Arab Migrant Communities in the GCC: Summary Report

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Introduction: Arab Migrant Communities in the GCC Zahra Babar, Center for International and Regional Studies, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar 1. Working for the Neighbors: Arab Migrants in Qatar Zahra Babar, Center for International and Regional Studies, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar 2. Arab Migrant Teachers in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar: Challenges and Opportunities Natasha Ridge, Soha Shami, and Susan Kippels, Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research 3. The Model Immigrant: Second Generation Hadramis in Kuwait and the Legacy of “Good Reputation” Abdullah Alajmi, Arab Open University in Kuwait 4. “The Egyptian Invasion of Kuwait”: Navigating Possibilities among the Impossible Abbie Taylor, Georgetown University; Nada Soudy, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar; and Susan Martin, Georgetown University 5. The “Other Arab” and Gulf Citizens: Mutual Accommodation of Palestinians in the UAE in Historical Context Manal A. Jamal, James Madison University 6. Returning Yemeni Migrants from KSA – Analysis of the Character of Yemeni Irregular Migrants in KSA and Potential Impacts/Implications of Large Scale Return Michael Newson, Dax Roque, and Harry Cook, International Organization for Migration 7. An Emerging Trend in Arab Migration: Arab Highly-Skilled Females in the GCC Countries Francoise De Bel-Air, Migration Policy Centre, Florence and Gulf Research Centre, Geneva 8. High-Skilled Lebanese Transnational Migrants: A Kuwait Perspective Garret Maher, Gulf University for Science and Technology in Kuwait 9. Sport Labor Migrant Communities from the Maghreb in the GCC Mahfoud Amara, Loughborough University 10. Attitudes of Students in the GCC towards the Arab Spring: A Case Study of Students in the UAE Georges Naufal, American University of Sharjah; Ismail Genc, American University of Sharjah; and Carlos Vargas-Silva, University of Oxford