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251 INDEX A Aayd, Christophe, 19 ‘Abbas, Kamal, 85, 86 ‘Abdallah, Ashraf, 71 Abdessalim, Rafik, 51 Abu al-Futouh, Sabir, 84 Abu Eita, Kamal, 65 Abu Ghazala, ‘Abd al-Halim, 61 Adana Agreement (Syria/Turkey), 182 Aden TV, 150 al-‘Adli, Habib, 64, 68, 72, 105 ‘Adwan, Mamdouh, 193 Agha, Riyad Na‘san, 193 al-Ahli Commercial Bank, 132 al-Ahmar, Abdallah bin Hussein (Sheikh), 122, 139-140 al-Ahmar, Hamid, 122-123 Ahmed, Marouf Mulla, 184-185 al-‘Aidi, Uthman, 174 Al Bu Filasa, Muhammad, 235 Al Jazeera, 20, 22, 46, 88, 121 Al Khalifa, ‘Abd al-‘Aziz bin Mubarak, 240-241 Al Khalifa, Hamad bin Isa (King of Bahrain): concessions by (2011), 210, 214; control of governance, 4-5; declares national emergency, 1; early rule of, 209, 218, 220-221; family code proposals, 225-228, 230, 231n11; repressive police state under, 205-206, 208, 210. 212, 221, 230, 239-246; during years as Emir, 209, 217, 219. See also` Bahrain Al Khalifa, Isa bin Salman (former King of Bahrain), 206, 215-216 Al Khalifa, Khalid bin Ahmad, 243 Al Khalifa, Khalid bin ‘Ali (Sheikh), 240 Al Khalifa, Khalid bin ‘Isa (Sheikh), 224-225 Al Khalifa, Khalifa bin Ahmad, 245 Al Khalifa, Khalifa bin Salman, 233, 235, 244, 245-246 Al Khalifa, Salman bin Hamad (Prince of Bahrain), 208, 212, 243-244 Al-Amin, Esam, 60 ‘Alawis, 157, 163 Alexandria International Container Terminals, 111 Alexandria Port Authority, 111 Alexandria Shipyard, 109 Alexandrian Brothers, 84 Algeria, 28-29 ‘Ali, Khalid, 85 Al-Masraf Al-Muttahid Bank, 83 Amami, Aziz, 28 Amamou, Slim, 28 Ammar, Rachid, 46 Amnesty International, 29, 126, 138, 218-219, 242-243 Amor, Hamada ben, 28 Anderson, Benedict, 22 al-Anisi, ‘Abd al-Wahhab, 121-122 Annan, Kofi, 197 Ansar al-Shari‘a (al-Qaeda affiliate), 119, 127, 144-145 Anzour, Najdat, 192-193 Aopen, 110 April 6 youth movement (Egypt), 9-10, 63, 65 Arab Company for Computer Manufacturing, 109-110 Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) (Egypt), 107, 109-110, 112 Arab Polvara Spinning and Weaving, 83-84 Arab revolts, overview, 1-11; people vs. state identity, 2; regional socio-economic crisis, 3-5; security and surveillance tactics, 5-7. See also individual countries, leaders and political groups Arab Socialist Baath Party (Syria), 7, 158-159, 162-163, 169-171, 197 al-‘Arabiyya (TV channel), 189 Arman, Nasser, 142 252 Armed Islamic Group (Algeria), 29 Arthur D. Little, 77 al-Asad, Bashar: of ‘Alawi origin, 157; crony capitalist state under, 171-176; early rule of, 170, 171, 191; inaugural speech (2000), 166; Kurdish political groups under, 182-187; repressive police state under, 6, 157-159, 165, 167, 171, 174, 183, 185, 196-197, 198-199; republicomonarchist regime, 4, 161; statements to Wall Street Journal, 160, 165; sympathy for, 163. See also Syria al-Asad, Hafiz, 7, 158, 161, 173-174, 179, 182, 194, 196 al-Asad, Mahir, 162, 171 Asbool, Sa‘id, 215 al-‘Asfour, Khalaf (Sheikh), 224 al-‘Asfour, Muhsin (Sheikh), 224 al-Asnag, ‘Abdallah, 146 ‘Atif, Muhammad, 69 al-‘Attar, ‘Abd al-Rahman, 174 al-‘Attar, Muhammad, 87, 89 al-‘Attas, Haydar, 146 al-‘Azm, Sadiq, 163, 166 ‘Azzam, Mahir, 189-190, 191 B Baccouche, Hedi, 36 Badreddin, Salah, 179, 180 Bahrain, 205-246; events leading to 2011 revolt, 1-11, 205-207; battle over family law, 222-230, 231n2, 231n5; escalation of violence, government use of chemical gases, 239-246; history of 1994-1999 intifada, 215-221; repressive police state under, 6-7, 8, 9; revolution paused, 208-214; Sunni political activism awakening, 232-237; US arms sales to government, 6. See also individual leaders and political groups Bahrain Center for Human Rights, 209-210 Bahrain Freedom Movement, 217, 220 Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI), 221, 239-242, 245-246 Bahrain Petroleum Company, 205, 220 Bahrain Youth Hostels Society, 241 al-Bahraini, Yusuf, 224 al-Baltagi, Mahmoud, 104 al-Bandar, Salah, 228 Bandar-gate report (Bahrain), 228, 230 Bank of America, 132 Barakat, Sabir, 85 Barqawi, Samir, 189, 191 Barzani, Masoud, 183, 186 Barzani, Mulla Mustafa, 179-180, 182 Bashar, Abdulhakim, 182, 184, 185, 186 Ba’um, Hasan, 148 BBC Arabic, 215 Beau, Nicolas, 52 Bedirxan, Celadet, 178 Beinin, Joel, 97 Believing Youth (Yemen), 137-139, 141, 142-143 Ben Ali, Zine El Abidine: disaffection of military from, 30; early rule of, 32-38, 51-52; economic control and power within family, 4, 20, 24, 26, 27, 51-52; fall of regime, 1, 15, 16-21, 30, 45-48; foreign leaders’ viewpoints...

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