Kuwait University
Social faculty
This paper addresses the Arab Spring and Shibism in Kuwait.
More than three decades have passed since the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979. In that time, theories of modern revolution would suggest a retreat from ideological goals, heralding a phase of institutional... more
This paper deals with the Ḥ ūthī insurgency in Yemen. It focuses on the movement by asking and attempting to answer the following questions: is the Ḥ ūthī insurgency sectarian-based? and is it part of the overall competition between... more
This article seeks to explain the failure of the 2012–14 Kuwaiti reform movement Karamet Watan. We compare Karamet Watan with two previous reform movements in Kuwait: Nabiha Khamsa in 2006 and Irhal in 2011. All three movements were... more
A chapter co-authored with Banafsheh Keynoush in her edited book: Iran’s Interregional Dynamics in the Near East
A chapter in Iran’s Interregional Dynamics in the Near East, edited by Banafsheh Keynoush.