Kein Foto

Maryam Al-Kuwari

Maryam Al-Kuwari is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Qatar University. She completed a Ph.D. degree in Philosophy in Arabic and Islamic Studies at University of Exeter. She also completed a Master’s degree in Middle East Politics from SOAS, University of London. Her research interests are in political sociology, state building, and non-state actors (or other-used names for these clusters of states, societies, and actors) in MENA and Gulf region.

Tribal Reawakening and the Future of State-Building in Kuwait and Qatar

Tribal Reawakening and the Future of State-Building in Kuwait and Qatar

This open access book approaches the history of tribes and their role in the formation of the modern states of Kuwait and Qatar by blending historical, political, and sociological perspectives. Traditionally, this subject has been approached from single perspective, often picturing the tribe as a political and social entity that is opposed to the modern state.

Tribal Reawakening and the Future of State-Building in Kuwait and Qatar

Tribal Reawakening and the Future of State-Building in Kuwait and Qatar

This open access book approaches the history of tribes and their role in the formation of the modern states of Kuwait and Qatar by blending historical, political, and sociological perspectives. Traditionally, this subject has been approached from single perspective, often picturing the tribe as a political and social entity that is opposed to the modern state.