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United Arab Emirates Government, business and trade Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry - www.adcci-uae.com
Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry - www.sharjah.gov.ae
UAE Federal e-Government – www.government.ae/gov/en/index.jsp
UAE Federation of Chambers of Commerce – www.fcci.gov.ae News and media AME Info – www.ameinfo.com
Gulf News Daily – www.gulf-news.com
Khaleej Times - www.khaleejtimes.com
UAE Interact - www.uaeinteract.com Travel and tourism Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing, Government of Dubai – www.dubaitourism.co.ae
UAE - www.uae.org.ae
Kuwait Government, business and trade Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry - www.kcci.org.kw
Kuwait Investment Authority - www.kia.gov.kw/kia News and media Kuwait Times - www.kuwaittimes.net Travel and tourism Kuwaitiah Net - www.kuwaitiah.net/index.html
Saudi Arabia Government, business and trade Chamber of Commerce Eastern Province - (Dhahran) – www.chamber.org.sa/chamber_e/index.cfm
Council of Saudi Chambers of Commerce - www.saudichambers.org.sa
Riyadh Chamber of Commerce & Industry - www.riyadh-chamber.org.sa
Saudi Arabian General Investment Organization – www.sagia.org
Saudi Arabian Information Source – www.saudinf.com/main/c5.htm
Saudi Arabian Standards Organization - www.saso.org.sa
Tradearabia – www.tradearabia.com News and media Arab News – www.arabnews.com Travel and tourism Saudi Arabian Internet Pages - www.saudi-pages.com/cgi-bin/build-search?saudi/Recreation/Tour_Operators
Oman Government, business and trade ArabNet – www.arab.net
Chamber of Commerce and Industry – www.chamberoman.com
Omanet.om – www.omanet.om/english News and media ArabNet - www.arab.net
Oman Daily Observer – www.omanobserver.com
Times of Oman – www.timesofoman.com Travel and tourism Oman Ministry of Tourism – www.omantourism.gov.om
Bahrain Government, business and trade Bahrain Chamber of Commerce – www.bahrainchamber.org.bh/english/index.htm
Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs – www.bah-molsa.com/english/index.htm
Trade Arabia – www.tradearabia.com News and media BahrainPost.com – www.bahrainpost.com
Bahrain Tribune – www.bahraintribune.com
Gulf News – www.gulfnews.com Travel and tourism Bahrain Tourism – www.bahraintourism.com
Qatar Government, business and trade Ministry of Foreign Affairs - www.mofa.gov.qa/index.cfm
Qatar e-Government - www.e.gov.qa/eGovPortal/index.jsp
Qatar Info - www.qatar-info.com News and media Gulf Times - www.gulftimes.com
The Peninsula - www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Travel and tourism Explore Qatar - www.explore-qatar.com
Qatar Tourism Authority - www.experienceqatar.com/index1.php
Yemen Government, business and trade General Investment Authority - www.giay.org/eng/index.php News and media Yemen Times - http://yementimes.com Travel and tourism Yemen Tourism - www.yementourism.com
Syria Government, business and trade Federation of Syrian Chambers of Commerce - www.fedcommsyr.org/index-e.html
Ministry of Economy and Trade - www.syrecon.org/index.php?newlang=eng
Ministry of Industry - www.syrianindustry.org/index_e.html
Jordan
Government, business and trade Amman Chamber of Commerce – www.ammanchamber.org
Amman Chamber of Industry – www.aci.org.jo
Customs Department – www.customs.gov.jo
Jordan Investment Board – www.jordaninvestment.com
Jordanian Free Zones Corporation - www.free-zones.gov.jo
Ministry of Finance - www.mof.gov.jo
Ministry of Industry and Trade - www.mit.gov.jo News and media AME Info - www.ameinfo.com
Jordan Information Centre – www.jordan.jo/en
Jordan News Agency – www.petra.gov.jo
Jordan Times – www.jordantimes.com Travel and tourism HM King Abdullah Official Website – www.kingabdullah.jo
Queen Rania Al Abdullah Official Website – www.queenrania.jo
Visit Jordan – www.visitjordan.com Iran Government, business and trade Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Mines - www.iccim.org/english/LDefault.aspx?nid=32
IRI Customs Administration - www.irica.gov.ir/EIndex.aspx
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance - http://mefa.gov.ir/ministry/index-eng.asp
Ministry of Foreign Affairs - www.mfa.gov.ir News and media Net Iran - www.netiran.com
Tehran Times - www.tehrantimes.com Travel and tourism Irpedia.com - www.irpedia.com
Reference websites Comprehensive websites Council for Australian–Arab Relations
www.dfat.gov.au/caar
Includes reference material for this publication. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
www.dfat.gov.au
Essential advice on countries, trade developments, travel advisories. Austrade
www.austrade.gov.au
Valuable information on preparing for export, data on overseas markets. Australia Arab Chamber of Commerce and Industry
www.austarab.com.au
Essential site for Australian exporters to the Arab world. Australian Arab Communities Council
www.arabcouncil.org.au
The Australian Arab community. Cross-cultural awareness seminars. Gulf Co-operation Council
