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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