This timely volume explores the impact of dramatic social change that has disrupted established patterns of family life and human development in the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council. It brings a critical perspective to the emerging challenges facing families in this region. In a nascent niche as Gulf Family Studies, this book is a trifecta: it fills a gap, has purpose and serves social policies. Touching on overlooked aspects of the region, specifically the multi-functions of the GCC family, the book delves into a plethora of critical considerations: traditional to transnational households, changes to child rearing and domestic help, youth, power sharing, and female work.?Almost uniquely exposed to complex intersect between state and social-public life the intimate complications of Gulf homes are impressively articulated. This manuscript serves as a much-needed contextual grab on the contemporary understanding of the region and its private sphere. Rima Sabban, Associate Professor, Zayed University