* In the modern world of international communication and social media, identity has turned into a major issue as a result of globalization, displacement, growing power inequities, and internationalization of higher education. * The four parts-language and power, media representation of Gulf identities, identities in transition, and English-medium instruction and the intercultural nature of the Gulf classrooms-encompass central issues to identity research * From Instagram's #women2drive to coronavirus communication, the material is up-to-the-minute but this relevance and timeliness does not in any ways undermine the durability of interest in the topics of the book

* In the modern world of international communication and social media, identity has turned into a major issue as a result of globalization, displacement, growing power inequities, and internationalization of higher education. * The four parts-language and power, media representation of Gulf identities, identities in transition, and English-medium instruction and the intercultural nature of the Gulf classrooms-encompass central issues to identity research * From Instagram's #women2drive to coronavirus communication, the material is up-to-the-minute but this relevance and timeliness does not in any ways undermine the durability of interest in the topics of the book