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, 226–228
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