Extent of alcohol prohibition in civil policy in Muslim majority countries: the impact of globalization

B Al‐Ansari, AM Thow, CA Day, KM Conigrave - Addiction, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aims Many policies have been introduced to reduce alcohol harm
in different countries. However, Muslim majority countries (MMCs), where the major religion …

Water security in the GCC countries: Challenges and opportunities

O Saif, T Mezher, HA Arafat - Journal of Environmental Studies and …, 2014 - Springer
Abstract The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi
Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) inhabits of one of the most water-scarce regions …

Diversification by Urbanization: Tracing the Property‐Finance Nexus in D ubai and the G ulf

M Buckley, A Hanieh - International Journal of Urban and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This article explores the role of liberalized real estate markets in shaping financial‐sector
development in the A rab G ulf region. Since 2001, record oil revenues and the inflow of …

Cooperation or competition? State environmental relations and the SDGs agenda in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region

M Al-Saidi - Environmental Development, 2021 - Elsevier
For around 40 years, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have been developing
cooperative frameworks that aim at enhancing security and economic cooperation as well as …

Tourism in the Middle East: Conflicts, crises and economic diversification, some critical issues

Y Morakabati - International journal of tourism research, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This paper briefly examines tourism activity over a 60‐year period in the UNWTO Middle
East region together with Israel and Iran. The region has been subject to political turmoil …

Development drivers of the water-energy-food nexus in the Gulf Cooperation Council region

A Abulibdeh, E Zaidan, M Al-Saidi - Development in Practice, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This article analyses water, food, and energy security in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
countries using the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus approach. The innovative focus is on …

Saudi Arabia outbound tourism: an analysis of trends and destinations

B Alshammari, RB South, K Raleigh - Journal of Policy Research in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Saudi Arabia is one of the world's most important tourist generating markets. In 2018, an
estimated 21.8 million Saudis engaged in international travel ranking fifteenth worldwide as …

[PDF][PDF] Dutch disease effect of oil price on agriculture sector: evidence from panel cointegration of oil exporting countries

RA Abdlaziz, MNN Ahmad, L Slesman - International Journal of Energy …, 2018 - zbw.eu
This study aims to investigate the long-run relationship between oil price and value-added
share of GDP of agriculture in 25 oil-exporting countries. We use the panel heterogeneous …

Can this be spring? Assessing the impact of the “Arab Spring” on the Arab tourism industry

Y Mansfeld, O Winckler - Tourism: An International Interdisciplinary …, 2015 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak The socio-political unrest known as the “Arab Spring” has left its imprint on the
tourism sector of the Arab region. This paper explores first the effects of the Arab Spring on …

Sea turtles tourism in Oman: Current status and future prospects

MA Busaidi, S Bose, M Claereboudt… - Tourism and …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper provides an overview of the current status and future potentials of nature-based
tourism in the Sultanate of Oman with particular focus on sea turtles at Ras Al Hadd. The …