Writing Centers in the Higher Education Landscape of the Arabian Gulf

PART I: Historical Review of Writing Center(s) across the Arabian Gulf countries.- Chapter 1. The Emergence of Writing Centers in the Saudi Higher Education Landscape: A Genealogical Investigation; Hamid Ali Khan Eusafzai.- Chapter 2. A Critical Re-Reading of the History of Writing Centers in the UAE; Ayman Elsheikh & Jessica Winters.- Chapter 3. Writing Centers in Higher Education Institutions in Qatar: A Critical Review; Julian Williams, Abdelhamid Ahmed & Waheed Adeyimika Bamigbade.- Chapter 4. The Evolution of Writing Centers in Bahrain: A Multipronged Analysis; Joel C. Meniado.- Chapter 5. Development of Writing Centers in Oman: Tracing the Past, Understanding the Future; Khalid Al-Bishi.- Chapter 6. The History of Writing Centers in Kuwait: Critical Perspectives; Salih Abdullah & Inan Deniz Erguvan.- PART II: Writing Center(s) on the Ground.- Chapter 7. Developing Students' Critical Thinking Skills in Writing at a Saudi Arabian Writing Center; Lawan Dalha.- Chapter 8. There May Have Been Other Stuff Going On: Affective Labor and the Writing Center as a Safe House; Ken Nielse.- Chapter 9. Writing Support in a Transnational Context: De-centring the Writing Center in a Medical College in Qatar; A.S. Weber and A.H. Larson.- Chapter 10. Writing Centers in Bahrain: Negotiating the Technologies of the Self; Sajjadllah Alhawsawi & Nasreen Mahmood Al Aradi.- Chapter 11. Negotiating Pedagogies in Omani Writing Centers; Raniah Kabooha.- Chapter 12. SWOT Analysis of GUST Writing Lab; Inan Deniz Erguvan.- Chapter 13. A Review of Writing Centre Tutor Training Materials in the GCC; Tony Schiera.- PART III: Comparative Investigations of Writing Centers in the Arabian Gulf Countries.- Chapter 14. Writing Centers in the Higher Education Landscape of the Arabian Gulf: Dialogic Investigations; Habib Bouagada.