City of Gold: Dubai and the Dream of Capitalism (56 page)

Gidor, Ran

Giorgio Armani

Giuliani, Rudy

global credit crunch

Global Footprint Network (Oakland, California)

Goldman Sachs

gold smuggling

Good Harbor Consulting

government employment

Granada, Spain.
See also
Córdoba, Spain Gray Mackenzie (shipping firm)

Great Depression

Great Pyramid of Giza (Egypt)

Guantánamo Bay prison

Guggenheim Museum (Abu Dhabi)

Gulf Air

Gulf Air flight

terrorist attack

Gulf Cooperation Council

Gulf News
(newspaper)

Gulf Research Center

Gulf Traffic Convention

Gurg, Easa Saleh al-

Hajjar Mountains

Halcrow, William

Halliburton

Hamad bin Abdulah ash-Sharqi, Sheikh (ruler of Fujairah)

Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum (UAE finance minister)

Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Sheikh (prince of Dubai)

Hamdan bin Zayed, Sheikh (deputy prime minister, Abu Dhabi)

Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Sheikh (ruler of Abu Dhabi, 1912–1922)

Hamzaway, Amr

Haqshenas, Hadi

Harris, Anthony

Harrison, David

Harvard Business School

Harvard Medical School

Harvard University

Harvey Nichols

Hashempour, Nasser

Hasher bin Rashid

Hashimy, Reem al-

Hattal, Hamed

Hattlan, Sulaiman al-

Hawley, Donald

Haya bint al-Hussein (princess of Jordan)

Hayden, Michael

health care

Heard-Bey, Frauke

Hellyer, Peter

Henderson, Edward

Hewlett-Packard

Hezbollah

higher education

highways

Hijra

Hilton Apartments

Hind bint Maktoum al-Maktoum, Sheikha (senior wife of ruler of Dubai)

Hoffman, John

Hong Kong

Hormuz, Strait of

hotels.
See also
specific hotels

housing, demand for

HSBC bank

Human Rights Watch

Huntington, Samuel

Hussain, Umm

Hussein, Saddam

Hussein bin Talal (king of Jordan)

Hvidt, Martin

Hyatt Regency Hotel (Dubai) bombing

Iberia, Islam

IBM

Ibn Saud (king of Saudi Arabia)

ice

identity

national

personal

Idris (king of Libya)

IKEA

illiteracy.
See
education

immigration.
See also
Arab expatriate community; expatriate communities; labor force; Western expatriate community

anti-immigration backlash

demography

elections

national security

Western expatriate community

independence, of UAE

India

immigrants from

smuggling

trade

innovation

intellectual life

Intercontinental Hotel (Dubai)

International Aeradio Ltd.

International Diamond Laboratories

International SOS

Internet City free trade zone

Iran

drug smuggling

Dubai

elections

espionage

expansionism

free trade zones

immigration from

Islamic fundamentalism

Islamic revolution of

Israel

nuclear program

terrorism

trade embargo

United States

Iranian Business Council

Iran-Iraq war (1980–1988)

Iraq

elections in

Islamic fundamentalism

Kuwait invaded by

petroleum

UAE

United States war

Iraq Petroleum Company

Ireland

Iris Expellee Tracking System

irrigation

Islam

Islamic fundamentalism

Ismayil, T. V.

Israel

Bush administration

diamonds

Dubai

Dubai Ports deal

Iran

Oman

Qatar

UAE

Istithmar

Izhakoff, Eli

Jackson, La Toya

Jacob, Rajan

Japan

Jarrah, Ziad

Jarrar, Yasar

Jashanmal, Mohan

Jebel Ali port

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Jerusalem

Johnson, Paul

Johnsson, Terry

Jones Lang LaSalle

Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society

Jumeirah Beach Hotel (Dubai)

Jumeirah Beach Residence (Dubai)

Jumeirah International

justice system, UAE

Kaabi, Ali al-

Kaabi, Mohammed Saleh Khamis al-

Kaplan, Robert

Karachi, Pakistan

Katodrytis, George

Kazim, Essa

Kelly, Jeremy

Kennedy, John F.

