http://qspace.qu.edu.qa:80 The DSpace digital repository system captures, stores, indexes, preserves, and distributes digital research material. 2024-02-24T13:28:48Z http://hdl.handle.net/10576/52108 Privacy and gendered spaces in Arab Gulf homes Sobh, Rana; Belk, Russell W. We report the findings of a qualitative study of Qatari homes in the Arab Gulf. We identify the significance of privacy and gender segregation as anchors for identity, both national and religious. Maintaining these anchors seems to help Qataris resolve cultural tensions and conflicts to which they feel subjected. We show that the emphasis on these identity projects counters pressures toward a reverse acculturation in which hosts are numerically overwhelmed by guests. © Berg 2011 Printed in the UK. 2015-04-27T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10576/52107 An exploration into the religious and symbolic meanings of gendered spaces in an Arab gulf home Sobh, Rana; Belk, Russell Houses are rich symbols representative of culture, self and identity (Marcus 1995). The current research provides a comparative perspective on Arab-Islamic (Qatari) and Western values as encoded in the home and use of spaces within it. Our ethnographic study involved observation and in-depth interviews with twenty four middleclass home-owning Qatari families living in Doha. We found gendered areas as well as visual and non-visual domains of privacy. Furthermore, we found a parallel between the home and the woman's body as these both relate to the notions of sanctity, purity, and reserve. Both also seem to embody and mediate global and local cultural controversies Qataris are subject to as a result of the increased influence of Western consumption patterns. 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10576/52106 Gender and privacy in Arab Gulf states: implications for consumption and marketing Belk, Russell; Sobh, Rana N/A 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10576/52105 Approaching what we hope for and avoiding what we fear: A study of women's concern with visible signs of skin aging Sobh, Rana This paper proposes to examine how priming approach and avoidance goal orientations moderates consumer goal-directed preferences for products and services. These effects are studied in the context of women's concern with visible signs of facial skin aging and the products, services and activities used to deal with it. Seven hundred female participants from Auckland were randomly assigned to one of the two conditions by receiving one of the two versions of a survey. The final sample was 203 (103 in the approach condition, 100 in the avoidance condition). MANOVA analyses indicated that women are likely to consider different means to deal with aging based on whether they are striving to prevent feared possible selves or to attain hoped-for selves. Underlying mechanisms, implications and future research directions are discussed. © 2011 Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy. 2011-05-01T00:00:00Z