Shorooq Al Zaabi

Biographic Data

ID9747454
NAMEShorooq Al Zaabi
GIVEN NAMESShorooq
FAMILY NAMEAl Zaabi
SIGNATUREAL ZAABI S
AFFILIATIONSISNI: 0000000087000572 Durham University
ORCID0009-0009-0743-3398
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Symbolic States

    Open AccessShorooq Al ZaabiARTICLEAnthropology of the Middle East2026

    This article examines how Middle Eastern states conceive and perform symbolic national roles within the regional security complex. Integrating regional security complex theory with national role conception and anthropological approaches, it argues that symbolic performances – from architecture and mediation rituals to revolutionary commemorations and humanitarian diplomacy – are constitutive of security politics. Through discourse analysis of sev…

  • Qatar’s Role in China’s Belt and Road Initiative

    Shorooq Al Zaabi, Shorooq Al-ZaabiARTICLEJournal of Gulf studies2025

    Review of: Qatar’s Role in China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Bridging Two Economic Titans , Mohamad Zreik (2025) Cham: Springer Nature (Palgrave Macmillan), 175 pp., ISBN 978-3-03190-501-8, h/bk, GBP 89.99