Economic Development Board of Bahrain, 33
Edinburgh University, 101
Education City, in Qatar, 104
Egypt, 3, 13, 18, 60, 65, 73, 89, 132, 189, 192, 199, 201–206, 221, 226–228
Electricity, 113–114, 116
Emarat, 116
Emirates airline, 92, 122–123, 158
Emirates Aluminium, 45
Emirates Centre for Human Rights, 237, 273
Emirates Foundation for Philanthropy, 100
Emirates National Oil Company, 117
Emirates Palace, hotel, 46, 159
Emirates Petroleum Products Company, 117
Emirates Solidarity Project, 82
Emirates Stadium, in London, 92
Environmental Agency of Abu Dhabi, 77
Eid festivals, 158, 187
Eithad Airways, 92, 122–123
Eritrea, 83, 89
Essex Hotel, The, 254
Ethiopia, 89
Etisalat, 268, 270
Executive Affairs Authority, of Abu Dhabi, 92, 255
Exeter University, 99
Expatriates, 6, 8, 11–12, 46, 49–52, 54–55, 58–59, 61–64, 72, 75–76, 97, 104, 112, 115–116, 118–120, 125–128, 130, 135, 137, 141, 143–146, 149, 151, 155–157, 161, 171–172, 175, 184, 194, 197, 229, 241, 251, 257
External Aid Liaison Bureau, of the UAE, 81
Exxon-Mobil, 41
Facebook, 69, 197–198, 200, 212, 222, 234, 237
Fakhro, Jamal, 271
Falconry, 68–71
Family Card, 137
Fanar, see Qatar Mosque
Al-Farooq Mosque, 74
Fateh offshore field, 244
Fatwas, 28, 213–214
Ferrari, 92
Feudalism, 7–8, 10
Fifth Fence, The, 217
Fihri, Al-Tayeb Al-Fassi, 268
First World War, 18–19
Foreign Direct Investment, 44–45, 48, 58, 106, 156, 231
Federal National Council, of the United Arab Emirates, 36–37, 224–246
Fédération International de Football Association, 93, 125
Fertil, 45
Financial Harbour, of Bahrain, 46
Finland, 77
Formula One, 92–93, 122, 206, 209
France, 23, 41, 88, 91, 96, 102, 158, 166–168, 178, 182
Free trade agreements, 180
Friendship Bridge, 55
Fujairah, 25, 123, 130, 164, 244–245, 247, 251
Fujian province, of China, 107
Fujian Petrochemical and Refining Company, 107
Futaisi Island, 128
Gaddafi, Muammar, 3, 13, 38, 129, 226
Gang of the Dragon, 209
Gas to liquid fuels, 124
Gaza, 176–178
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, 168
General Electrics, 263
Georgetown University, 103–104, 255
Germany, 23, 41, 105, 128, 169
Al-Ghaddami, Abdullah, 242
Bin Ghayth, Nasser, 221
Ghubash, Said Ahmad, 258
Gillani, Yousaf Raza, 270
Globe Roundabout, in Sohar, 209
Goodrich Corporation, 168
Google Earth, 146
Grand Mosque, of Mecca, 163
Green March, of Oman, 209
Gross domestic products, 1, 45, 47–48, 81, 131, 156, 167–168, 226, 239
Grosvenor Square, 91
Guangdong province, of China, 107
Guangzhou Museum of Overseas History, 109
Guantanamo Bay, 270
Guggenheim, 96–97
Guiness Book of Records, The, 71
Gulf Air, 122–123
Gulf Civil Society Forum, 201
Gulf Co-operation Council, 156, 179–182, 204–208, 211, 218, 231
Gulf News, newspaper, 176
Gwadar, 22, 37
Al-Habtoor, Khalaf, 268
Hail, 18
Haima, 210
Al-Haj, Youssef, 269
Halliburton, 46, 165
Halliday, Fred, 4–5
Hamas, 82
Hamdan bin Muhammad bin Rashid Sports Complex, 265
Al-Hamili, Muhammad bin Dhaen, 244
Al-Hammadi, Hassan Muhammad Hassan, 268
Hamriyyah, 22, 25
Haq Movement for Liberty and Democracy, 141–142
Harrods, 90–91
Harvard Medical School, 46
Harvard University, 102–103, 149, 177, 255
Al-Hasa, 18, 133, 261
Hashim, Husain Kazhim, 270
Hawar Islands, 55
Heineken International, 158
Hejaz, 18
Helmand Province, 86
Henjam oilfield, 174
Hezbollah, 88, 140, 144–145, 171
Hinduism, 75
Hitachi, 263
Hitler, Adolf, 172, 176
Ho Chi Minh City, 108
Hollywood, 92
Hong Kong, 47, 108