Kenya

Kerzner, Sol

Kestenbaum, Charley

Khalaf, Mohammed

Khalfan, Dhahi

Khalid bin Mohammed al-Qassimi, Sheikh (ruler of Sharjah, 1965–1971)

Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, Sheikh (president of UAE)

Khan, A. Q.

Kharg Island terminal, Iran

Kheirabadi, Cyrus

Khomeini, Ruhollah Mousavi (ayatollah of Iran)

Khor Fakkan

Khouri, Rami

King, Martin Luther, Jr.

King, Peter

Kitbi, Ebtisam al-

Klages, David

KLM airline

Komatsu company

kosher foods

Kreitzer, Michael

Kristof, Nicholas

Kroft, Steve

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Kuwait

civil liberties

Dubai and

economy of

Iraq invasion

petroleum

politics

slave trade

KVLY-TV antenna (North Dakota)

labor camps (Sonapur, Al Muhaisnah 2, City of Gold)

labor force.
See also
immigration

labor unions

landing rights (aircraft)

Laqit bin Malik, Sheikh

Larijani, Ali

Larson, John

Las Vegas, Nevada

Latifa, Sheikha

Lebanon

Lee, Robert

LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)

Lehman Brothers

Lerner, Daniel

Lesar, Dave

Levant jewelry

Levey, Stuart

Leviev, Lev

Leylaz, Saeed

Liberia

Libya

Liebman, Alan

light rail system, Dubai Metro

Lincoln, Abraham

Lincoln Cathedral (England)

literacy.
See
education

Liwa Oasis

locusts

London, England

London Underground

Longrigg, Stephen

The Looming Tower
(Wright)

Lootah, Hussain

Lotter, Philipp

Lubna, Sheikha (UAE minister of foreign trade)

luxury automobiles

Maersk

Mahoney, Ryan

Maitha bint Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, Sheikha (princess of Dubai)

majlis
(council chambers)

Makhoul, Georges

Maktoum bin Mohammed, Sheikh (deputy ruler of Dubai)

Maktoum family.
See also
specific family members and rulers

Maktoum bin Hasher, Sheikh (ruler of Dubai, 1894–1906)

Maktoum bin Rashid al-Maktom, Sheikh (ruler of Dubai, 1990–2006)

city planning

death of

leadership role of

Sheik Mohammed appointed crown prince by

Maktoum International Airport

Malaysia

mangrove swamps

Mani bin Rashid, Sheikh

Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Sheikh (minister of presidential affairs, UAE)

Marashi, Habiba al-

Marks & Spencer

marriages

Martinez, Rick

Masdar City initiative

mass transportation

Mathew, C. P.

McCaully, Desmond

McClenaghan, Gregor

McKinley, William

McKinsey consulting firm

Mecca

Media City

medical tourism

medicine.
See
health care Medina

Meeus, Peter

Merrill Lynch

Mesopotamia, trade

Metropolitan Hotel (Dubai), 214 MGM Mirage (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Miami, Florida

Miami Herald
(newspaper)

Michigan State University

Microsoft

Middle East Economic Digest
(journal)

migrant workers.
See
immigration; labor force

military spending, UAE

Minogue, Kylie

Mocny, Bob

Mohammed (prophet)

Mohammed bin Hazza bin Zeyl al-Nahyan, Sheikh (ruler of Abu Dhabi)

Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, Sheikh (ruler of Dubai, 2006–present)

childhood of

city planning

corruption

defense ministry

DP World

entrepreneurship

environmentalism

family life

finance

free trade zones

Iran

labor force

leadership role and style of

legacy of

personality of

real estate

recession

religion

60 Minutes
interview

tourism, airlines and hotels

UAE

United States

wealth of

Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nayhan, Sheikh (crown prince of Abu Dhabi)

