Arabian Humanities

Contrary to what one may assume, the analysis of the impact and structure of the oil economy in the Gulf monarchies has gradually become a rather marginal issue addressed by contemporary social s...

http://journals.openedition.org/cy/11267

This paper explores the work of a group of Gulf-based Instagram influencers in order to examine the top-down diversity discourses with which they engage, and the way in which their performances a...

http://journals.openedition.org/cy/11297

Adam Mestyan’s book is no easy read. It immerses the reader in the history of law as much as in the political history of the Arab Middle East. It unearths the intellectual and human networks th...

http://journals.openedition.org/cy/11275

Instagram, the second most widely used social networking platforms in the world, is a privileged place for artists and art lovers to showcase artworks and visual content to a larger audience. In ...

http://journals.openedition.org/cy/11375

Shahd Al Shammari is a Professor of English Literature at the Gulf University for Science and Technology of Kuwait. She is also a respected non-fictional writer whose books address gender and abi...

http://journals.openedition.org/cy/11329

This article delves into the concept of "Pluri-Arabism" within the context of modern Arab pop music, using Dubai as a metaphor for cultural diversity and examining its impact on the maintenance o...

http://journals.openedition.org/cy/11395

“How does one define 'pop culture' in the Arabian Peninsula? How does it relate to mass consumption, public media, censorship, religious expressions, and traditional popular cultures? Who produ...

http://journals.openedition.org/cy/11405

This article looks at how race and gender are represented and performed as far as female Sumr (brown skinned) performers in the northern Arabian Peninsula are concerned, from traditional ṭagg�...

http://journals.openedition.org/cy/11407

In the late 2000s, the gambūʿa, a beehive-style hairdo, made its apparition in the cities of the Arab Gulf. Sported by young women and characterized by a large hump above the head, it gave the ...

http://journals.openedition.org/cy/11410

How is the noncitizen subaltern Other portrayed in Gulf cultural productions? While sociological studies argue that Gulf states have defined a national narrative centered on a purely Arab-Islamic...

http://journals.openedition.org/cy/11400