Since the first wave of uprisings in 2011, the euphoria of the" Arab Spring" has given way to
the gloom of backlash and a descent into mayhem and war. The revolution has been …

Over the nearly two decades that they have each been conducting fieldwork in the Arabian
Peninsula, Ahmed Kanna, Amélie Le Renard, and Neha Vora have regularly encountered …

Muhammad bin Salman Al-Saud and Muhammad bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, the respective
princely strongmen of Saudi Arabia and the UAE, have torn up the old rules. They have …

The'Arab Spring'has come to symbolise defeated hopes for democracy and social justice in
the Middle East. In this book, Jamie Allinson demonstrates how these defeats were far from …

Since protests shook Bahrain in 2011, the Saudi-backed regime there has embarked on a
series of strategic moves, crushing dissent both at home and abroad. This article explores …

The names of two major Gulf airlines, Qatar Airways and Emirates, have saturated the
European football scene for many years, sponsoring some of the most prominent European …

Exploring Bahrain's modern history through the lens of repression, this concise and
accessible account work spans the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, looking at all forms of …

Sectarian Order in Bahrain connects the rise of colonial criminal justice in Bahrain and
sectarianism, making detailed use of an archival cache of colonial criminal court cases in the …

The presence of Shii communities in Europe is increasingly felt, especially as they establish
independent religious and social infrastructures. Supporters of different Shii–Islamist …

Citizenship serves different interests. It provides security and empowerment for the citizen.
For the state, control of citizenship is an attribute of sovereignty which may treat citizenship …