Molavi, Afshin

Mombasa, Kenya

monarchy

money laundering

Moody’s Investors Service

moon landing

Moore, Robin

Morgan Stanley

Morrison, Shirley

Moses, Robert

Mubadala group (Abu Dhabi)

Muldoon, Joe

Mulla, Sheikha al-

Mumbai (Bombay), India

Municipality (Dubai city hall)

Musabih, Sharla

music scene, Dubai

Muslim Brotherhood

Mutairy, Abdulla al-

My Vision
(Sheikh Mohammed)

Nahyan bin Mubarak al-Nahyan, Sheikh

Nahyan family.
See also
specific family members and rulers Nakheel developer

Nasdaq Dubai stock exchange

Nashiri, Abd al-Rahim al-

Nasser, Gamal Abdel, aspirations of

The National
(Abu Dhabi newspaper)

nationality, citizenship

national security, UAE

natural gas

Nedhar, Abdulla al-

Nepal, immigrants from

Nestorian Church

New America Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

News & Observer
(Raleigh, North Carolina, newspaper)

New York, New York

New York Diamond Dealers Club (New York, New York)

New York Post
(newspaper)

New York Times
(newspaper)

New York University

New Zealand

Nidal, Abu

9/11 terrorism attacks.
See
terrorism; World Trade Center (New York, New York)

Nizwa, Oman

Norman, Greg

Norquist, Grover

North Korea, immigrants from

Nuaimi, Naji Rashid al-

nuclear black market, Dubai

nuclear program, Iran

Obama, Barack

Obama administration

Ofer, Idan

oil prices.
See
petroleum

Oman

opium smuggling

Oppenheimer, Nicky

Oracle

organized crime

O’Sullivan, Eddie

Ottoman Empire

Pacific Controls

Pahlavi, Reza

Pakistan

immigrants from

nuclear black market

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)

Palestine

Palm Deira island

Palmer, Michelle

Palm islands

Palm Jebel Ali island

Palm Jumeirah island

Patriot Act (U.S.)

Pearl Islands (Dubai)

pearls and pearling

Persian Gulf

Shenzhen, China

pedestrian paths

Peer, Shahar

Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O)

per capita income, UAE

Persian Empire.
See also
Iran Persian Gulf.
See also
Arabian peninsula; Trucial States; specific Arabian countries

described

investment in

Iran-Iraq war (1980–1988)

petroleum

power migration to

UAE

United Kingdom

United States

personal hygiene

petroleum

Abu Dhabi

credit crunch

Dubai

Iran-Iraq war (1980–1988)

Persian Gulf

recession

rentier state

slavery

terrorism

UAE

Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Ltd.

Petronas Twin Towers (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Philippines, immigrants from

Pickens, T. Boone

Pickering, Warren

piracy, Qawasim clan

poetry, Dubai

political organization, tribal life

popular culture, Dubai

population growth.
See also

demography port construction

Port Rashid, Dubai

Portugal, Arabian peninsula

potable water

Profumo, John

property rights

prostitution and sex trafficking

PSA International

Qantas airlines

Qassimi, Saqr bin Mohammed al-, Sheikh (Ras Al-Khaimah ruler)

Qassimi, Sultan al-(columnist)

Qassimi, Sultan al-, Shiekh (Sharjah ruler)

Qatar

Qatar Airways

Qatari Diar

Qattami, Humaid Mohammed Obeid

race relations, UAE

racism, DP World deal

radio shows

Rahulan, Dilip

Rajamony, Venu

Ras Al-Khaimah emirate (UAE)

electricity shortages

Qawasim clan

Tunb islands

UAE

United Kingdom

Rashid, Noor Ali

Rashid bin Maktum, Sheikh (ruler of Dubai, 1886–1894)

Rashid bin Saeed al-Maktoum, Sheikh (ruler of Dubai, 1957–1990)

city planning

death of

electrification

father’s death

foreign relations

Indian traders

infrastructure investment

Iran-Iraq war (1980–1988)