The book analyzes recent changes to the identities and cultures of the GCC countries. These important transformations have gone largely unnoticed due to the fast-paced changes in the region that affect all aspects of society. The volume unpacks these transformations by looking from a holistic perspective at the intersections of language, arts, education, political culture, city, regional alliances and transnational identities. It offers selected case studies based on original research carried out in the region. Chapter 7, 'Identity Lost & Found: Architecture and Identity Formation in Kuwait and the Gulf', of this book is available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com

Sheds new light on the recent fast-paced transformations of Gulf identities Provides much needed in-depth analyses that so far escaped rigorous studies Offers a unique look on the GCC culture as a concept in constant flux through multiple lenses

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Dr Magdalena Karolak is an Associate Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences at Zayed University (ZU), UAE. Prior to working at ZU, Dr. Karolak had taught in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. In 2014-15, she was an American Political Science Association MENA Fellow. Her research interests include transformations of societies in the Arabian Gulf and comparative linguistics. Dr. Karolak has published more than 30 journal articles and book chapters on the shifting gender relations, social media, culture and identity and political system transformations in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. She is the author of two scholarly monographs. Dr Nermin Allam is an Assistant Professor of Politics at Rutgers University-Newark, USA. Dr Allam holds a Doctorate of Philosophy from the University of Alberta, Canada. Prior to joining Rutgers, she was a Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada postdoctoral fellow and visiting scholar at Princeton University. Her research and teaching interests include: Social movements theories; gender politics; Middle Eastern and North African studies; and political Islam. She is the author of Women and the Egyptian Revolution: Engagement and Activism during the 2011 Arab Uprisings.

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Chapter 1 Introduction: Identity in the Gulf in the 21st century.- Chapter 2 Alliances and Regionalism in the Middle East after Arab Uprisings: An Assessment on durability and fragility of the Gulf Cooperation Council.- Chapter 3 Political Culture in Qatar: State-Society Relations and National Identity in Transformation.- Chapter 4 Sectarian Transnational Identities Online: Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.- Chapter 5 The Nation and its Artists: Contemporary Khaleeji Artists between Critique and Capture.- Chapter 6 The side door is open: Identity Articulation and Cultural Practices in post-Arab Spring.- Chapter 7 Identity Lost & Found. Architecture and Identity Formation in Kuwait and the Gulf.- Chapter 8 Clubbing in Dubai: The making of a party capital.- Chapter 9 Linguistic Hybridity and Cultural Multiplicity in Emirati Identity Construction.- Chapter 10 Giving 'flesh' to Emiratiness through everyday performances of national identity: The role of Arabic language in constructing Emirati national identity among young Emiratis in Dubai.- Chapter 11 Higher Education Abroad in the New Millennium: GCC Scholarship Programs as GCC Culture and Identities Boosters. Saudi Arabia in the Spotlight.- Chapter 12 Qatari mothers do not a Qatari make: Boundary Making and Identity Marking in Twitter Campaigns for Qatari Citizenship.