Articles
Nazir, Irfan Ahmed. 2026. ‘Accomplishing Zayed’s “Ambition”: Space Exploration and National Identity in the United Arab Emirates’. Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, April 3. https://doi.org/10.1111/sena.70040.
Nazir, Irfan Ahmed. 2024. ‘Kerala and the Gaza Crisis: Solidarity, Politics, and Media Responses’. Contemporary Review of the Middle East 11 (4): 466–91. https://doi.org/10.1177/23477989241289686.
Chapters
Nazir, Irfan Ahmed. 2026. ‘Kerala’s Response to the Gaza Crisis: Politics, Religion, and Media’. In Modi, 7 October, and the Gaza War, edited by P. R. Kumaraswamy and Md. Muddassir Quamar, 89–124. KW Publishers.
Nazir, Irfan Ahmed. 2025. ‘The UAE’. In COVID-19 in Middle East and North Africa: Pandemic, Impacts and Responses, edited by P. R. Kumaraswamy, Sameena Hameed and Md. Muddassir Quamar, 257–72. Bloomsbury India. http://doi.org/10.5040/9789361316951.ch-20.
Nazir, Irfan Ahmed. 2025. ‘Jordan’. In COVID-19 in Middle East and North Africa: Pandemic, Impacts and Responses, edited by P. R. Kumaraswamy, Sameena Hameed and Md. Muddassir Quamar, 117–31. Bloomsbury India. http://doi.org/10.5040/9789361316951.ch-8.
Nazir, Irfan Ahmed. 2024. ‘India’s Rashtradoots: Engagement with the Diaspora’. In Transformation of India’s Foreign Policy: Shaping the Global Order as a Responsible Power, edited by Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit, 150–83. KW Publishers/Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003539063-7.
Policy Papers
Nazir, Irfan Ahmed. 2024. Teaching National Identity to Non-Nationals: Indian Curriculum Schools in the UAE. Policy Paper No. 73. Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research. https://doi.org/10.18502/aqf.0216.
Essays
Nazir, Irfan Ahmed. 2022. ‘COVID-19 and Migrant Workers in the GCC Countries: End of the Gulf Dream?’ In COVID-19 in the MENA: Two Years On, edited by Marc Lynch, 75–79. POMEPS Studies 47. Project on Middle East Political Science. https://pomeps.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/POMEPS_Studies_47.pdf.
Book Reviews
Nazir, Irfan Ahmed. 2024. ‘Joseph A. Kéchichian and Fahad L. Alsharif, Sa’udi Policies Towards Migrants and Refugees: A Sacred Duty (Brighton, United Kingdom: Sussex Academic Press and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, 2022, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-78976-144-3, Price: £60.00, 362pp)’. Contemporary Review of the Middle East 11 (1): 116–18. https://doi.org/10.1177/23477989231223649.
Nazir, Irfan Ahmed. 2022. ‘Gerasimos Tsourapas (2021). Migration Diplomacy in the Middle East and North Africa: Power, Mobility, and the State. Manchester, United Kingdom: Manchester University Press. Price: £85.00. 192 pp., ISBN: 978-1-5261-3209-3 (Hardback)’. Contemporary Review of the Middle East 9 (4): 464–66. https://doi.org/10.1177/23477989221116446.
Nazir, Irfan Ahmed. 2022. ‘Md. Muddassir Quamar (ed.) (2022), Politics of Change in Middle East and North Africa since Arab Spring: A Lost Decade?, New Delhi, India: Knowledge World Publishers Pvt. Ltd., Hardcover. ISBN: 978-93-91490-76-8, Price: INR 1160.00, 298 pp’. Financial Express, January 24. https://www.financialexpress.com/life/lifestyle-book-review-politics-of-change-in-middle-east-and-north-africa-since-arab-spring-2414441/.
Commentaries
Nazir, Irfan Ahmed. 2024. ‘Unity in Diversity: My UAE Identity Journey’. Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research, July 1. https://publications.alqasimifoundation.com/blog/unity-in-diversity-my-uae-identity-journey.
Nazir, Irfan Ahmed. 2023. ‘BRICS, G20 and the UAE’s Multi-alignment’. Financial Express, September 14. https://www.financialexpress.com/business/defence-brics-g20-and-the-uaes-multi-alignment-3243608/.
Nazir, Irfan Ahmed. 2023. ‘UAE Expands the Scope of Nationalization of Workforce’. Financial Express, July 14. https://www.financialexpress.com/business/defence-brics-g20-and-the-uaes-multi-alignment-3243608/.
Nazir, Irfan Ahmed. 2023. ‘Fifty Years of Diplomatic Relations Between the UAE and India’. Diplomacy and Beyond Plus, June 20.
Nazir, Irfan Ahmed. 2023. ‘UAE Gets New Vice President and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi’. Financial Express, March 31. https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/uae-gets-new-vice-president-and-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi/3028771/.
Nazir, Irfan Ahmed. 2023. ‘Egyptian President Sisi’s Visit will boost India-Egypt Relations and India’s Presence in the Middle East’. Financial Express, January 23. https://www.financialexpress.com/business/defence-egyptian-president-sisis-visit-will-boostindia-egypt-relations-and-indias-presence-in-the-middle-east-2957545/.
Nazir, Irfan Ahmed. 2023. ‘The ‘Fraternal Meeting’ in the UAE: What it Means for the Middle East?’. Financial Express, January 21. https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/the-fraternal-meeting-in-the-uae-what-it-means-for-the-middle-east/2955954/.
Nazir, Irfan Ahmed. 2022. ‘Kerala’s Kettungal Village Exhibits Love and Gratitude to their ‘Second Home’ this World Cup’. Financial Express, December 12. https://www.financialexpress.com/sports/keralas-kettungal-village-exhibits-love-and-gratitude-to-their-second-home-this-world-cup/2910489/.
Nazir, Irfan Ahmed. 2022. ‘How FIFA World Cup 2022 Could Make Qatari Identity More Resilient’. Indiatimes, November 17. https://www.indiatimes.com/explainers/news/fifa-world-cup-2022-qatar-585044.html.
Nazir, Irfan Ahmed. 2022. ‘Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan’. Middle East Institute New Delhi, May 14. http://www.mei.org.in/mei-remember-20-sheikh-khalifa-bin-zayed-al-nahyan.
Nazir, Irfan Ahmed. 2021. ‘UAE’s Green Visa and Implications for Foreign Workers’. Middle East Institute New Delhi, October 6. http://www.mei.org.in/commentary-723-uae-green-visa-and-implications-for–foreign-workers.
Nazir, Irfan Ahmed. 2021. ‘Understanding Joe Biden’s Saudi Policy’. The Kootneeti, May 14. https://thekootneeti.in/2021/05/14/understanding-joe-bidens-saudi-policy/.
Nazir, Irfan Ahmed. 2020. ‘The League is Dead, Long Live the League!’. The Kootneeti, September 8. https://thekootneeti.in/2020/09/08/the-league-is-dead-long-live-the-league/.
Nazir, Irfan Ahmed. 2020. ‘COVID-19 Pandemic: The Plight of Indian Expatriates in the UAE’. The Kootneeti, April 27. https://thekootneeti.in/2020/04/27/covid-19-indian-expatriates-uae-15596/.
Other Publications
Nazir, Irfan Ahmed. 2018. ‘Understanding Children’s Right to Leisure, Play and Culture in Thrissur Municipal Corporation’. Shanlax International Journal of Arts, Science and Humanities 5 (7): 62–70. Special Issue. https://www.shanlaxjournals.in/wp-content/uploads/sijash_apr2018_christ_university.pdf.
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