After the Sheikhs: The Coming Collapse of the Gulf Monarchies (57 page)

Kuwait Crisis,
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Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences,
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Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development,
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Kuwait Investment Authority,
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106

Kuwait Oil Company,
40

Kuwait Petroleum Company,
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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,
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Lebanese National Dialogue Conference,
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Leninism,
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Libya,
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Libya Contact Group,
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Libyan National Transitional Council,
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Liquefied Natural Gas,
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London,
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London Eye,
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London School of Economics and Political Science,
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102

Louisiana,
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Louvre, Le,
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Lowndes hotel,
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Maaden,
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Madame Tussauds, London,
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Madinat Jumeirah,
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Mahadha,
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Malaysia,
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Manama,
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Manhatten,
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Al-Makhdur, Nasser,
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Maktoum bin Butti,
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Al-Maktoum College, Dundee,
100

Al-Maktoum, dynasty,
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Al-Maktoum Foundation,
95

Al-Maktoum, Hamdan bin Muhammad,
69

Al-Maktoum, Hamdan bin Rashid,
102

Al-Maktoum, Maktoum bin Hasher,
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Al-Maktoum, Rashid bin Maktoum,
21

Al-Maktoum, Rashid bin Said,
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Al-Maktoum, Maktoum bin Rashid,
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Al-Maktoum, Muhammad bin Rashid,
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Mamluk sultans, of Egypt,
73

Manama,
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Al-Manasif, Fadhil Makki,
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Manchester City Council,
94

Manchester City, football club,
92
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94

Al-Mansoori, Muhammad,
271

Al-Mansuri, Sultan bin Said,
244

March 14 alliance, of Lebanon,
88

Marxism,
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4
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6

Masdar City,
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Masirah,
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Mataams,
32
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245

McLaren Group,
93

McMaster University,
102

Mecca,
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Medina,
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Ménard, Robert,
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Mercenaries,
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Mesaieed,
45

MGM Mirage Corporation,
159

Al-Misna, Moza bint Nasser,
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Mohammed-Najjar, Mostafa,
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Mongolia,
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Morocco,
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Mozambique,
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Al-Mualla, family,
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Mubadala Development Company,
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Mubarak, Hosni,
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Al-Mubarak, Khaldun Khalifa,
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Al-Mubarak, Mustafa Al-Badr,
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Muhabasher satellite television,
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Muhammad, Prophet,
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Muhammad bin Rashid Charitable and Humanitarian Establishment,
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Muhammad bin Rashid Housing Programme, of Dubai,
51

Muharraq,
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Mumtalakat Holding Company,
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248

Municipal Council, of Qatar,
34

Municipal Council, of Saudi Arabia,
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Al-Muqdad, Muhammed,
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Musandam Peninsula,
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Muscat,
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Muslim Brotherhood,
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Al-Mustaqbal, newspaper,
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Al-Nahyan, Ahmad bin Saif,
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Al-Nahyan, Abdullah bin Zayed,
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Al-Nahyan, dynasty,
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Al-Nahyan, Hamad bin Hamdan,
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Al-Nahyan, Khalifa bin Zayed,
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Al-Nahyan, Mansour bin Zayed,
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Al-Nahyan, Muhammad bin Hazza,
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Al-Nahyan, Muhammad bin Zayed,
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Al-Nahyan, Nahyan bin Mubarak,
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Al-Nahyan, Shakhbut bin Sultan,
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Al-Nahyan, Zayed bin Khalifa,
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Al-Nahyan, Zayed bin Saif,
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Al-Nahyan, Zayed bin Sultan,
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Najd,
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Nakheel,
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Al-Naqi, Hamad,
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Al-Nashiri, Abd Al-Rahim,
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National, The, newspaper of Abu Dhabi,
148

National Action Charter, of Bahrain,
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National Bonds Corporation, of the UAE,
263

National Consensus Dialogue, of Bahrain,
208

National Consultative Council, of Sharjah,
37

National fronts,
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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,
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Naxalites,
250

Nepal,
65

Nevada,
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New East Manchester,
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New Orleans,
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New York,
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New York University,
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Nexter Corporation,
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Nightclubs,
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Al-Nimr, Nimr,
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Non-governmental organisations,
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Nonoo, Houda Ezra Ebrahim,
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North Atlantic Treaty Organisation,
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North Field,
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Northwestern University,
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Norway,
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Al-Nouri, Said,
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Al-Nuaimi, family,
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Nuclear power,
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Official development assistance,
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Olgiy,
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Olayan Group,
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Olympic Games,
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Oman Air,
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Omantel,
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Omran, Muhammad,
268

Orange Movement, of Kuwait,
30

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development,
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Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries,
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Al-Otaiba, Yousef,
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Ottoman Empire,
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Oxford Centre of Islamic Studies,
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Oxford University,
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Pakistan,
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Palestine,
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Palestinian Authority,
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Palm Islands,
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Paris,
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Paris St. Germain, football club,
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Partex,
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Pashtun,
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Pavilion de Flore, of Le Louvre,
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Pearl, The,
162

Pearl diving,
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Pearl Roundabout, in Manama,
206

Peninsula and Orient Steam Navigation Company,
43

Peninsula Shield Force,
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People’s Daily newspaper, of China,
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Perpetual Maritime Truce,
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Personal identification number,
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Petitions,
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