The Peninsula of Qatar historically has been a site of diverse forms of human mobility
(Figure 1). Unlike the conventional representations which depict Qatar as a small locale …

In this article we analyze a corpus related to manumission and slavery in the Arabian Gulf in
the late nineteenth-and early twentieth-century that we created using Handwritten Text …

This Master's thesis examines the narratives of migrant workers from sub-Saharan Africa
working in the United Arab Emirates (the UAE). The data consists of interviews with seven …

Despite the long history of slavery in Arab and Muslim lands, little has been written about
this human tragedy. To many Arabs, the issue of slavery is a source of discomfort. It is …

This dissertation investigates the activities of the American missionaries, specifically the
impact of the" Arabian Mission," on Kuwaiti society. A good understanding of the impact is …

As international anti-slavery pressure on the British increased in the early twentieth century,
officials in the Persian Gulf began to manumit a growing number of enslaved persons …

In this dissertation, I analyze the representation of black otherness as an emerging trend
within the new wave of Khaleeji literature from a historical and cultural point of view. I …

Dreams of the bounties born by distant lands are both fabled and fact, immanence and
transcendence. Such fantastical imaginings can coax an individual toward an audacious life …

Despite the long history of slavery in Arab and Muslim lands, little has been written about
this human tragedy. For many Arabs, the issue of slavery is a source of discomfort. It is …