Introduction : Learning from Gulf Cities / Harvey Molotch and Davide Ponzini -- Section I. The Gulf as Transnational. Giving the Transnational a History : Gulf Cities across Time and Space / Alex Bookrookas and Arang Keshavarzian -- Problematizing a Regional Context : Representation in Arab and Gulf Cities / Amale Andraos -- Mobilities of Urban Spectacle : Plans, Projects, and Investments in the Gulf and Beyond / Davide Ponzini -- Section II. Assembling Hybrid Cities. A Gulf of Images : Photography and the Circulation of Spectacular Architecture / Michele Nastasi -- Planning for the Hybrid Gulf City / Laura Lieto -- Planning from Within : NYU Abu Dhabi / Hilary Ballon -- Section III. Urban Test Beds for Export. Gateway : Revisiting Dubai as a Port City / Mina Akhavan -- Exporting the Spaceship : The Connected Isolation of Masdar City / Gökçe Günel -- "Two Days to Shape the Future" : A Saudi Arabian Node in the Transnational Circulation of Ideas about New Cities / Sarah Moser -- Section IV. Audacity, Work-Arounds, and Spatial Segmentation. Real Estate Speculation and Transnational Development in Dubai / Yasser Elsheshtawy -- Consuming Abu Dhabi / Harvey Molotch -- A Quest for Significance : Gulf Oil Monarchies' International Strategies and Their Urban Dimensions / Steffen Hertog -- Conclusion : From Gulf Cities Onward / Harvey Molotch and Davide Ponzini.