Word: bahrain
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...other words, Bulliet makes no grand assumptions about his readers' intelligence. There's even a map--a simplified one at that--of the Middle East on the flyleaf, for those readers who just can't keep all those Arabian nations straight (though the Persian Gulf itself is confusingly labeled Bahrain...
...members of the Gulf Co-operation Council: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Oman...
Such public belt tightening has led to a new eagerness on the part of applicants for work in the private sector. "I had six or seven young men in here recently who were willing to take the jobs and salaries we were offering," said one Western banker in Bahrain (pop. 330,000). "These were people fresh out of school who in the past would have been asking for and probably getting...
...helped finance Saudi projects: "Construction will never see a boom like the one we had here in the ten years since 1973." That, in the view of many Arabs, is probably for the best. "We did not have time to think about what we were doing," concedes Yousef Shirawi, Bahrain's Minister of Development and Industry: "Perhaps this pause will be very good...
...Still, Bahrain remains an oasis of serenity in the turbulent Middle East. Much of the credit belongs to Sheik Isa, 50, the short, slightly pudgy Emir who has ruled the country since 1961. The sheik, whose cherubic face always seems to be breaking into a smile, truly delights in dealing with people. Anyone with a grievance can come to the palace and complain to His Highness in person. If a foreigner has trouble with the royal name, the sheik is likely to joke, "Call me Jake." Although he is wealthy, he and his wife avoid extravagances; the sheik is often...