​The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 52nd issue (Spring 2025) of the quarterly peer-reviewed journal Omran, dedicated to the social sciences. This issue contains the following studies: “Faith and Intolerance: How Does Religious Identity Mediate Responses to Discrimination in Northwestern Europe?” by Tahir Abbas and Nabil Khattab; “Cyberpunk Urban Fantasies in the Gulf: The Line as an Incubator of Modernization in Saudi Arabia and Beyond” by Federico Cugurullo, Isobel Lee, and Rebecca Weir; “Women Professors and the Practice of Power at the Lebanese University” by Fadia Hoteit; “Colonial Direct and Indirect Rule in the West Bank in Post-Oslo Era” by Ghada Samman; and “The Palestinian Bourgeoisie under Israeli Occupation: National, Comprador, or Dependent Benefiting from its Dependency?” by Natalie Salameh.

The issue also includes a translation of Walter W. Powell’s “Neither Market nor Hierarchy: Network Forms of Organization” by Thaer Deeb. In the reports section, Jibril Ali contributes a report titled “Social Sciences and Humanities in the Arab World: A Reading of the Arab Social Sciences Monitor”. Two book reviews are featured: Sari Hanafi’s review of Academic Freedom and the Transnational Production of Knowledge by Dina Kiwan; and Mansour Nasasra’s review of Beersheba Region, Southern Ottoman Palestine: The Land, Society, and State by Ahmad Amara. The issue ends with four previews of recent publications, prepared by the editorial board.