scholarly journals Urdubic as a Lingua Franca in the Arab Countries of the Persian Gulf

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 225-232
Author(s):  
Dr. Riaz Hussain ◽  
Dr. Muhamad Asif ◽  
Dr. Muhammad Din
Keyword(s):  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Pivotal Role ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
Lingua Franca ◽  
Historical Aspects ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Persian Gulf ◽  
Recurrent Patterns

A new lingua franca, Urdubic, is emerging in the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf. Its linguistic composition is defined by the reduced and simplified forms of Arabic and Urdu. The paper examines linguistic, social, and historical aspects of its sociolinguistic make-up. Recurrent patterns of mutual migration between Arabs and Indians have played a pivotal role in the development of this lingua franca.  Today, it appears to permeate the very homes of the Arabs. The examples of linguistic features (combinations of Urdu and Arabic) of the pidgin mentioned in the current study show that Urban Arabic is accepting foreign influences.  This influx of foreign languages has alarmed those Arabs who want to preserve the purity of Arabic. How long Urdubic is going to survive amid Arabs’ efforts to save Arabic from such foreign influences? The paper concludes with speculations about the future of Urdubic.

China, Global Energy, and the Middle East

2007 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve A. Yetiv ◽  
Chunlong Lu
Keyword(s):  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Gulf Region ◽  
Arms Sales ◽  
The Past ◽  
Regional Dynamics ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Policy ◽  
The Persian Gulf ◽  
Economic Ties

China has significantly enhanced its position and interest in the Persian Gulf region over the past 25 years, making it an important newcomer in regional dynamics. Evidence clearly shows that it has expanded, in some cases dramatically, its diplomatic contacts, economic ties, and arms sales to regional states. This represents a novel development which is likely to accelerate in the future as China's dependence on Persian Gulf oil grows. China's rising position in the region has put Beijing and Washington at odds and could generate serious friction points in the future. Policy recommendations are sketched to avoid such an outcome.

Less is More: The Future of the U.S. Military in the Persian Gulf

2014 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 47-60
Author(s):  
Joshua Rovner ◽  
Caitlin Talmadge
Keyword(s):  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Less Is More ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Persian Gulf ◽  
The U.S

JORDAN'S POSITION TOWARDS THE DIPLOMATIC CRISIS IN THE PERSIAN GULF

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-94
Author(s):  
М.А. Abhari ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Arab States ◽  
The Persian Gulf

The wave of protests that rocked the Arab countries since February 2011 has not spared the relatively prosperous region of the Persian Gulf.The gradually growing tension between the countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf led to a conflict between these states, and subsequently to a diplomatic crisis, which also affected neighboring countries that are not part of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf. During the conflict in the Persian Gulf, also referred to as the "Qatar Crisis of 2017," a number of Arab countries boycotted and adopted sanctions against Qatar.

scholarly journals Diversification of Domestic Politics of the GCC Member States After the Second Gulf War

2000 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Egdūnas Račius
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
Gulf War ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Member States ◽  
Gcc Countries ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
The Persian Gulf

This paper will concentrate on exploring how the domestic politics of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have been redirected and reshaped as a consequence of the Second Gulf War. Although the war affected directly only Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, it has also been experienced by other GCC member states: Bahrain, next to Saudi Arabia, was a major base of Allied forces, United Arab Emirates had sent its jet–fighters to the operations against Iraqi troops. Therefore, white Kuwait and Saudi Arabia will be the primary focus of the paper, the rest of the Persian Gulf Arab countries will receive partial attention too.

scholarly journals Arab States of the Persian Gulf in the System of Geopolitical Changes of the Beginning of the XXI Century

2019 ◽  
pp. 73-86
Author(s):  
V. Shved
Keyword(s):  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Arab Spring ◽  
Strategic Alliance ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Important Region ◽  
The Persian Gulf ◽  
The Arab Spring ◽  
The Impact

The impact of changes in the geopolitical landscape at the global and regional levels on the development and transformation of such an important region of the Arab world as the Persian Gulf is analyzed. It is noted that the transformation processes of this region were primarily influenced by the US intervention in Iraq in 2003 and the “Arab spring” of 2010-2011. Over the past two decades, Iran has become the main rival of the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf. The tough and uncompromising confrontation with Iran mainly determines the peculiarities and aspirations of the foreign policy of these countries, the development of their integration formats and the emergence of new alliances. It isindicated that under the influence of the events of the “Arab spring” and the need to confront Iran, a “revolution from above” is unfolding in the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf today, and large-scale reforms have begun. The prospects for creating a new military-political project “Middle East Strategic Alliance”, the possibilities and risks of normalizing relations between the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf and Israel are analyzed

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