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Gulf Affairs invites scholars to submit original analytical articles for its upcoming issue entitled “Gender (Im)Balance in Gulf Societies.”

Gulf Affairs welcomes analytical articles on (though not limited to) the following areas:

• What is the state of gender inequality in Gulf countries? How has this evolved over the years?
• What do we know about the various forms—domestic, institutional, economic and structural—of
silent or overt gender violence in the Gulf states?
• How has nation-building—including development agendas, national visions and legal structures—
transformed female participation in the GCC workforce?
• How have public and private institutions influenced gender roles in Gulf societies?
• Women in Gulf countries have always played a crucial role in politics. How has female
participation in this realm developed over the years?
• What are some stereotypes associated with khaleeji women both inside and outside the region?
• How is social media impacting cultural norms on various gender-related issues such as the
expansion of non-segregated social spaces?
• What are the current issues in marriage, divorce and family life in the Gulf states?
• How is masculinity and/or femininity perceived, understood and negotiated in Gulf societies?

Full call for articles available here:

https://www.oxgaps.org/files/call_for_articles_-_gender__im_balance_in_gulf_societies.pdf

We are pleased to announce the release of our latest issue on Private Sector Development in the Gulf http://www.oxgaps.org/gulf-affairs/publications/private-sector-development-in-the-gulf-states

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Gulf Affairs Issue Launch "Higher Education in the Gulf States" Click to view http://www.oxgaps.org/gulf-affairs/publications/higher-education-in-the-gulf-states--present-and-future

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Gulf Affairs Issue Launch "Identity and Culture in the 21st Century Gulf" Click to view http://www.oxgaps.org/gulf-affairs/publications/identity---culture-in-the-21st-century-gulf

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OxGAPS Forum is pleased to announce the release of its latest issue of Gulf Affairs on Energy and the State: The Impact of Low Oil Prices.

The issue features exclusive interviews with:

H.E. Anas Al-Saleh - Minister of Finance, Minister of Oil, State of Kuwait

H.E. Abdalla Salem El-Badri - Secretary General, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Adnan Amin - Director-General, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

The latest issue can be downloaded here http://www.oxgaps.org/gulf-affairs/publications/energy-and-the-state--the-impact-of-low-oil-prices

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OxGAPS Forum is pleased to announce the release of its latest issue of Gulf Affairs on GCC Security Amid Regional Crises.

The issue features a foreword by George Friedman and exclusive interviews with:

- H.E. Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Kuwait

- H.E. Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, Secretary General of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf

- HRH Prince Turki Al-Faisal Al-Saud, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies.

The latest issue on GCC Security Amid Regional Crises can be downloaded here http://www.oxgaps.org/gulf-affairs/publications/gcc-security-amid-regional-crises

OxGAPS Forum is pleased to announce the release of its report Turkey-GCC Relations: Trends and Outlook.

The report explores Turkey’s relations with the six member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council—Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates—from a historical, political and economic perspective.

The report can be downloaded here:

http://www.oxgaps.org/turkey-gcc-relations-research-program

The OxGAPS Forum launches its inaugural issue of Gulf Affairs on "Labor Market Dynamics in the GCC States". Upload journal here http://www.oxgaps.org/gulf-affairs/publications/labor-market-dynamics-in-the-gcc-states

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Eid Mubarak to all our friends on facebook.

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On Friday 23 May at 17.00 Mustafa Akyol will give a public lecture on the theme “Are Islam and democratic liberalism destined to clash?”. The event will be held at the lecture theatre of the Ashmolean Museum. If you are in Oxford on this day you are warmly invited.

Mustafa Akyol will speak in Oxford on 23 May. The Turkish writer and thinker Mustafa Akyol will be in Oxford later this month as a guest of OXGAPS. On Friday 23 May at 17.00 Mustafa Akyol will give a public lecture on the theme "Are Islam and ...

In this op-ed for oxgaps.org, Oxford graduates Froilan T Malit Jr and Ali al Youha argue for a four-tier approach in dealing with the issue in the United Arab Emirates, as the country moves forward with plans for a knowledge-based economy.

Oxford graduates argue for a mult-tiered approach to achieving a successful labour migration... Most GCC countries depend on millions of foreign workers to keep their economies moving. Their presence is often the cause of debate, and sometimes controversy. In this op-ed for oxgaps.org, Oxfor...

OxGAPS congratulates all women, especially those in the Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula on the occasion of International Women's Day.

8 March: International Women's Day Today is International Women's Day. From the City and University of Oxford, on behalf of the Oxford Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies Forum (OXGAPS) we extend our congratulations to all women, an...