Articles from The Middle East (December 1, 2003)

Title	Author	Type	Words
$1.3bn Bahrain Financial Harbour project.		Brief Article	148
A hotbed of ethnic tension: the multi-ethnic city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq is a microcosm of Iraq today, with ethnic tensions in the city raising the spectre of civil war.	Trendle, Giles		1448
A Soldier's Story from Ottoman Rule to Independent Iraq.	Rhodes, Fred	Book Review	340
A world industry.	Williams, Stephen		1120
Afghan Frontier Feuding and Fighting in Central Asia.	Rhodes, Fred	Book Review	314
Brothers in arms? An old Arabic proverb notes: my brother and me against my cousin, my cousin and me against the stranger.	Blanche, Ed	Cover Story	1660
Comment.	Lancaster, Pat	Editorial	676
Culture and Resistance Conversations with Edward Said.	Rhodes, Fred	Book Review	215
Dangerous Alliances Civil Society the Media and Democratic Transition in North Africa.	Rhodes, Fred	Book Review	155
Egypt makes the most of its gas opportunities: with oil destined to play a reduced role in Egypt's economy, increased investment is being channelled into its burgeoning gas industry.	Ford, Neil		1360
Foreign investment.			397
GCC: a force to be reckoned with: the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states, comprising Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, have emerged into a powerful regional economic bloc.	Siddiqi, Moin A.		1941
Hammering Hamas: the gloves are well and truly off as Israeli security forces continue with Operation Fine Tuning 1, intended to incapacitate and ultimately eliminate Hamas.	Blanche, Ed		1678
Iran goes it alone!	Williams, Stephen		378
Islamic art at auction.	Pat, Lancaster		587
Law and Power in the Islamic World.	Rhodes, Fred	Book Review	137
Mid-size SUV battle heats up.	Williams, Stephen	Brief Article	201
Middle East telecoms.	Ford, Neil		2983
Modern Jihad Tracing the Dollars Behind the Terror Networks.	Rhodes, Fred	Book Review	341
Orbit Pay TV launches Al Riyadhiya sports channel.		Brief Article	95
Plan Azur forges ahead: Morocco has drawn countless numbers of foreign visitors to its fabulous imperial cities over the years but a new ambitious, multi-billion dollar plan to open up a series of coastal resorts by 2010, should see numbers--and revenues--soar.			1602
Riyadh bombing provokes royal outrage.	Darwish, Adel		789
Small arms big money: from marriage feuds in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco to fundamentalist-inspired violence striking fear in the heart of the oil rich Gulf states, the weapons being employed are conventional and all-too-easily obtainable. The Arab world is suffering from a murderous plague of small arms fire.	Martin, Josh		1801
The Dinar-Zone.		Brief Article	290
The irresistible rise of the SUV.	Williams, Stephen		675
The Orient in a Mirror.			413
The Paradoxical Kingdom Saudi Arabia and the Momentum of Reform.	Rhodes, Fred	Book Review	162
The wheels of change: despite official calls for "a national dialogue" many Egyptians remain unconvinced that serious reforms will have made their way on to the statute books before the next presidential elections in 2005.	Badcock, James		1568
Turkish football comes of age: a hundred years ago, the first Turkish club--Besiktas--had just entered the Christian-dominated Ottoman league. A century later the beautiful game is deeply rooted in the Turkish psyche.	Gorvett, Jon		1258
US set to impose sanctions on Syria: in Washington legislation is expected which will impose economic rather than political restraints on Damascus.	Ford, Neil		1526