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Review Essay: The Ulema and the State in Qatar, the UAE, and Egypt | by Ahmet T. Kuru

By Ahmet T. Kuru // October 6, 2022October 6, 2022

In September 2012, the euphoria of the Arab Spring was still continuing in the region. My wife and I decided to spend the 2012-2013 academic year in Qatar for research, and our son was born…

[Book Review] Money, Markets, and Monarchies: The Gulf Cooperation Council and the Political Economy of the Contemporary Middle East by Adam Hanieh | Reviewed by Javier Guirado Alonso.

By Javier Guirado Alonso // May 26, 2020May 27, 2020

[Book Review] Money, Markets, and Monarchies: The Gulf Cooperation Council and the Political Economy of the Contemporary Middle East, by Adam Hanieh. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018). 304 pages. $32.99 | Reviewed by Javier Guirado…