Hormuz, Strait of, 173
Horn of Africa, 83, 89
Horse-riding, 68–70, 159
House of Lords, of Britain, 142
Human immunodeficiency virus, 88
Hurricane Katrina, 94
Hussein bin Ali, Imam, 145
Hussein Mirza Najati, Ayatollah, 245
Hussein, Saddam, 13, 28, 83, 89
Hussein, Sharif, of Mecca, 18
Hyundai, 263
Ibadism, 136, 143, 157, 179
Ibri, 210
IDB Holdings, 178
Islamic Front for the Liberation of Bahrain, 261
Independent, The, newspaper, 149
India, 19, 21–25, 64, 66, 75, 83, 157, 243, 250
Indian Ocean, 22, 25
Indonesia, 84, 207, 214
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, 106–107
Industries Qatar, 45
International Atomic Energy Agency, 173
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 153
International Criminal Court, 89
International Defence Exhibition, of Abu Dhabi, 168
International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition, of Abu Dhabi, 102
International Monetary Fund, 57
International Petroleum Investment Company, 44–45, 106, 248
International Prize for Arabic Fiction, 98
International Progress Organisation, 265
International Renewable Energy Agency, 176
Internet, the, 46, 69, 133, 144–147, 149, 151–153, 177, 192, 197–200, 211, 214, 220, 262
Internet service providers, 177
Intifada, of Bahrain, 140
Intifada, of Dignity (Saudi Arabia), 235
Intifada, of Palestine, 175
Investment Corporation of Dubai, 43, 248
Investment Dar, 93
Iraq, 13, 19, 24, 28–29, 43, 56, 73, 79, 82–83, 89–90, 135–136, 139, 151–152, 164, 174, 179, 184, 194, 233, 242–244, 250, 261
Iraqi Petroleum Company, 24–25
Iran, 6, 13, 29, 32, 41, 64, 79, 83, 90, 137–140, 142–144, 151, 156, 160, 166, 169–175, 179, 181–182, 184–185, 187, 196, 202, 231–232, 261, 263, 265, 271
Iran-Iraq War, 29, 174, 179
Al-Islah, 271
Islamic Arts Museum, of Qatar, 75
Islamic Front for the Liberation of Bahrain, 261
Islamic Jerusalem studies, 100
Islamic Revolution, of Iran, 29, 140
Islamic Umma Party, 213
Islamism, 14–15, 29, 73, 79, 139, 194–196, 213, 225, 263
Israel, 3, 40, 75, 79, 82, 102, 156, 169, 175–179, 185, 187, 193, 228, 231, 237, 265–266
Italy, 92, 128, 168
Al-Ittihad, newspaper, 176
Jahra, 19
Jamlaka, 13
Japan, 41, 93, 104–106, 173
Japan External Trade Organisation, 106
Japan Oil Development Company, 41
Al-Jazeera, news network, 84, 152–153, 195, 208, 214, 226�
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Jazirah Al-Hamra, 271
Jebel Ali, 123, 164
Jebel Ali Free Zone, 46
Jebel Dhukan, 40
Jeddah, 102, 122, 233–234
Jenin Camp, 82
Jews, 75, 176, 237
Joint Arab Deterrent Force, 86
Jordan, 141, 184, 204–205, 207, 214
Jurists’ Association, of the UAE, 225
Al-Kaabi, family, 26
Kabul, 165
Kafala system, 8, 58–59, 127
Kalba, 25, 185
Al-Kalbani, Muhammad Rashid, 271
Kamel, Saleh, 258
Al-Kanjar, Abdulghani, 261
Kashgari, Hamza, 270
Kashmir, 84
Kenya, 83
Kerry, John, 272
Khal, Abdo, 98
Al-Khalaifi, Sultan, 272
Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation, 56
Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Mushaf, 74
Khalifa Committee for Social Services and Commercial Buildings, 53
Khalifa Port and Industrial Zone, 45
Al-Khalifa, Abdullah bin Ahmed, 20
Al-Khalifa, dynasty, 19–20, 32, 40, 62, 72, 139–140, 206
Al-Khalifa, Hamad bin Isa, 269
Al-Khalifa, Isa bin Salman, 30
Al-Khalifa, Khalid bin Ahmad, 269
Al-Khalifa, Khalifa bin Salman, 32–33, 41, 67, 269
Al-Khalifa, Salman bin Ahmed, 20
Al-Khalifa, Salman bin Hamad, 33
Khartoum, 89
