Exeter Critical Gulf Studies
PUBLISHER PRIZE 2025 FOR GERLACH PRESS
2025-10
Gerlach Press are delighted and proud to be one of the recipients of this year's Publisher Prize awarded by the Secretary of Culture of the German Federal Government. The main criteria for the jury's decision were an innovative publishing programme, the quality of publishing work, and a particularly appealing design of the books. We would like to thank all our authors who are the very foundation of our success, and hope that this recognition will further strengthen the press. Ad multos annos!...
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Mohamed Matar
Bahrain’s Surviving Dynasty
The Al Khalifa’s Rulership Struggles and Successions 1783-1932
2023
The Al Khalifa of Bahrain is a long-standing dynasty that has established dispute resolution measures to overcome intra-tribal ambitions for power and wealth, replacing extra-constitutional rulership succession with primogeniture. Since their control over Bahrain began in 1783 until the British withdrawal from the Gulf in 1971, the Al Khalifa introduced ten senior ruling shaykhs, seven of whom experienced turbulent successions, and faced in-house rivalries and power-seeking disputes. This book provides valuable insights int...
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Abdulrahman Alebrahim
Kuwait's Politics Before Independence: The Role of the Balancing Powers
2019
This book re-examines the historiography of constitutional development in Kuwait. It argues that existing scholarship on the subject has several shortcomings due to the lack of consideration given to the role played by some important social forces in the Kuwaiti political scene. Most historians working on Kuwait’s modern politics have focussed on two forces: the ruling family and the merchants. Although these two actors have undeniably been the most influential, other segments of society, such as the labour force, the villa...
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Marc Owen Jones, Ross Porter, Marc Valeri
Gulfization of the Arab World
2018
From projecting ideology and influence, to maintaining a notion of ‘Gulfness’ through the selective exclusion or inclusion of certain beliefs, cultures and people, the notion of Gulfization is increasingly pertinent as Gulf countries occupy a greater political and economic role in wider Middle East politics. This volume discusses the notion of Gulfization, and examines how thoughts, ideologies, way of life and practices are transmitted, changed, and transduced inside and outside the Gulf. From historical perspectives such as...
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