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An online publication of the Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University

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[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…

Everyday Experiences of Sectarianism in Kuwait and Bahrain

By Thomas Fibiger  //  August 15, 2018August 15, 2018

Sectarianism has become a key issue of both scholarly and political debate over the Middle East in recent years, particularly with war, unrest, and crisis in places like Iraq, Syria and Bahrain. This article focuses…

[Book Review] For Humanity or For the Umma? Aid and Islam in Transnational Muslim NGOs by Marie Juul Petersen

By Nagham El Karhili  //  November 14, 2017

Marie Juul Petersen, For Humanity or For the Umma? Aid and Islam in Transnational Muslim NGOs, London: Hurst Publishers; 2015, 356 pages, ISBN-13: 978-1849044325, ISBN-10: 1849044325.  Reviewed by Nagham El Karhili In her book, Marie…

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