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20 British Embassy, Bahrain, “UK-Bahrain Relations,” www.
britishembassy.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/
Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1035898708295 (last accessed
May 16, 2007).
21 “Bahrain: Background Notes” US State Department, October 2006.
22 Library of Congress, “A Country Study: Bahrain,” 1993.
23 “Bahrain: Background Notes” US State Department, October 2006.
CIA World Factbook 2007, Luxembourg.
24 BP, Statistical Review of World Energy 2006.
25 CIA World Factbook, 2006.
26 Forbes.com, August 2006.
27 “Kuwait: Background Notes.” US State Department, 2006.
28 “Oman: Background Notes,” US State Department, 2006.
29 CIA World Factbook, 2006.
30 Ibid.
31 Ibid.

CHAPTER 5
1 Expert interviews; corporate history; and www.rootsweb.com/
~sauwgw/Jamil.htm.
2 The firm’s full name is the Fawaz Abdul Aziz Al-Hokair Group.
3 Fashion Retail,” Al-Hokair corporate Web site, www.alhokair.com.sa/
Pages/Page.aspx?PageId=7 (last accessed January 15, 2007).
4 “Another Growth Year—Retail International’s Review of the Year,”
Retail International, Winter 2006, www.retailcity.ae/upl_images/files/
RI-Survey_winter_2006.pdf (last accessed January 15, 2007).
5 Ibid.
6 “Gap Inc. Expands International Reach with Franchise Agreements for
Middle East,” Al-Tayer Group corporate Web site, April 18, 2006,
www.altayer.com/whatsnew/view_article.asp?article_id=114 (last
accessed Jan 15, 2007).
7 Louise Lee, “Gap Goes Global,” BusinessWeek, April 18, 2006,
www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/apr2006/nf20060418_583
5_db016.htm (last accessed January 15, 2007).
8 “Carrefour—The Group—Franchisees,” Carrefour corporate Web
site, www.carrefour.com/english/groupecarrefour/franchise.htm
(last accessed February 11, 2007). Interestingly, three other MENA