Off-Campus Orientalism: Western University Branch Campuses in the Gulf

M.H. Ilias is Associate Professor at India-Arab Cultural Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. He completed his doctoral research from the Centre for West Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. His current research addresses social and cultural issues in the Gulf countries. Areas of his reseasrch interest include film and popular culture in West Asia, Hadrami diaspora on the Malabar Coast, Islam and International Relations and Muslims and New Media.