List of figures

List of tables

Preface

Notes on the contributors

List of figures

List of tables

Preface

Notes on the contributors

Introduction:

Linguistic identities in the Arab Gulf states: Waves of change

Sarah Hopkyns and Wafa Zoghbor

PART I: Language and power in the Gulf

1 Arabic vis-a -vis English in the Gulf: Bridging the ideological divide

Sarah Hopkyns and Tariq Elyas

2 Planning language identity in the Sultanate of Oman: A linguistic anthropological perspective

Ali Al-Issa

3 No Mary Poppins in sight: Linguistic effects of the nanny culture on Gulf identities

Hanada Taha-Thomure

PART II: Gulf cultural and linguistic identities in the media

4 A semiotic analysis of Saudi Arabian women’s Instagrammable identities following the campaign for the right to drive

Zoe Hurley

5 The pact(s): Identity, gender, and social order in Kuwaiti literature

Emanuela Buscemi

6 Unifying multiple identities through Arabic varieties: An analysis of Arabic dialects in Kawaja Abdulqader’s discourse

Wafa Zoghbor and Muneer Alqahtani

PART III: Gulf identities in transition

7 Glocal identities in the Gulf: Narratives of Bangladeshi third culture kids

Habibul Haque Khondker

8 Linguistic inclusion and exclusion on Abu Dhabi coronavirus signage

Sarah Hopkyns and Melanie van den Hoven

9 Cultural bias in English examinations and its effect on Gulf linguistic and cultural identities

Hilda Freimuth

PART IV: Gulf identities in English-medium instruction (EMI) contexts

10 Translanguaging for transformation: Resisting monolingual ideologies

Kevin S. Carroll

11 Multilingual teacher identity in the Emirates: Implications for language policy and education

Raees Calafato

12 Navigating identity and belonging as international branch campus students: The role of linguistic shame

Sara Hillman

Index