Popular culture and political identity in the Arab Gulf states / 
edited by Alanoud Alsharekh & Robert Springborg. 
 - London ;  Berkeley, Calif. :  London :  Saqi ;  In association with London Middle East Institute SOAS,  c2008. 
 - 206 p. :  ill. ;  21 cm. 
 - SOAS Middle East issues. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-200) and index. 
<br/><br/>Heritage and cultural nationalism in the United Arab Emirates / Fred H. Lawson and Hasan M. al-Naboodah -- Place and space in the memory of United Arab Emirates elders / Nadia Rahman -- The nationalisation of culture: Kuwait's invention of a pearl-diving heritage / Sulayman Khalaf -- An aspect of cultural development in Bahrain: archaeology and the restoration of historical sites / Mohammed A. Alkhozai -- The social and political elements that drive the poetic journey / Nimah Ismail Nawwab -- Sport and identity in the Gulf / Abdullah Baabood -- Media as social matrix in the United Arab Emirates / Nada Mourtada-Sabbah ... [et al.] -- Diversification in Abu Dhabi and Dubai: the impact on national identity and the ruling bargain / Christopher Davidson -- Debates on political reform in the Gulf: the dynamics of liberalising public spaces / Amr Hamzawy -- Gulf societies: coexistence of tradition and modernity / Lubna Ahmed al-Kazi. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0863566928 (pbk.) 9780863566929 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Political culture--Persian Gulf States.<br/>Politics and culture--Persian Gulf States.<br/>Popular culture--Persian Gulf States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Persian Gulf States--Civilization--21st century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS247.A134  / .P8191 2008