This is the essay in which I coined the term ‘Desi Khaleeji’ in a Swalif Publishing Abu Dhabi Creative Critical Book Project published in 2021. The term ‘Desi Khaleeji’ is an analytical lens to view multigenerational south Asian belonging in the Gulf, where an emotional citizenship beyond PRs and Passports is at work, where upon turning 18 one finds creative avenues to procure visa status as the family dependent status especially for boys is at play.
Ofcourse one has to find intellectual spaces beyond the h index to theorise lived experiences.
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