Al-Khawaja, Abdulhadi, 269
Al-Khawaja, Maryam, 271
Al-Khoie, Abu Al-Qasem, 272
King Abdullah Economic City, 44
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, 53
King Khalid Military City, 180
Kingdom City, 122
Al-Kitbi, Fatima bint Mubarak, 266
Koran, the, 18, 59, 73–74, 86, 251
Korea, South, 105, 173
Kosovo, 85
Al-Kumaiti, Abdul Hamid, 262
Kuwait Airways, 122
Kuwait China Investment Company, 107
Kuwait Crisis, 27–28, 43, 83, 194, 244, 250
Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, 101–102
Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, 81, 109
Kuwait Investment Authority, 43, 56, 106
Kuwait Oil Company, 40
Kuwait Petroleum Company, 106–107
Kuwait Projects Company, 55
Kuwaiti Bidoon Gathering, 136
Kuwaiti Journalists’ Association, 218
Kuwaiti Lawyers’ Society, 218
Bin Laden, Osama, 194
Las Vegas, 159
Lebanon, 82, 84, 86, 88, 144, 170–172, 200
Lebanese National Dialogue Conference, 88
Leninism, 3–4
Libya, 3, 13, 88–89, 192, 226–227
Libya Contact Group, 226
Libyan National Transitional Council, 226
Liquefied Natural Gas, 41
London, 18–19, 22, 24, 47, 85, 90–92, 97, 142, 162, 218, 236
London Eye, 92
London School of Economics and Political Science, 100, 102
Louisiana, 94
Louvre, Le, 75, 95–96
Lowndes hotel, 92
Maaden, 44
Madame Tussauds, London, 92
Madinat Jumeirah, 71
Mahadha, 26
Malaysia, 207, 214–215
Manama, 142, 172, 205–206, 227, 239, 244
Manhatten, 92
Al-Makhdur, Nasser, 243
Maktoum bin Butti, 21
Al-Maktoum College, Dundee, 100
Al-Maktoum, dynasty, 21, 30, 63
Al-Maktoum Foundation, 95
Al-Maktoum, Hamdan bin Muhammad, 69
Al-Maktoum, Hamdan bin Rashid, 102
Al-Maktoum, Maktoum bin Hasher, 21
Al-Maktoum, Rashid bin Maktoum, 21
Al-Maktoum, Rashid bin Said, 30, 68, 258
Al-Maktoum, Maktoum bin Rashid, 30–31
Al-Maktoum, Muhammad bin Rashid, 31, 69, 127, 147, 242
Mamluk sultans, of Egypt, 73
Manama, 46, 142, 170, 172, 205–206, 227
Al-Manasif, Fadhil Makki, 270
Manchester City Council, 94
Manchester City, football club, 92, 94
Al-Mansoori, Muhammad, 271
Al-Mansuri, Sultan bin Said, 244
March 14 alliance, of Lebanon, 88
Marxism, 3–4, 6
Masdar City, 77–78
Masirah, 24
Mataams, 32, 245
McLaren Group, 93
McMaster University, 102
Mecca, 18, 22, 65, 73, 98, 162–163
Medina, 73, 98, 143
Ménard, Robert, 153
Mercenaries, 192, 105, 207, 214, 218, 245
Mesaieed, 45
MGM Mirage Corporation, 159
Al-Misna, Moza bint Nasser, 75
Mohammed-Najjar, Mostafa, 266
Mongolia, 84–85
Morocco, 127, 204–205
Mozambique, 86
Al-Mualla, family, 22
Mubadala Development Company, 44–45, 47, 55, 77–78, 92, 159, 187, 242
Mubarak, Hosni, 13, 89, 202–203, 212, 221, 228
Al-Mubarak, Khaldun Khalifa, 255
Al-Mubarak, Mustafa Al-Badr, 270
Muhabasher satellite television, 217
Muhammad, Prophet, 18, 215, 235, 245
Muhammad bin Rashid Charitable and Humanitarian Establishment, 85
Muhammad bin Rashid Housing Programme, of Dubai, 51
Muharraq, 20
Mumtalakat Holding Company, 43, 93, 248
Municipal Council, of Qatar, 34
Municipal Council, of Saudi Arabia, 27, 36
Al-Muqdad, Muhammed, 261
Musandam Peninsula, 173
Muscat, 3, 22, 26, 181, 209–210
Muslim Brotherhood, 14, 189, 194, 203, 223, 267, 271
Al-Mustaqbal, newspaper, 217
Al-Nahyan, Ahmad bin Saif, 248
Al-Nahyan, Abdullah bin Zayed, 268
Al-Nahyan, dynasty, 21, 30, 36
Al-Nahyan, Hamad bin Hamdan, 128
Al-Nahyan, Khalifa bin Zayed, 30, 47, 53, 90, 96, 100, 103, 127, 187, 270
Al-Nahyan, Mansour bin Zayed, 92, 248
Al-Nahyan, Muhammad bin Hazza, 243
