Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Alliances and Regionalism in the Middle East After Arab Uprisings: An Assessment of the Durability and Fragility of the Gulf Cooperation Council

Chapter 4 Political Culture in Qatar: State-Society Relations and National Identity in Transformation

Chapter 5 “The Side Door Is Open”: Identity Articulation and Cultural Practices in Post-Arab Spring Kuwait

Chapter 6 The Nation and Its Artists: Contemporary Khaleeji Artists Between Critique and Capture

Chapter 7 Identity Lost and Found: Architecture and Identity Formation in Kuwait and the Gulf

Chapter 8 Clubbing in Dubai: The Making of a “Party Capital”

Chapter 9 Music for Thought: Examining Saudi Identities Expressed Through Music on Social Media

Chapter 10 Linguistic Hybridity and Cultural Multiplicity in Emirati Identity Construction

Chapter 11 Language, Nation, Difference: Everyday Language Tactics of Young Emiratis

Chapter 12 Higher Education Abroad in the New Millennium: GCC Scholarship Programs as GCC Culture and Identities Boosters. Saudi Arabia in the Spotlight