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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