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INDEX
9/11 attacks, 14, 73, 80, 84, 106, 164, 194, 270
Abdallah, Issam Muhammad Abu, 272
Aberdeen University, 100
Abraj al-Bait Tower, 162
Abdulemam, Ali, 261
Abdul Nasser, Gamal, 3
Abdulemam, Ali, 261
Al-Abdulkarim, Muhammad, 262
Abu Dhabi Basic Industries Corporation, 45
Abu Dhabi Executive Council, 37
Abu Dhabi Fund for Arab Development, 81
Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, 81
Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, 77–78
Abu Dhabi Investment Company, 92
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, 43–44, 187, 247
Abu Dhabi National Consultative Council, 37
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, 41, 45, 117
Abu Dhabi Petroleum Exhibition, 74
Abu Dhabi Polymers Company, 45, 108
Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Investment, 92
Abu Safah oilfield, 113
Aden, 31
Adopt-a-Camp, 66, 250
Advisory Council, of Qatar, 33–34, 36, 226
Aegis cruisers, 167
Afghanistan, 73, 83–84, 86, 87, 165–166, 170
Afghan National Army, 86
African Union, 89
Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud, 90, 172
Air Canada, 166
Airports, 122–123, 145, 165, 236, 265
Alcohol, 29, 57, 121, 149, 157–158, 162, 164
Alkhair, Waleed Abu, 234, 269
Allegiance Commission, of Saudi Arabia, 27, 189
Ajam, community, 261
Ajman, 22, 25, 244–245, 247
Arab Cold War, 3
Arab League, 3, 80, 82, 89, 239
Al-Arab, newspaper, 178
Arab Spring, 1–2, 14, 27, 36, 56, 73, 88, 111, 117, 134, 136, 146, 152, 168, 170, 179, 192, 195, 199, 201–202, 204–205, 208, 212, 214, 216, 220–222, 224–227, 232, 237
Arabian American Oil Company (Aramco), 25, 40, 106–107, 113
Arabian Canal, 124
Arabic language, 39, 59, 98–101, 149, 161, 176, 178, 227
Arsenal, football club, 92
Asmara International Stadium, 83
Al-Assad, Bashar, 227
Al-Assad, Hafez, 13
Association of Tennis Professionals, 93
Aston Martin, 93
Atlantic, The, magazine, 172
Attar, Ali Rida Sheikh, 90
Australia, 62–63, 102, 151–152, 166
Australia National University, 102
Avebury, Lord Eric, 261
Awwamiya, 213, 235
Al-Ayn, 123, 125, 181, 267
Al-Azhar University, 73–74
Bab al-Azizia compound, 129
Baghdad, 23, 165
Baharna, tribe, 261
Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry, 208
Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco), 40
Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, 142, 146, 271
Bahrain Logistics Zone, 46
Baluchistan, 165, 261
Al-Bandar, Salah, 140, 144
Bandargate, 140, 146
Bangladesh, 65, 250
Bani Utub, 19–20, 139
Bank of Credit Commerce International, 126
Banlieues, of Paris, 94
Barcelona Football Club, 91
Barwa Housing Project, of Qatar, 51
Al-Bashar, Omar, 89
Basic laws, 27, 33, 39, 175, 247
Basra, 19
Bassiouni, Cherif, 208, 232
Al-Bayan, newspaper, 176
Bedouin, 70–71
Al-Behar, yacht, 128
Beijing Automobile Works, 108
Beijing Foreign Studies University, 109
Beirut, 88, 171–172
Bethany, 82
Bidoon, 134–139, 225
Bidoon Committee, 135
Big Ben, of London, 162
Bin Jbeil, 82
BlackBerry, 147, 150–151, 262
Blackwater, 224
Boeing, 168
Book World Prague, 96–97
Bombay, 19
Bond, James, 93
Borealis, 108
Borouge, see Abu Dhabi Polymers Company
Bosnia, 86
Brazil, 75, 256
Britain (contemporary power), 92–94, 99–102, 105, 127, 150, 165, 167, 184–185
British East India Company, 19–20
British Empire, 17–26, 28, 31–33, 37–38, 40–41, 43, 68–69, 72, 99, 139, 183, 229, 243
British Petroleum, 41, 244
