• Courting women in the Gulf monarchies: State power, gender and judging 

      Maktabi, Rania (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-03-18)
      The article highlights the appointment of women as adjudicators in court in the Gulf monarchies between 2005–2020. The main question addressed is: What are the driving forces behind the inclusion of women in the judiciary ...
    • Enfranchised Minors: Women as People in the Middle East after the 2011 Arab Uprisings 

      Maktabi, Rania (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-03)
      The civic status of female citizens in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is conceptualized as “enfranchised minorhood” which reflects the confined position of adult women as legal minors under the trusteeship ...
    • Ti år etter kvinners stemmerett i Kuwait: Quo Vadis? 

      Maktabi, Rania (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      16. mai 2015 var det ti år siden kvinner i Kuwait fikk stemmerett. Hvordan har de brukt sine politiske rettigheter som borgere i et av klodens rikeste og mest verdikonservative hjørner?