City of Gold: Dubai and the Dream of Capitalism (55 page)
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Authors: Jim Krane
25.
Adrian Levy and Catherine Scott-Clark,
Deception: Pakistan, the United States and the Global Nuclear Weapons Conspiracy
(London: Atlantic Books, 2007), 8, 139, 282, 328, 367–68, 375.
26.
From an undated story in the Dubai-based newspaper
7 Days
,
http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=31485&n_tit=UAE+%3A+Dh+20+Million+Wafi+Mall+Heist+in+Dubai+-++the+Story
.
27.
The two former ministers are Mohammed Khalfan bin Kharbash, former minister of state for finance and former chairman of Dubai Islamic Bank and its real-estate affiliate Deyaar; he has denied any wrongdoing; Khalifa Bakhit al-Falasi, a minister of state, who was sentenced to jail in early 2009, saw his conviction overturned on appeal in May 2009.
28.
Christopher Davidson, “Dubai: Spots on the Sun,” June 24, 2008, article posted on the Web site of
Open Democracy
journal,
http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/dubai-the-dark-side
.
Stuck Between America and Iran
1.
Tarik Yousef, dean, Dubai School of Government, author interview, January 11, 2009.
2.
Nasser Hashempour (deputy director, Iranian Business Council), author interview, November 23, 2008.
3.
The sources for this material are former U.S. government employees in the UAE who wish to remain anonymous.
4.
Schroen wrote a book about his exploits:
First In: An Insider’s Account of How the CIA Spearheaded the War on Terror in Afghanistan
(New York: Presidia, 2005). Schroen was unable to be reached for comment.
5.
Various news accounts claimed that none other than Osama bin Laden visited Dubai’s American Hospital for treatment—as late as 2001—and that a subsequent CIA station chief in Dubai, Larry Mitchell, visited him there. The CIA vehemently denied the story as “sheer fantasy.”
6.
The director of the office, Ramin X. Asgard, did not agree to be interviewed.
7.
Afshin Molavi (Iran analyst, New America Foundation), author interview, November 23, 2008. Iranian government firms in Dubai were also mentioned by Abbas Bolurfrushan (Iranian Business Council), author interview, November 24, 2008.
8.
Most sanctions detail comes from Nasser Hashempour, author interview, November 23, 2008.
9.
Jim Krane and James Calderwood, “Official Warns Against Trade with Iran,” Associated Press, March 7, 2007.
10.
An American U-2 spy plane pilot, Maj. Duane Dively of the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, was killed on June 22, 2005, when his U-2 crashed on landing at Al-Dhafra Air Base. He was returning from a mission over Afghanistan.
11.
Mahmoud Habboush, “US Official Affirms Strength of Military Ties with Emirates,”
The National
, November 11, 2008.
1.
“Banks Express Concerns About Dubai’s Property Market,” Economist Intelligence Unit, UAE Country Report, August 2008, 14.
2.
“GULF STATES:
Property Boom Carries Social Risks,” Oxford Analytica, May 30, 2008.
3.
This analysis comes from Robert Lee (Nakheel’s head of projects), author interview, September 21, 2008.
4.
Nasser Saidi, chief economist, Dubai International Financial Centre, speaking at The Economist’s World in 2009 conference, Mina A’Salaam Hotel, January 2009.
5.
Matthew Brown, “Dubai May Need Help from Abu Dhabi to Fund Borrowing,” Bloomberg, October 13, 2008,
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=av8CVL1H3T3U
.
6.
Sheikh Mohammed’s speech of November 7, 2008; full English translation is available at
http://www.weforum.org/pdf/GAC/speechen.pdf
.
7.
In 2005, London’s financial services industry contributed roughly $200 billion to Britain’s GDP, or roughly 9 percent of total GDP.
8.
Worldwide Centers of Commerce Index 2008, MasterCard Worldwide, 15
.
9.
George Katodrytis, “The Dubai Experiment: Accelerated Urbanism,”
Al Manakh: Dubai Guide
, 38–46.
10.
Excerpts, some paraphrased, from Fatih A. Rifki and Amer A. Moustafa, “Madinat Jumeirah and the Urban Experience in the Private City,”
Al Manakh: Dubai Guide
, 23–29.
11.
The UAE’s brand of diplomacy still means it stays nearly silent.
12.
Hafed al-Ghwell (Dubai School of Government), author interview, June 4, 2008.
13.
Al-Maktoum,
My Vision
.
1.
Estimates from “Country Report: United Arab Emirates,” Economist Intelligence Unit, December 2008, 6–8, and March 2009, 4.
2.
Ibid., March 2009, 4.
3.
Jefferies International, Wedge Alternatives, and Alternative Investment Strategies Management, as cited in “Jefferies Among 3 Companies Leaving Dubai’s DIFC,” Reuters, December 24, 2008.
