The ‘Shura Councils in the Gulf’ project gathered a distinguished group of scholars and specialists from within the region, equipped with the necessary methodological and comparative tools, to discuss and assess the role, function and performance of every one of the legislative/consultative chambers in the Gulf region. This project fills the gap in the literature regarding the legislative branch of political systems in the Middle East region and specifically the Gulf countries often disregarded by the scholarly publications due to the character of their political regimes.
The case studies discussed in this series are Iran; Iraq (and Kurdistan); Saudi Arabia; Kuwait; Qatar; Bahrain; United Arab Emirates; Oman and Yemen.
Coordinators
Dr. Luciano Zaccara, Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University.
Prof. Anoush Ehtheshami, Al Sabah Program, Durham University.
Published monographs
No. 5 September 2021
The Parliament of Kurdistan - Iraq: Slow but Steady Coming into Existence of a Non-State Parliamentary Institution
Mohammad Yaseen Taha and Angela Movileanu
No. 4 September 2021
The Legal System of Qatar Shura Council
Hassan Al Sayed
No. 3 January 2020
Yemeni Parliament: Functioning Legislature in a Failed State
Ahmed A. Saif
No. 2 September 2019
Representative Councils in Oman. A Normative Assessment of Parliamentary Efficacy of the Majlis Ash-Shura in Oman
Ahmed Ali M. al Mukhaini
No. 1 July 2019
Kuwait's National Assembly: Roles and Dynamics
Hamad H. Albloshi