www.gcc-sg.org
Home page for the GCC. UK Trade & Investment
www.trade.uktradeinvest.gov.uk/saudi_arabia/whatsnew/overview/travel.shtml
Country profile and market information from the UK Government. Canada Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/middle_east/doing_business-en.asp
A good guide to doing business in the Middle East. Country Commercial Guide-Saudi Arabia
http://strategis.gc.ca/epic/internet/inimr-ri.nsf/en/gr00001e.html
Industry Canada site. Access Country Commercial Guides by US Department of Commerce. Euromonitor
www.euromonitor.com/results_country.asp?country=SA
Produce market research reports on Saudi Arabia. General information on the Arab world The Countries and Peoples of Arabia
www.hejleh.com/countries
Excellent introduction to the Arab world. NITLE Arab Culture and Civilization
http://arabworld.nitle.org
Good material on Arab culture. Arab World Documentation Unit
www.ex.ac.uk/awdu/index.htm
Economics, politics, history, and social issues in the Gulf. World Press Review
www.worldpress.org/mideast.htm
Press articles on current events in the Middle East. Middle East maps
www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east.html
Maps of the Middle East. Wikipedia Encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
Country data for the UAE and other Arab countries. Executive Planet
www.executiveplanet.com
Guide to international business culture and etiquette. ArabDataNet
www.arabdatanet.com
Business and political information. ArabNet
www.arab.net
News and opinions on the Middle East. Country profiles. Saudi Arabia websites Council of Saudi Chambers of Commerce
www.saudichambers.org.sa/indexen.htm
Business news and events in Saudi Arabia. Saudia Online
www.saudia-online.com
Business news and services in Saudi Arabia. Saudi American Forum
www.saudi-american-forum.org
Comprehensive coverage of Saudi Arabia from a US perspective. World Bank
www.worldbank.org/data/countrydata/aag/sau_aag.pdf
Saudi Arabia at a glance - economic fact sheet. Saudi Info
www.saudinf.com
A Saudi government web page. Arab business websites AME-Info
www.ameinfo.com
One of the best business websites for the Middle East. WN MidEast
www.wnmideast.com
A comprehensive news service on the Middle East. MEED (Middle East Economic Digest)
www.meed.com
Authoritative business magazine covering events in the Middle East. Zawya Arab Business
www.zawya.com
First class site for commercial and industry news. Trade Arabia
www.tradearabia.com
Arab business site. EIN News
www.einnews.com/saudiarabia/newsfeed-SaudiBusiness
News site. Company websites dealing with business in the Middle East Ernst & Young Middle East
www.ey.com/GLOBAL/content.nsf/Middle_East/Home_-_Welcome
Advice on company formation and tax. Economic data International Monetary Fund (IMF)
http://www.imf.org
See the IMF World Economic Outlook 2004 for country data. Oxford Business Group
www.oxfordbusinessgroup.com
Economic and political analysis on a range of countries. SAMBA
www.samba.com
Major Saudi bank. Good economic analysis in the Corporate Banking section. Travel Asinah Travel Guide
www.asinah.net
A global travel guide. Good country summaries on the Arab world. HotelsTravel.com
www.hotelstravel.com/saudi.html
Accommodation service. Oil Oil.com
www.oil.com
All you need to know about oil and energy. Arab world news Aljazeera
http://english.aljazeera.net
Qatar-based Arab news service. Middle East Information network
www.mideastinfo.com/news.html
Middle East news services. al-bab.com
www.al-bab.com
News on the Arab world. ArabView
www.arabview.com
Articles from leading Middle East journalists. Al bawaba Middle East gateway
www.albawaba.com
Good country profiles. Middle East newspapers and magazines ABYZ News Links
www.abyznewslinks.com/saudi.htm
Links to online news. Saudi Times
www.sauditimes.com
Saudi daily newspaper. Haven Works
http://havenworks.com/world/saudi-arabia
News and links on Saudi Arabia. Arab News
www.arabnews.com
English language daily, published in Saudi Arabia. Gulf Business
www.gulfbusiness.com
Business monthly with regional coverage. Middle East Times
www.metimes.com
Egypt-based daily with regional coverage. Legal websites Gulf Law
www.gulf-law.com
Information on law in the Arab Middle East. Includes Shariah law. Defence Middle East Newsline
www.menewsline.com
Mainly defence news. Jane's Middle East News
www.janes.com/regional_news/africa_middle_east
Business news with emphasis on defence and transport. Other sites US Geological Survey
minerals.er.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/2001/samyb01.pdf
Survey of Saudi Arabia's mineral industry – 2001. Halal helpline
www.halalhelpline.org
Islamic dietary custom and laws. Islamic Co-ordinating Council of Australia
www.icca.org.au
Halal foods and certification in Australia. Australian–Arabic Council
www.aac.org.au
Human rights and community relations issues affecting Arabic culture. CAAR Council for Australian Arab Relations
http://www.dfat.gov.au/caar/
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