4.
“UAE Economy Poised for Abrupt Slowdown Amid Job Cuts,” Reuters, December 14, 2008.
INDEX
Abdulla, Abdulkhaleq
Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan, Sheikh (foreign minister, UAE)
Abu Bakr (caliph), army of
Abu Dhabi (UAE)
arts and culture
Carlyle Group
Dubai
economy of
foreign affairs
petroleum
political organization
Sheikh Zayed
Abu Musa island
Acors, Vincent
acrophobia
Afghanistan
Africa.
See also
specific African countries
Agence France-Presse
Ahmad bin Ali al-Thani, Sheikh (ruler of Qatar)
Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud
Ahmed bin Saeed al-Maktoum, Sheikh (Emirates airline)
Ahmed (son of Sheik Rashid)
Airbus aircraft
air conditioning
aircraft landing rights, rentier state contracts
Air France
airlines.
See also
tourism; specific airlines
airport.
See also
specific airports
Ajman emirate (UAE)
Alabbar, Mohammed
Alani, Mustafa
Al Arabiya television network
Al Bakhit General Contracting camp
Al Bu Falah branch (Bani Yas tribe)
Al Bu Falasah branch (Bani Yas tribe)
Albuquerque, Alfonso de
alcoholic beverages, Dubai
Al-Fahidi Fort (Dubai)
Al-Futtaim family.
See also
specific family members
Al-Ghurair family.
See also
specific family members
Al Habtoor Group
Al-Nahyan family.
See also
specific family members and rulers
Alhambra
Ali, Hanif Hassan
Al Khaleej
(newspaper)
Al Maktoum Hospital
al-Qaida
Al-Qassimi family.
See also
specific family members
Al-Rostamani family.
See also
specific family members
Al Tayer Motors
aluminum smelter
Al-Yousuf family.
See also
specific family members
Amana Investments
American International Group (AIG)
American Jewish Committee (AJC)
Amman, Jordan
Anne (princess of England)
Anti-Defamation League
anti-immigration backlash
anti-Semitism
Antwerp, Belgium
The Apprentice
(TV show)
Arab expatriate community.
See also
expatriate communities; immigration; Western expatriate community Arabian empire
Arabian peninsula.
See also
Persian Gulf; Trucial States; specific Arabian countries
described
environmental issues
exploration of
Islam
Portugal
religion
slavery
trade
unemployment
United Kingdom
Arabian Sands
(Thesiger)
Arabic language
Arab League
Arab Strategy Forum
architecture, Dubai
Armani, Giorgio
armed forces
arms smuggling, UAE
arts, Dubai
Associated Press (AP)
Ataturk, Mustafa Kemal
Atkins engineering firm
Atlantis resort (Dubai)
Aubrey, David
Australia
authenticity, Dubai
automobile, traffic accidents
Az-Zari, Juma Khalaf Bilal
Badr, Muhammad al-(king of Yemen)
Bagatelas, Paul
Bah, Jamal al-
Bahrain
foreign affairs
petroleum
politics and government
religion
women’s status in
Balbi, Gasparo
Ballmer, Steve
Bandar Lengeh port (Iran)
Bangladesh, immigrants from
Bani Yas tribe
Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI)
banks, global credit crunch
See also
specific banks
Basra, Iraq, Ottoman Empire
Bastak, Iran
Bastakiya (Dubai neighborhood)
BBC networks
Beckham, David
Bedouin people.
See also
tribal life and tribalism
Dubai
Islam
persona of
politics
Sheikh Rashid
tribal life
Behnam, Maryam
Beirut, Lebanon
Belgium, diamonds
Better Homes reatly
bicycle lanes
Bin Demaithan, Hamda
Bin Laden, Osama
Bin Sulaiman, Omar
Bin Sulayem, Ahmed
Bin Sulayem, Sultan
Bin Thaniah, Jamal Majid
bird life
Blitzer, Wolf
BOAC
Boeing aircraft
Borse Dubai
Bosch, Hendrik
Bosworth, Freddie
Bout, Victor
Branson, Richard
British Airways
British Petroleum
Buraimi Oasis
Burj Al Arab (Tower of the Arabs, Dubai)
Burj Dubai
Busch Gardens (Palm Jebel Ali)
Bush, George H. W.
Bush, George W.
business model
Buti, Maktoum bin (ruler of Dubai, 1833–1852)
Butti bin Suhail al-Maktoum (ruler of Dubai, 1906–1912)
Calderwood, Jim
camel, tribal life
Canada
Carlyle Group
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Carrefour
CBS television network
censorship
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA, U.S.)