British Society for Middle East Studies, 100
Bughnah, Feras, 272
Bulgaria, 88
Buraimi, 180–181
Burgan oilfield, 114
Burj Al-Arab, 46
Burj Dubai, 47
Burj Khalifa (formerly Burj Dubai), 47, 122, 124, 185
Burns, William, 90
Bushire, 243
Cairo, 3, 206, 212, 228
Caltex, 40
Cambridge University, 100–101
Camel racing, 71
Camp Al-Jabar, 164
Camp Mirage, 166
Camp Ali Salem, 164
Camp Patriot, 164
Campagnie Française des Petroles, 41–42
Canada, 63, 75, 102, 150, 166, 186, 195
Capitalism, 6–8
Carlton Tower hotel, 92
Carnegie Mellon University, 104
Central Bank of the Gulf Co-operation Council, 180
Central Bank of Lebanon, 82
Central Bank of Oman, 38
Central Bank of Qatar, 91
Central Intelligence Agency, of the United States, 164–165, 194
Central Mining and Investment, 41
Central System for Resolving Illegal Residents’ Status, see Bidoon Committee
Chad, 89
Chamber of Commerce and Industry, of Qatar, 34
Chamber of Commerce and Industry, of Riyadh, 130
Chateau Fontainebleau, 96
Chelsea Barracks, 91
Cheney, Dick, 90
Chery Automobile, 108
Children’s National Medical Center, in Washington DC, 94
China Islam Association, 109
China National Petroleum Corporation, 107
China, People’s Republic of, 3, 43, 79, 85, 104–109, 150, 167
China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, see Sinopec
China Plan, 107
Christianity, 75, 82, 95, 103
Christmas, 25, 158–159, 161
Chrysler Building, 92
Churches, 75, 82
Civil society, 7, 192, 201, 210, 220–223
> College of William and Mary, 103
Colombia, 23
Commonwealth Games, 92
Communism, 3
Consultative Council, of Oman, 38–39, 211
Consultative Council, of Saudi Arabia, 27, 188
Co-operation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, see Gulf Co-Operation Council
Cornell University, 53, 102–103
Cosmo Oil Company, 106
Council of Ministers, of Oman, 38
Council of Ministers, of Qatar, 33
Council of Ministers, of the United Arab Emirates, 35, 246
Council of Ministers, of Saudi Arabia, 26
Council of Saudi Chambers of Commerce and Industry, 119–120
Council of Senior Religious Scholars, of Saudi Arabia, 26, 28, 213–215
Coups, 13, 27, 31, 38, 111, 124, 135, 145, 156, 182–184, 186, 188, 217, 231, 233, 235, 260, 266
Credit Suisse, 178
Crescent Petroleum, 174
Cuba, 3
Curzon, Lord George, 243
CyberTrust, 149
Dammam, 40
Darfur, 89
Darwish, Abdulsalam, 271
Al-Deraiwish, Hosam, 272
Desert Storm, Operation, 28
Dhafrah, airbase, 165–166
Al-Dhaheri, Hadef Jawan, 246
Dhahran, 40
Dhofar, 3–4, 38, 211
Dhofar Liberation Front, 3, 193
Dibba, 22, 25
Djibouti, 89
Doha, 20, 88–89, 133, 146, 153, 178, 226, 228, 237, 245, 251, 253
Doha Agreement, 88
Doha Centre for Media Freedom, 153, 228, 262
Doha Debates, 146, 237
Doha Summer Festival, 133
Dolphin pipeline, 114
Doosan, 263
Dow Chemicals, 45
Drones, 165, 168
Drugs, 121, 149, 162, 246
Dubai Air Show, 168
Dubai Healthcare City, 46
Dubai Holdings, 47, 159
Dubai Inc., 37, 63
Dubai International Airport, 164–165
Dubai International Capital, 92, 106
Dubai International Financial Centre, 46
Dubai International Holy Koran Award Committee, 74
Dubai Internet City, 46
Dubai Knowledge Village, 46, 103
Dubai Media City, 46, 147, 149
Dubai Oriental Finance Company, 108
Dubai Ports World, 43, 108, 164
Dubai School of Government, 200
Dubai World Trade Centre, 176
Durham University, 100–101
E-Government, 197, 267
Eastern Province, of Saudi Arabia, 18, 62, 143, 213–215, 233, 235, 272