The Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz. By R. K. Ramazani. No. 3, International Straits of the World Series, edited by Gerard J. Mangone. Alphen aan den Rijn: Sijthoff & Noordhoff, 1979. Pp. xi, 180. Appendixes. Index. Dfl.70; $35.

1980 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 467-468
Author(s):  
Richard Young
Keyword(s):  
Persian Gulf ◽  
World Series ◽  
The World ◽  
Strait Of Hormuz ◽  
The Persian Gulf

Labor Migration to the Persian Gulf Monarchies

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahra R. Babar
Keyword(s):  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Labor Migration ◽  
Unique Feature ◽  
Migrant Populations ◽  
International Labor ◽  
The World ◽  
Permanent Settlement ◽  
Gulf States ◽  
Formal Integration ◽  
The Persian Gulf

The six oil monarchies of the Persian Gulf together form one of the most concentrated global sites of international labor migration, with some of the highest densities of non-citizens to citizens seen anywhere in the world. A somewhat unique feature of the region is that while it hosts millions of migrants, it allows almost no access to permanent settlement. Gulf States have hosted large cohorts of migrants for more than half a century but have done so without efforts toward formal integration through citizenship. Although labor migration as a phenomenon is both permanent and prominent, the Gulf States’ mechanism for governing migration systematically reinforces the temporariness and transience of their migrant populations.

scholarly journals Mesoscale eddies and submesoscale structures of Persian Gulf Water off the Omani coast in spring 2011

Ocean Science ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 687-701 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre L'Hégaret ◽  
Xavier Carton ◽  
Stephanie Louazel ◽  
Guillaume Boutin
Keyword(s):  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Arabian Sea ◽  
Cold Water ◽  
Mesoscale Eddies ◽  
High Salinity Water ◽  
Strait Of Hormuz ◽  
Persian Gulf Water ◽  
Salinity Water ◽  
The Persian Gulf ◽  
Sea Of Oman

Abstract. The Persian Gulf produces high-salinity water (Persian Gulf Water, PGW hereafter), which flows into the Sea of Oman via the Strait of Hormuz. Beyond the Strait of Hormuz, the PGW cascades down the continental slope and spreads in the Sea of Oman under the influence of the energetic mesoscale eddies. The PGW outflow has different thermohaline characteristics and pathways, depending on the season. In spring 2011, the Phys-Indien experiment was carried out in the Arabian Sea and in the Sea of Oman. The Phys-Indien 2011 measurements, as well as satellite observations, are used here to characterize the circulation induced by the eddy field and its impact on the PGW pathway and evolution. During the spring intermonsoon, an anticyclonic eddy is often observed at the mouth of the Sea of Oman. It creates a front between the eastern and western parts of the basin. This structure was observed in 2011 during the Phys-Indien experiment. Two energetic eddies were also present along the southern Omani coast in the Arabian Sea. At their peripheries, ribbons of freshwater and cold water were found due to the stirring created by the eddies. The PGW characteristics are strongly influenced by these eddies. In the western Sea of Oman, in 2011, the PGW was fragmented into filaments and submesoscale eddies. It also recirculated locally, thus creating salty layers with different densities. In the Arabian Sea, a highly saline submesoscale lens was recorded offshore. Its characteristics are analyzed here and possible origins are proposed. The recurrence of such lenses in the Arabian Sea is also briefly examined.

scholarly journals Blue-collar workplace communicative practices: a case study in construction sites in Qatar

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 363-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene Theodoropoulou
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Blue Collar ◽  
Migrant Labor ◽  
Legitimate Peripheral Participation ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Blue Collar Workers ◽  
The World ◽  
The Persian Gulf

Abstract The aim of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of the role of language in multilingual blue-collar workplaces by investigating how communication is realized in construction sites in Qatar. The State of Qatar offers a unique and, hence, very interesting setting for the linguistic investigation of migration-related issues, such as multilingualism (Pietikäinen et al. in Sociolinguistics from the periphery: small languages in new circumstances, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2016), due to the fact that over 90% of its population consists of non-citizens (Ahmad, in: Kamrava, Babar (eds) Migrant labor in the Persian Gulf, Hurst & Company, London, pp 21–40, 2015). In addition, after its successful bid to host the World Cup 2022, the country is currently witnessing a rapid transformation of its landscape evident through its massive number of construction sites, where people of different national, ethnic and social class backgrounds from all over the world are hired to work together in developing the infrastructure that is part of the ambitious Qatar Vision 2030. Against this backdrop, the focus is on the sociolinguistic resources (Blommaert in The sociolinguistics of globalization, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010) mobilized in a construction site at a university in Qatar. The multilingual community of practice (Lave and Wenger in Situated learning: legitimate peripheral participation, Cambridge University Press, New York, 1991) investigated consists of blue-collar workers from India and their communication practices with their supervisors, who are project site engineers from all over the world. In such transnational fields, where effective communication is a sine qua non not only for the successful completion of the project or infrastructure itself but also, and perhaps most importantly, for the safety of everybody involved in the construction, multilingualism is the norm. It is argued that communication is realized through spatial repertoires (Canagarajah, in: Canagarajah (ed) The Routledge handbook of migration and language, Routledge, New York, pp 1–28, 2017), that are constructed and used as ingroup markers to facilitate communication among people from different nationalities, ethnicities and social classes. The ethnographic data, collected for almost 13 months, comprise voice-recorded interactions, field notes from on-site participant observation as well as ethnographic interviews with select blue-collar workers and their supervisors. The linguistic and exolinguistic analysis is contextualized in the broader socio-political and economic forces of Qatar (Fromherz in Qatar. A modern history, Georgetown University Press, Washington, 2012; Kamrava in Qatar: small state, big politics, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 2015; chapters in Kamrava and Babar in Migrant labor in the Persian Gulf, Hurst & Company, London, 2015).

