates the relevance of and need for Area Studies through case studies in different world regions. However, there is a dearth of research on the imperatives of Gulf Area Studies in the Gulf region, which provides the rationale for

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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has sought to establish a national identity among its nationals since its inception in 1971. Contrary to the pessimism in its first few years, the UAE was able to create a national identity among its nationals despite their initially differing loyalties. The UAE has now

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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

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The 2022 release of Ibrahim Al-Muhanna’s book, Oil Leaders: An Insider’s Account of Four Decades of Saudi Arabia and OPEC’s Global Energy Policy, is timely as it corresponds to the global crises caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As apparent from the title, the book provides