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Sinem Cengiz

Sinem Cengiz

Sinem Cengiz is a researcher at Qatar University’s Gulf Studies Center and a nonresident fellow at the Washington-based Gulf International Forum. She is a regular columnist for Arab News and a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations’ Women of the Middle East Network for Peacebuilding. She is the author of “Turkish-Saudi Relations: Cooperation and Competition in the Middle East” and co-editor of “The Making of Contemporary Kuwait: Identity, Politics, and Its Survival Strategy.” Cengiz was born and raised in Kuwait and is currently based in Doha.

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Iran’s Attacks on the Gulf Are Leaving Scars That Won’t Fade

Iran’s Attacks on the Gulf Are Leaving Scars That Won’t Fade

A writer based in Doha reflects on living through Iran's strikes on the Gulf states during Ramadan, drawing on memories of Kuwait during the 2003 Iraq War to explore the lasting psychological and social toll the conflict is leaving on Gulf societies.

Sinem Cengiz