My Gulf Book is well underway, of a region hidden from the media and tourist academic gaze. 16 years of incessant ethnography and historical research from the backstreets since 2004 when I was 18. The stories span the past quarter of a century.

Is any literary agent wishes to read a sample chapter, will be happy to discuss. When PhD admits don’t come your way, the story can’t be stopped from being written. The last year in Pune has been a deep dive into Middle East Studies with over 100 books devoured.

Written from a place of love as a Desi Khaleeji. #invisiblegulf

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@TheNakhoda Prof Fahad Bishara’s work cited in Sinews of War and Trade by Prof Laleh Khalili @LalehKhalili . Both great reads.

Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula by Prof @LalehKhalili is my breakthrough book on the #Gulf this year. So many layers of Infrastructure politics as well as labor histories of the region lost in the glitz of the skyscraper. Must read which is rigorous and a page turner. The role of port and trade is often overlooked as the trajectories of the region are mapped in energy terms. But the oil and the gas has to reach to its end client.

The politics behind the widening of the Dubai Creek and subsequent ports is fascinating and instrumental in the global ascent of Dubayy. A Must Read for Middle East Watchers.

Mr. Omar Al Owais, Ms.Maryam Belhoul and Ms. Sarah Al Kaabi @sarahkay_s in an all Emirati panel on mental health hosted by the spectacularly innovative @OxbridgeEmirati society in the UK. Important topic indeed.

‘Globalisation Before It’s Time: Gujarati Traders in the Indian Ocean’ (Penguin 2016) by Chhaya Goswami is a popular business history book written in lay language. The Story of Indian Business Series.

‘In the 18th century, Muscat emerged as the twin city of Mandvi’