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United Arab Emirates
  • Authored by: Susan Muaddi Darraj and Meredyth Puller, Series Editor: Arthur Goldschmidt Jr.
  • From the Series: Creation of the Modern Middle East
  • Trim Size: 6-1/2 x 9-1/4
  • ISBN-10: 1604130717
  • ISBN-13: 978-1-60413-071-3
  • Status: In Stock
  • List Price: $35.00
  • Imprint: Chelsea House
  • Published: 11/01/2008
  • Dewey Number: 953
  • Reading Level: Grades 6-12
  • Pages: 120

Summary

Formed in 1971, the United Arab Emirates comprises seven individual emirates, where vast amounts of oil were discovered in the 1950s. With an oil reserve that makes up almost one-tenth of the world’s total, this desert country the size of South Carolina has a stable economy, a labor force that is 13 percent female, and boasts one of the highest standards of living in the world. Although most people living in the UAE are Arabs, about 80 percent of the emirates’ inhabitants are foreign workers and their families. The UAE’s tolerant, cosmopolitan atmosphere—which is most notable in the emirate of Dubai—gives resident non-Emiris opportunities to enjoy their own cultural and religious organizations. This progressive country has survived threats to its regional stability and prospered because of its use of its oil wealth to the benefit of all Emiris and its close relationship with the United States.

Specifications

Full-color and black-and-white photographs and maps. Chronology and timeline. Bibliography. Web sites. Further reading. Index.

About the Author(s)

Susan Muaddi Darraj is associate professor of English at Harford Community College in Bel Air, Maryland. She is the author of numerous biographies for Chelsea House and is the managing editor of The Baltimore Review.

Meredyth Puller is assistant professor of English at Harford Community College in Bel Air, Maryland. She is also a fiction editor for The Baltimore Review.

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