“When did you arrive?” and “Will you return?” are questions long embedded in the everyday conversations of Gulf residents, both new and old. These questions, often seen as bookending a residents’ trajectory, take on new meaning as growing number of older residents and shifting visa regimes and p..
İdil Akıncı
İdil is a lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Edinburgh and holds a PhD in Migration Studies from the University of Sussex. Her research examines how immigration and citizenship frameworks shape life trajectories from a global perspective. Her current work is on aging and retirement in the Gulf States, exploring how residents navigate new reforms, policies, and infrastructures in planning for later life.