City of Gold: Dubai and the Dream of Capitalism (57 page)

personality of

petroleum

physical description of

management style

port construction

rebel movements

religion

Sheikh Zayed compared

slavery, emancipation

succession scheme of

UAE

United Kingdom

Ravan, Pierre

Reagan, Ronald

real estate

Arab states

credit markets

Dubai

recession

Red Sea

refrigeration

religion

rentier state

Reuters

Revolutionary Guard Corps (Iran)

Rickman, Gregg

Rodriguez, Julio

Roken, Mohammed al-

Rome, Italy

Roosevelt, Theodore

Al-Rostamani family.
See also
specific family members

Rub al-Khali (Empty Quarter)

Ruler’s Court
(diwan)
,

Russia.
See also
Soviet Union

Sabban, Rima

sabkha
(salt crust) belts

Sadat, Anwar

Saeed bin Maktoum al-Maktoum, Sheikh (ruler of Dubai, 1912–1958)

biography of

death of

prostitution crackdown

Said, Obaid bin

Saif bin Mohammed, Zayed bin

Saif bin Zayed al-Nahyan, Sheikh (interior

minister, UAE)

Saks Fifth Avenue

Salafism

Sampler, Jeffrey

Samsung

Sand to Silicon
(Eigner and Sampler)

San Francisco, California

Sang, Greg
Sarmayeh
(Tehran newspaper)

Saudi Arabia

Abu Dhabi and

alcohol prohibition

democracy

diamond trade

economy of

expansionism

Jeddah port

monarchy

petroleum

Sheikh Rashid

slave trade

United States

Wahhabi sect

women’s status in

Sayed, Ali al-

Sayegh, Fatma al-

Scheuer, Michael

Schmidt, Eric

School of Government, Dubai

schools.
See
education Schroen, Gary

Schumer, Charles

Sea World (Palm Jebel Ali)

Seifert, Matthias

Senate Banking Committee

September 11, 2001 terrorism attacks.
See
terrorism; World Trade Center (New York, New York)

Serbia, organized crime

sewage, labor camps

sex ratio, demography

sex tourism

sex trafficking and prostitution

sexuality, anti-immigration backlash

Seznec, Jean-Fraçois

Shahin, Zack

Shaibani, Mohammed al-

Shaikh, Nasser al-

Shanghai, China

Shakhbut bin Sultan al-Nahyan, Sheikh (ruler of Abu Dhabi)

Shamsudheen, K. V.

Sharif, Bibiya

Sharif, Omar

Sharjah (UAE)

Abu Musa island

alcohol prohibition

Dubai and

Qawasim clan

slave trade

smuggling

UAE

United Kingdom

Shaybah oil field

Shenzhen, China

Shindagha (Dubai neighborhood)

shipping industry, Dubai

shopping malls

Singapore

Sir Bani Yas Island (Abu Dhabi)

Sisco, Joseph

60 Minutes
(TV show)

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

skin color, Dubai

skyscrapers, Dubai

slavery

Smith, Adrian

smuggling

Snipes, Wesley

social stratification

solar energy, 225

Sonapur (Al Muhaisnah 2, City of Gold, labor camp)

Sorbonne (Paris, France)

Soviet Union.
See also
Russia Spain

Spindle, Bill

Sputnik

Sri Lanka, immigrants from

Standard Chartered bank

Steverlynck, Youri

stock markets, Dubai

Stockwell, David

street grid

strikes (labor)

subsidy, citizenship

Sultan, Qassim (mayor of Dubai)

Sultan bin Zayed al-Nahyan, Sheikh (deputy prime minister, UAE)

The Sun
(British newspaper)

Sun Engineering

sun god

Surfers Paradise, Australia

Sutphin, Paul

Syria

Taipei 101 (Taiwan skyscraper)

