Sarina Wakefield is a Lecturer in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester and Programme Director of MA/MSc Museum Studies by Distance Learning at the University of Leicester. She is also Founder and Director of the Museums in Arabia conference series.

• Chapter 1: Introduction Sarina Wakefield Part I Museum TrajectoriesChapter 2: Repositioning the Past in the Present: Notes on the Development of Jordanian Museography Irene Maffi Chapter 3: Heritage in the Crosshairs: Can Yemen’s Museums Survive? Stephen Steinbeiser Chapter 4: Transfiguring Islam, Ethics and Politics through Museum Practices to Forge the Sultanate of Oman Amal SachedinaPart II Development Models and PoliciesChapter 5: Qatar’s Accelerated Museum Developmental Model: Rhetoric, Actors and Expertise Serena Iervolino Chapter 6: Cultural Diffusion and its Impact on Heritage Representation in the Kingdom of Bahrain Pierre Lombard and Nadine Boksmati-Fattouh Chapter 7: Location and Nation: Embodying Kuwait’s National Narrative Marjorie Kelly Part III Cross-Border Practices Chapter 8: Transnational Museologies in the UAE: New models or historicised global practice? Sarina WakefieldChapter 9: Beyond Museum Walls: Envisioning a Role for Cultural Institutions as Instigators of Cross-Cultural Diplomacy Alex AubryChapter 10: Dubai’s Alserkal Avenue: Cultural district or culture diaspora? Sabrina DeTurk Part IV: Community Engagement and Professional PracticeChapter 11: Visitor Motivation: Sharjah Museums Mona Al Ali Chapter 12: From ‘Academic Lectures’ to ‘Hands-on Learning’:A case study in the practical application of ‘Appropriate Museology’ Catherine Cezeaux, Genevieve Fisher and Joseph A. GreeneChapter 13: Does it matter if museums are ‘global’? Pamela Erskine-Loftus