Crossing The Gulf: Love and Family in Migrant Lives.

MAHDAVI, Pardis [Madeleine Albright].

$475.00

Item Number: 149067

Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2016.

First edition of this intricate dynamics of migration in the Gulf cities of Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Kuwait City. Octavo, original publisher’s wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by author on the front free endpaper, “For Secretary Albright- who inspired me to tell my story. Pardis Mahdavi.” The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leading the United States through foreign policy in the Middle East with the endorsement of military action in Iraq. At the 1998 NATO summit, Albright coined the “3 Ds” of NATO, “which is no diminution of NATO, no discrimination and no duplication – because I think that we don’t need any of those three “Ds” to happen.” After her tenure as Secretary of State, she served as chair of the consulting Albright Stonebridge Group and was the Michael and Virginia Mortara Endowed Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. For Albright’s contributions to foreign policy and relations that defined a century, President Barack Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Bookplate to the front pastedown from, “The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright.” Cover illustration by Russell Watkins. Cover design by Rob Ehle.

Crossing the Gulf: Love and Family in Migrant Lives by Pardis Mahdavi examines the intricate dynamics of migration in the Gulf cities of Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Kuwait City, focusing on the personal experiences of migrants. Mahdavi explores how state policies often overlook the lived realities of migrants, leading to challenges such as illegality or statelessness, particularly for migrant mothers and their children. The book highlights the complex interplay between migration, emotion, family, and state policy, demonstrating how migrants are both mobilized and immobilized by their familial relationships across borders.