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Faculty’s Choice: 10 Books to Understand the Gulf

This article is a part of The Gazelle’s new series Faculty’s Choice. Every week, we will ask various faculty divisions about the most influential or ...

Nov 29, 2014

This article is a part of The Gazelle’s new series Faculty’s Choice. Every week, we will ask various faculty divisions about the most influential or significant works in their field. This week, with the occasion of UAE National Day, we asked the head of NYU Abu Dhabi Arab Crossroads Studies program Justin Stearns for the top ten books to understand the Gulf.
  1. Robert Vitalis — America's Kingdom
  2. Adam Hanieh — Capitalism and Class in the Gulf Arab States
  3. Yasser Elsheshtawy — Dubai: Behind an Urban Spectacle
  4. James Onley — The Arabian Frontier of the British Raj
  5. Toby Mattthiesen — Sectarian Gulf
  6. Benyamin — Goat Days
  7. Paul Rich — Creating the Arabian Gulf.
  8. Toby Jones — Desert Kingdom
  9. Mandana Limbert — In the Time of Oil. Piety, Memory and Social Life in an Omani Town.
  10. Andrew Gardner — City of Strangers.
Andres Rodriguez is editor-in-chief. Email him at arodriguez@thegazelle.org.
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