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19 Ibid.
20 Ibid.

CHAPTER 2
1 BP Statistical Review of World Energy, June 2007.
2 HSBC published research, 2006.
3 Central bank projections, 2006.
4 Economic Analytical Unit, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade,
Australian Government, “More Than Oil: Economic Developments in
Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates,” 2005.
5 IMF, 2006.
6 UNCTAD, World Investment Report, 2005.
7 BusinessWeek Special Advertising Section, 2006,
www.businessweek.com/adsections/2006/pdf/121802_saudi.pdf.
8 Dubailand: guide.theemiratesnetwork.com/living/
dubai/dubailand.php
World Project: realestate.theemiratesnetwork.com/
developments/dubai/world_islands.php
Palm Island: realestate.theemiratesnetwork.com/developments
/dubai/palm_islands.php
Durrat al-Bahrain: realestate.theemiratesnetwork.com/
developments/bahrain/durrat_al_bahrain.php
King Abdullah Economic City: www.emaar.com/MediaCenter/
PressReleases/December20.asp
Amwaj Islands: www.designbuild-network.com/projects/amwaj/
Omagine: www.primenewswire.com/newsroom/
news.html?d=111145
9 UAE Yearbook 2007, 126.
10 Copyright (c) 2007 The Emirates Network (TEN),
guide.theemiratesnetwork.com/living/dubai/dubailand.php.
11 RetailME, November 2006.
12 Dubai Shopping Festival, www.mydsf.com/dsf/eng/
dsf_statistics.aspx.
13 “More Than Oil.”
14 Hawaa literally means “Eve,” that is, the female name. In this context,
however, it is a synecdoche referring to women in general, just as
Kleenex is a particular brand of tissue but can refer to tissues in general.