After the Sheikhs: The Coming Collapse of the Gulf Monarchies (56 page)

General Electrics,
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Georgetown University,
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Germany,
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Al-Ghaddami, Abdullah,
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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,
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Green March, of Oman,
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Gross domestic products,
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Grosvenor Square,
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Guangdong province, of China,
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Guangzhou Museum of Overseas History,
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Guantanamo Bay,
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Guggenheim,
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Guiness Book of Records, The,
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Gulf Air,
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Gulf Civil Society Forum,
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Gulf Cooperation Council,
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Gulf News, newspaper,
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Gwadar,
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Al-Habtoor, Khalaf,
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Hail,
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Haima,
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Al-Haj, Youssef,
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Halliburton,
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Halliday, Fred,
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Hamas,
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Hamdan bin Muhammad bin Rashid Sports Complex,
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Al-Hamili, Muhammad bin Dhaen,
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Al-Hammadi, Hassan Muhammad Hassan,
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Hamriyyah,
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Haq Movement for Liberty and Democracy,
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Harrods,
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Harvard Medical School,
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Harvard University,
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Al-Hasa,
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Hashim, Husain Kazhim,
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Hawar Islands,
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Heineken International,
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Hejaz,
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Helmand Province,
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Henjam oilfield,
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Hezbollah,
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Hinduism,
75

Hitachi,
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Hitler, Adolf,
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Ho Chi Minh City,
108

Hollywood,
92

Hong Kong,
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Hormuz, Strait of,
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Horn of Africa,
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Horse-riding,
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House of Lords, of Britain,
142

Human immunodeficiency virus,
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Hurricane Katrina,
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Hussein bin Ali, Imam,
145

Hussein Mirza Najati, Ayatollah,
245

Hussein, Saddam,
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Hussein, Sharif, of Mecca,
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Hyundai,
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Ibadism,
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Ibri,
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IDB Holdings,
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Islamic Front for the Liberation of Bahrain,
261

Independent, The, newspaper,
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India,
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Indian Ocean,
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Indonesia,
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Industrial and Commercial Bank of China,
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Industries Qatar,
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International Atomic Energy Agency,
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International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
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International Criminal Court,
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International Defence Exhibition, of Abu Dhabi,
168

International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition, of Abu Dhabi,
102

International Monetary Fund,
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International Petroleum Investment Company,
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International Prize for Arabic Fiction,
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International Progress Organisation,
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International Renewable Energy Agency,
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Internet, the,
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Internet service providers,
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Intifada, of Bahrain,
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Intifada, of Dignity (Saudi Arabia),
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Intifada, of Palestine,
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Investment Corporation of Dubai,
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Investment Dar,
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Iraq,
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Iraqi Petroleum Company,
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Iran,
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Iran-Iraq War,
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Al-Islah,
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Islamic Arts Museum, of Qatar,
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Islamic Front for the Liberation of Bahrain,
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Islamic Jerusalem studies,
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Islamic Revolution, of Iran,
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Islamic Umma Party,
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Islamism,
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Israel,
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Italy,
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Al-Ittihad, newspaper,
176

Jahra,
19

Jamlaka,
13

Japan,
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Japan External Trade Organisation,
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Japan Oil Development Company,
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Al-Jazeera, news network,
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Jazirah Al-Hamra,
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Jebel Ali,
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Jebel Ali Free Zone,
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Jebel Dhukan,
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Jeddah,
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Jenin Camp,
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Jews,
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Joint Arab Deterrent Force,
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Jordan,
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Jurists’ Association, of the UAE,
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Al-Kaabi, family,
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Kabul,
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Kafala system,
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Kalba,
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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,
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Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation,
56

Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Mushaf,
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Khalifa Committee for Social Services and Commercial Buildings,
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Khalifa Port and Industrial Zone,
45

Al-Khalifa, Abdullah bin Ahmed,
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Al-Khalifa, dynasty,
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Al-Khalifa, Hamad bin Isa,
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Al-Khalifa, Isa bin Salman,
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Al-Khalifa, Khalid bin Ahmad,
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Al-Khalifa, Khalifa bin Salman,
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Al-Khalifa, Salman bin Ahmed,
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Al-Khalifa, Salman bin Hamad,
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Khartoum,
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Al-Khawaja, Abdulhadi,
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Al-Khawaja, Maryam,
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Al-Khoie, Abu Al-Qasem,
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King Abdullah Economic City,
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King Abdullah University of Science and Technology,
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King Khalid Military City,
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Kingdom City,
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Al-Kitbi, Fatima bint Mubarak,
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Koran, the,
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Korea, South,
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Kosovo,
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Al-Kumaiti, Abdul Hamid,
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Kuwait Airways,
122

Kuwait China Investment Company,
107