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32 Although Muslims worldwide observe the mandatory Friday
prayers, not all Muslim-majority countries take the day off. Turkey
and Malaysia, for example, operate on a Monday–Friday week
consistent with international practice. People take an extended
midday break for prayers and lunch. Muslims in the West and in
Muslim-minority states do the same.
33 Kuwait Times, May 8, 2007, www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?
newsid=MTMyMzQ4OTU3MA==.
34 World Bank and IFC, Doing Business indicators, www.
doingbusiness.org. Cost figures rounded to nearest hundred.
35 “Emirates Group Case Study: Global Branding and Communication
Delivered by Tridion,” March 6, 2007, www.tridion.com/Images/
TridionCS_Emirates_tcm6-2979.pdf.
36 Matthew Maier, “Rise of the Emirates Empire,” CNN online, October
1, 2005, money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/
2005/10/01/8359251/index.htm (last accessed March 6, 2007).
37 “Airlines in India,” Profile of Emirates Airlines, www.iloveindia.
com/airlines-in-india/international/emirates-airline.html (last
accessed May 15, 2007).
38 John F. O’Connell, Air Transport Group, “The Changing Dynamics of
the Arab Gulf Based Airlines.”
39 EasyOz; Emirates Airlines, Economist, October 29, 2005.
40 “Wie eine Fluglinie aus Dubai die Branche auf den Kopf stellt,”
Wirtschaftswoche, September 7, 2006, www.wiwo.de/pswiwo/fn/
ww2/sfn/bm_artikel/bmpara/1567/bmpara/41525420556e7465726
e65686d656e20575733/id/126/id/210077/fm/0/artprint/1/SH/0/d
epot/0/index.html (last accessed May 15, 2007).
41 Emaar corporate Web site, www.emaar.com/International/usa/
Index.asp.

CHAPTER 10
1 The common elements of GCC markets and rapid deregulation
in these markets are discussed extensively in earlier chapters of
this book.
2 Source: Press review and expert interviews.
3 Dubai’s infrastructure is discussed at length in Chapter 9.
4 Sources: Corporate Web sites, annual reports, and press releases.
5 “Doing Business in Saudi Arabia: A Country Commercial Guide for
U.S. Companies,” www.buyusa.gov.