Taisei Corporation

Tajer, Mahdi

Taliban

Tamim, Suzan

Tarragona port, Spain

taxation

alcoholic beverages

Dubai

  free trade zones

  trade

Iran

Taylor, Charles

technology

Tel Aviv, Israel

telephones

terrorism

airlines

DP World

economic factors UAE

Thailand, laborers from

Thatcher, Margaret

Theron, Charlize

Thesiger, Wilfred

Thomas, Bertram

Thurer, Robert

toilets

tolerance

tourism

credit crunch

Dubai

Emirates airlines

Palm islands

sex tourism

terrorism

Tower of the Arabs (Burj Al Arab, Dubai)

trade

Dubai-Iran

Dubai-Pakistan

Persian Gulf

Portugal

slavery

United Kingdom

trade embargo, Iran

traffic accidents

traffic planning

transience

transportation

tribal life and tribalism.
See also
Bedouin people citizenship privileges

civil liberties

monarchy

political organization

Sheikh Rashid

Sheikh Zayed

UAE

Trucial Oman Scouts

Trucial States

economic and social conditions in

petroleum

UAE

United Kingdom

Trump, Donald

Tulloch, Eric

Tunb islands

20/20
(TV show)

2 International Financial Center (Hong Kong)

UAE Central Bank

UAE University (Al Ain)

Ubar (ancient city)

UBS (bank)

Umm Al-Quwain (UAE)

unemployment

UNICEF

Union Carbide

United Arab Emirates (UAE).
See also
Arabian peninsula; Dubai; Trucial States; specific other UAE members

anti-immigration backlash

Arabian peninsula

citizenship

climate change

demography

DP World reporting

economic factors

electricity shortages

environmental issues

espionage

formation of

future prospects

intellectual life

Iran

Islamic fundamentalism

isolation of

Israel

labor force

media

national security

petroleum

politics and governance

Portugal

rentier states

Sheikh Zayed

slavery

smuggling

social factors

terrorism

transportation

United Kingdom

United States

United Arab Emirates-United States (UAE-U.S.) Business Council

United Arab Republic

United Kingdom

Abu Dhabi

Arabian peninsula

Dubai

Egypt

energy consumption

Maktoum family

Palm Jumeirah island

Sharjah

Sheikh Rashid

slave trade

Trucial States

UAE

United States

United Nations

United States

Afghanistan invasion

assassinations in

DP World

Dubai

economic factors

energy consumption

Iran

Iran-Iraq war (1980–1988)

labor laws

military bases

money laundering

Persian Gulf

Saudi Arabia

sex trafficking

Sheikh Rashid

slavery

subprime mortgage crisis in

terrorism

UAE

United States Committee on Foreign Investment (CFIUS)

United States Navy

United Technologies

Universe islands (Dubai)

universities.
See also
education

Unruh, Susan

USS
Cole
bombing

Valley of Love (charity)

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Van Damme, Jean-Claude

Vanity Fair
(magazine)

Vellinga, Nico

Venice, Italy

Verne, Jules

Vicker, Ray

Vigier, Stephanie

Wackernagel, Mathis

Wacky Races
(cartoon)

wages

Wahhabi sect

Wall Street Journal
(newspaper)

Warba Centre

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

water

Waterfront islands (Dubai)

water supply

weapons smuggling, UAE

wedding massacre

Western expatriate community.
See also
Arab expatriate community; expatriate communities; immigration anti-immigration backlash

elections

housing demand

recession

Whitson, Sarah Leah

wildlife

Williams, Simon

winds

Woertz, Eckart

women

women’s shelters, sex trafficking

Woods Hole Group

The World archipelago (Dubai)

World Bank

World Cup (South Korea and Japan, 2002)

World Diamond Council

World Economic Forum

World Federation of Diamond Bourses (New

York, New York)

World Trade Center (Dubai)

World Trade Center (New York, New York).
See also
terrorism World War II

Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)

Wright, Lawrence

Wright, Tom

W. S. Atkins engineering firm

Yabhouni, Khalid Salem al-

Yemen

Yousef, Tarik

Yousuf, Nabil al-,

Al-Yousuf family.
See also
specific family members

youth, citizenship privileges

Yusen Kaisha

Zaab tribe

Zabeel Palace (Dubai)

Zandi, Dariush

Zawahiri, Ayman al-

Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, Sheikh (first president, UAE)

career of

death of

democracy

descendants of

Dubai

emancipation of slaves

national army

personality of

physical appearance of

Sheikh Rashid and

UAE

Zayed University (Dubai)

Zim Integrated Shipping Services