Harappan Outposts on the Makran Coast

Antiquity ◽  
1962 ◽  
Vol 36 (142) ◽  
pp. 86-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
George F. Dales
Keyword(s):  
Persian Gulf ◽  
The West ◽  
Indus Valley ◽  
Harappan Civilization ◽  
The World ◽  
The Persian Gulf ◽  
Coast Site

The widespread remains of the Indus Valley or Harappan civilization—contemporaneous in part with the great civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt—present at first glance a picture of sterile isolationism. Yet none of the great civilizations of the world originated or thrived in a cultural and economic vacuum. There are, in fact, certain material indications of contact between the Harappans and their western contemporaries? Also, there is a strong Mesopotamian seafaring tradition attested to in cuneiform economic documents and mythological literature. The discovery of Indus type stamp seals in southern Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf area suggested that at least part of the Mesopotamian seafaring activities were directed toward the east. The identification, some thirty years ago, of the Makran Coast site of Sutkagen-dor as a Harappan settlement added further weight to the probability of sea contacts between the Indus and the West.

Cage aquaculture in the Persian Gulf: A cautionary tale for Iran and the world

2021 ◽  
Vol 166 ◽  
pp. 112079
Author(s):  
Michael John Risk ◽  
S. Abbas Haghshenas ◽  
Azadeh Razavi Arab
Keyword(s):  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Cautionary Tale ◽  
The World ◽  
Cage Aquaculture ◽  
The Persian Gulf

Littoral mud shrimps (Decapoda: Gebiidea & Axiidea) of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, Iran

2012 ◽  
Vol 93 (4) ◽  
pp. 999-1008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vahid Sepahvand ◽  
Alireza Sari ◽  
Hassan Salehi ◽  
Seyed-Mohammad-Bagher Nabavi ◽  
Seyed-Ghasem Ghorbanzadeh
Keyword(s):  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Habitat Type ◽  
Subtidal Zone ◽  
Gulf Of Oman ◽  
The World ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Iranian Coast ◽  
Shallow Subtidal ◽  
The Persian Gulf ◽  
World Distribution

The mud shrimps of Iran are not well known. Material for the present study was collected from 21 out of 51 intertidal localities from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, Iran. In total, 11 species were found along the Iranian coast. These were belonging to three families, including Upogebiidae (Upogebia carinicauda, U. darwinii and U. pseudochelata), Callianassidae (Neocallichirus jousseaumei, N. calmani, Callichirus masoomi, Corallianassa coutierei, Michaelcallianassa indica, Paratrypaea bouvieri and Gourretia coolibah) and Callianideidae (Callianidea typa). Geographical distributions of the species were considered and the results show that each species is totally dependent on a special type of habitat. Comparing different types of habitat, sandy and muddy substrates of the intertidal and shallow subtidal zone are found as the dominant habitat type for all species, but some species have a preference for boulder dominated coasts or occupy already existing holes and crevices in the boulder and bedrocks. In addition, the world distribution of each species was considered, and according to their present recorded localities, these are grouped into two distributional categories including the Indo-West Pacific region and one in a broader area of the Indo-Pacific.

scholarly journals Geopolitical Dynamics of the Persian Gulf and Central Asia in the US Global Policy

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Enayatollah Yazdani
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
The United States ◽  
Energy Resources ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Main Question ◽  
Global Policy ◽  
The World ◽  
The Persian Gulf

The demise of the Soviet Union and the end of the bipolar system affected the geopolitics of the glob. One of the main features of the new world system is the importance of the world economy; accordingly, any power that dominates the Persian Gulf, with its enormous energy resources, would dominate the world. Yet, Central Asia, with its energy resources and strategic location, has attracted the powers attention. Under the new circumstances, the United States has tried to play an influential role in both regions. Here the main question is: which region is more important in US foreign policy, the Persian Gulf, or Central Asia? The paper concludes although Central Asia has a special role in US global policy, particularly after the 9/11 events, the Persian Gulf, for its greater amount of energy and crucial geopolitical position, as a new “heartland” or “center of the center” contains long-identified vital US national interests and security more than any other region.

scholarly journals Legal Issue Comparison of Piracy and Armed Robbery with Emphasis on the South China Sea-Malacca Strait and the Persian Gulf -Strait of Hormuz

FIAT JUSTISIA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ali Zohourian
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
The South ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Strait Of Hormuz ◽  
The Persian Gulf ◽  
Malacca Strait ◽  
Strait Of Malacca

International trading flows have always been the subject of geopolitical risks and conflicts. Different stages of the supply chain, trade always face inherent challenges caused by geopolitical realities along given routes. In this study, the data concerning piracy and armed robberies of ships reported to the Global Integrated Shipping Information System were considered. The statistics include the information on the incidents during the period between 1998 and 2018 on different types of ships, in two most strategic areas, namely the South China Sea (SCS) and the Strait of Malacca (area 1) and the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf (area 2). According to the GISIS reports, most of the incidents occurred in the South China Sea and the Strait of Malacca are respectively 1684 and 610. Because of the importance of both the Strait of Hormuz and the Malacca Strait as the most vital waterway in the world, it is necessary to have a clear picture of the security situation in the two aforementioned Strait. This research allowed us: 1) to make a distinction between the security in two aforementioned areas; 2) to represent the source of the information for researchers.

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