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

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.

• The Tribe and State Formation in Qatar and Kuwait.- The Grand Bargains and the Emergence of Ruling Families.- The Winds of Arab Nationalism.- State Building and Conflicting Identities.- The Rise of Tribal Politics and Political Tribes.- Tribe Modern Society and Women.- Tribal reawakening: An Appraisal.