Chapman, George
charities
Charlton, Mike
Cheney, Dick
Chew, Khuan
Chicago Beach Hotel (Dubai)
Chicago Bridge & Iron Company
China
Christianity
Christo
Citibank
citizenship
civil liberties
elections
financial subsidy
privileges of
UAE
Western expatriate community
City of Gold (Sonapur, Al Muhaisnah 2)
City of Hope (women’s shelter)
city planning
civil liberties, tribal life and tribalism
Clark, Wesley
Clarke, Richard
climate and climate change
Clinton, Hillary Rodham
Clinton, William Jefferson
clothing
CNN television network
CN Tower (Toronto, Ontario)
colonialism
concrete, skyscraper design
construction injuries
Construction Week
(magazine)
Córdoba, Spain.
See also Granada
corruption
credit card debt
credit crunch, Dubai
Credit Suisse
Crowe, Russell
Crundall, David
CSX Corporation
culture, Dubai
cultured pearls
currency speculation
Cyclone (Dubai brothel)
Damascus, Syria
dance club scene, Dubai
Dara
(passenger ship)
Davidson, Christopher
De Beers cartel
debt
decoupling theory
defense policy
Deloitte & Touche
democracy, UAE.
See also
elections
demography
Deng Xiaoping
De Niro, Robert
desalination
Deutsch, Karl
Deutsche Bank
Deyaar developers
Dhahiri, Mohammed Nukheira al-
diamonds, Israel
Dibba (port city, UAE)
DiCaprio, Leonardo
dirham, revaluation of
Djibouti
Doha, Qatar
Dow Jones
Doyle, Joseph
Doyle, William
DP World shipping firms
recession
United States
Zim Integrated Shipping Services and
drinking water
drug smuggling
dry docks
Dubai
(Moore)
Dubai (UAE).
See also
United Arab Emirates (UAE); individual emirates
Abu Dhabi and
airline
anti-immigration backlash
architecture
army
arts and culture
authenticity
bureaucracy
business organization
citizenship privileges
city planning
climate of
corruption
credit crunch
debt of
democracy
demography
descriptions of
diamonds
education
electrification
environmental issues
espionage
financial capital
free trade zones
future prospects
governance and political organization
growth of
health care system
historical perspective
Indian immigrants to
innovations of
intellectual life
investment in
Iran
Iran-Iraq war (1980–1988)
Iraq
Islamic fundamentalism
Israel
labor force in
Maktoum family
nationalism
national security
petroleum
port construction
prostitution and sex trafficking
real estate
recession
reform movement in
rentier state
Sharjah and
slavery
smuggling
social freedoms
social stratification
stock markets
street grid
taxation
technology
terrorism
tolerance
tourism
trade
transportation
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
women’s status in
Dubai Aluminum
Dubai Comprehensive Plan
Dubai Defense Force
Dubai Dry Docks
Dubai Executive Council
Dubai Executive Office
Dubai FAQs (Web site)
Dubai Holding
Dubai International Capital
Dubai International Financial Centre
Dubai International Hotel
Dubailand
Dubai Mall
Dubai Marina
Dubai National Air Travel Agency (DNATA)
Dubai Ports World.
See
DP World Dubai School of Government
Dubai World
Duff, Bill
earthquakes
East India Company
Economist Intelligence Unit
education.
See also
universities citizenship privileges
Dubai
UAE
Egypt
Eigner, Saeb
elections.
See also
democracy
electrification
environmental issues
shortages
Elizabeth II (queen of England)
Eller & Company
Emaar Properties
Emirates airlines
Emirates Towers
Empty Quarter (Rub al-Khali)
emulation, Dubai
energy consumption
entrepreneurship
environmental issues
espionage, UAE
Essa, Fatma
ETA Ascon Group
Etihad Airways
European Union (EU)
Even-Zohar, Chaim
expatriate communities.
See also
Arab expatriate community; immigration; Western expatriate community
anti-immigration backlash
balancing of
elections
recession
Faisal II (king of Iraq)
famine
Farsi language
Fayad, Rabih
Federal National Council
financial capital, Dubai as
Financial Times
(newspaper)
Fischer, Stanley
Flanagan, Maurice
FlyerTalk (online discussion group)
Forbes
magazine
foreign investment
Fowle, T. C.
France
Freedom House
free speech, Dubai
free trade zones
Fujairah emirate (UAE)
Al-Futtaim family.
See also
specific family members
Galadari, Essam
Gama, Vasco da
Gandhi, Indira
Garfield, James
Gargash, Anwar
gasoline prices
Gates, Bill
Gehry, Frank
General Electric (GE)
General Motors (GM)
Gergawi, Mohammed al-
Ghaddafi, Muammar
Ghurair, Abdul Aziz al-
Ghurair, Saif al-
Al-Ghurair family.
See also
specific family members
Ghurair Group
Ghussein, Mohammed al-
Ghwell, Hafed al-