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46 Ministry of Hajj, KSA, www.hajinformation.com/main/l.htm.
47 Jasim Husain Ali, “The Economy of Holy Places,” Oman Economic
Review, February 2007, www.oeronline.com/php/2007_feb/
gcc_dairy.php.
48 Hassan M. Fattah, “The Price of Progress: Transforming Islam’s
Holiest Site,” New York Times, March 8, 2007.
49 “Turk Telekom Privatisation Succeeds? Southeast European Times, July
19, 2005.
50 Rafi-uddin Shikoh, “Is Intra-OIC Trade Finally Taking Off?” Dinar
Standard, April 15, 2005, www.dinarstandard.com/current/
intraoic041505.htm.
51 UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, “Country Profile: United
Arab Emirates,” March 5, 2007.
52 “Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Workforce,” BBC News, May 13, 2003.
53 City Mayors, www.citymayors.com/gratis/uk_topcities.html.
54 AME Info, “Britons Prefer Dubai as Second Home,” November 13,
2006, www.ameinfo.com/101675.html.
55 Daniel Bardsley, “Here’s to Life,” Gulf News, November 30, 2005,
archive.gulfnews.com/indepth/uae_national_day_2005/more_storie
s/10001575.html.
56 Piers Gladstone, “A Dacha in Dubai,” Passport Magazine,
n.d.,www.passportmagazine.ru/article/619/.
57 “Dubai Hosts Natalie Tours Congress,” Dubai Weekly Newsletter,
September 28, 2006, www.dubaitourism.ae/newsletter/arrow/
ar_ArchivesWeb.asp?uID=3&nID=79.
58 Heather Timmons, “Asia Finding Rich Partners in Mideast,” New
York Times, December 1, 2006.
59 Ibid.
60 Iqbal Khan, “The Arched Gateway,” Khazanah Megatrends
Conference, 2006.
61 US Energy Information Administration, International Energy
Outlook 2006, www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/ieo/figure_32.html (last
accessed May 17, 2007).
62 Since the Agency’s prediction, oil prices have in fact gone well above
their 2006 high, scraping $80 per barrel in September 2007.
63 Jad Mouawad, “Oil Innovations Pump New Life into Old Wells,”
New York Times, March 5, 2007.
64 US Energy Information Agency, www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/ieo/
figure_26.html.