Identity and Transplant-University Education in the Gulf: The American University of Kuwait

Journal of Arabian Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-98

  Ann Tétreault, Mary ^a  

^a TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American University of Kuwait; Arabian Peninsula; AUK; education; GCC; Gulf; higher education; Kuwait; universities; US

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015048011     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21534780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21534764.2011.576052     Document Type: Article

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