Al-Nahyan, Muhammad bin Zayed, 14, 30, 103, 172, 187, 242, 268
Al-Nahyan, Nahyan bin Mubarak, 261
Al-Nahyan, Shakhbut bin Sultan, 245
Al-Nahyan, Zayed bin Khalifa, 21, 243
Al-Nahyan, Zayed bin Saif, 243
Al-Nahyan, Zayed bin Sultan, 30, 52, 68, 74, 82, 100, 166
Najd, 18
Nakheel, 47, 92
Al-Naqi, Hamad, 272
Al-Nashiri, Abd Al-Rahim, 267
National, The, newspaper of Abu Dhabi, 148
National Action Charter, of Bahrain, 32, 139–140, 206
National Bonds Corporation, of the UAE, 263
National Consensus Dialogue, of Bahrain, 208
National Consultative Council, of Sharjah, 37
National fronts, 3, 193
National Human Resource Development and Employment Authority, of the UAE, see Tanmia
National Iranian Oil Company, 174
National Liberation Front, The, 239
National Media Council, 149
Naxalites, 250
Nepal, 65
Nevada, 159
New East Manchester, 94
New Orleans, 94
New York, 85, 92, 96, 104, 163
New York University, 104, 255
Nexter Corporation, 168
Nightclubs, 164
Al-Nimr, Nimr, 272
Non-governmental organisations, 56, 66, 149
Nonoo, Houda Ezra Ebrahim, 251
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, 171, 226
North Field, 41, 173
Northw
estern University, 104, 255
Norway, 95
Al-Nouri, Said, 261
Al-Nuaimi, family, 22
Nuclear power, 79, 90, 94, 170–173, 175, 185, 255
Official development assistance, 81–83, 85
Olgiy, 85
Olayan Group, 178
Olympic Games, 93
Oman Air, 122
Omantel, 269
Omran, Muhammad, 268
Orange Movement, of Kuwait, 30
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 200
Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, 3, 115, 239
Al-Otaiba, Yousef, 263
Ottoman Empire, 18–20, 22, 73, 162, 242
Oxford Centre of Islamic Studies, 101
Oxford University, 101
Pakistan, 22, 38, 65–66, 83–84, 126, 141, 165, 207, 214, 222, 250, 261
Palestine, 64, 79, 81–82, 175
Palestinian Authority, 82
Palm Islands, 124
Paris, 75, 85, 91, 94–95, 153
Paris St. Germain, football club, 91
Partex, 42
Pashtun, 87
Pavilion de Flore, of Le Louvre, 95
Pearl, The, 162
Pearl diving, 23
Pearl Roundabout, in Manama, 206
Peninsula and Orient Steam Navigation Company, 43
Peninsula Shield Force, 180, 182, 206
People’s Daily newspaper, of China, 109
Perpetual Maritime Truce, 20–21, 116
Personal identification number, 150
Petitions, 27, 32, 36, 51, 71, 102, 122–123, 139, 142–143, 152, 212, 221–223, 225
Petrochemical Industries, of Kuwait, 45
Petrochina, 107–108
Petroleum Concessions Ltd., 24
Petroleum Development Oman, 42
Philippines, 75
Pirates, 83
Planning Council, of Qatar, 57
Poetry, 69–70
Pope Benedict XVI, 268
Popular Bloc, of Bahrain, 38
Popular Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arabian
Gulf, 3, 193
Port Rashid, 164
Port Zayed, 164, 166
Portugal, 22
Powell, Colin, 85
Predators, see Drones
Prince Sultan Airbase, 163
Princeton University, 103
Professional Golfers Association, of Europe, 93
Prostitution, 69, 159–162
Al-Qaeda, 80, 83, 172, 185, 194, 196, 252
Al-Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula, 194, 252
Al-Qahtani, Muhammad, 9/11 terrorist, 270
Al-Qahtani, Muhammad Fahad, Saudi human rights activist, 216, 234
Al-Qasimi, Abul-Aziz bin Muhammad, 31, 266
Al-Qasimi Building, Durham, 100, 254
Al-Qasimi Building, Exeter, 100
Al-Qasimi, dynasty, 21–22
Al-Qasimi, Khalid bin Muhammad, 31
Al-Qasimi, Khalid bin Saqr, 31, 266
Al-Qasimi, Saqr bin Muhammad, 31
Al-Qasimi, Saqr bin Sultan, 31
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