YOUTH BLOOM IN GCC

As the GCC countries face a youth bulge in their demography, the regimes cultivated them as important constituencies, and have been projecting their pro-youth strategies and policies. Despite several challenges, GCC youth operate from the advantages of relative stability, wealth, connectivity, and a milieu of diverse, skilled, multi-national workforce. With contributions from young minds, this volume looks at the potentials and possibilities for the GCC youths from this vantage point, their adaptations and the challenges facing their development. Dr Sameena Hameed is Assistant Professor at the Centre for West Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She writes, teaches and researches on the Gulf region, especially India's economic and energy relations with it. She co-authored Persian Gulf 2020 and Persian Gulf 2021-22, both published by Palgrave Macmillan, and she is also the book review editor of Contemporary Review of the Middle East (Sage).