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The Arab states of the Persian Gulf


The Arab states of the Persian Gulf are made of the kingdoms of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, the sultanate of Oman, and the emirates of Kuwait, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. These six countries form the members of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf.

It is useful to view the Arab states of the Persian Gulf as a group because they share similar economies and a similar culture.

Economy

The Arab states of the Persian Gulf all have significant revenues from oil and gas and have considerably small local populations. This has raised their respective per capita incomes to higher than those of their neighbours. To meet the labour shortages they host large numbers of temporary non-citizen economic migrants from South Asia and South East Asia (mostly the Philippines and Indonesia). In the past there were also significant numbers of immigrants from Jordan (mostly of Palestinian origin) and Egypt.

In addition, pearl diving and the pearl industry was the main economic activity of many of these countries (particularly Bahrain and Kuwait). The pearling industry collapsed in the 1930s after the development of cultured pearl methods.

Culture

The Arab states of the Persian Gulf share a regional culture that is sometimes referred to as "khaleeji (gulf) culture". They all speak the Gulf dialect of Arabic and share similar music styles (sawt, fijiri, etc.), cuisine, dress, etc. Most Arabs living near the Persian Gulf also trace their ancestry back to Arab tribes.

All of the Arab states of the Persian Gulf are hereditary monarchies with little or no political representation. Only Bahrain (Majlis al-Nuwab) and Kuwait (National Assembly) have legislatures with popularly elected members.

Further reading

  • Historical Dictionary of the Gulf Arab States
  • J. E. Peterson (1998), The Arab Gulf States: Steps Toward Political Participation, ISBN 0-275-92881-0
  • Anoushiravan Ehteshami and Steven Wright (2007), Reform in the Middle East Oil Monarchies, ISBN 978-0863723230
  • F. Gregory, III Gause (1994), Oil Monarchies: Domestic and Security Challenges in the Arab Gulf States, ISBN 0-87609-151-6
  • Atif A. Kubursi (1984), Oil, Industrialization and Development in the Arab Gulf States, ISBN 0-7099-1566-7
  • Gordon Robison (1996), Lonely Planet: Arab Gulf States, ISBN 0-86442-390-X

See also

Anthem
بحريننا
Bahrainona
Our Bahrain


Capital
(and largest city) Manama

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Motto
"There is no God but Allah; Muhammad is His messenger" (the Shahadah)
Anthem
"Aash Al Maleek"
"Long live the King"
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Sultan (Arabic: سلطان) is an Islamic title, with several historical meanings. Originally it was an Arabic language abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", or "rulership", derived from the Arabic
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Motto
none
Anthem
Nashid as-Salaam as-Sultani


Capital
(and largest city) Muscat

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For the United Arab Emirates airline, see .


Etymologically an emirate or amirate (Arabic: إمارة, Imaarah
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Anthem
Al-Nasheed Al-Watani


Capital
(and largest city) Kuwait City

Official languages Arabic
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Anthem
As Salam al Amiri


Capital
(and largest city) Doha

Official languages Arabic
Demonym Qatari
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Motto
"God, Nation, President"
Anthem
Ishy Bilady


Capital
(and largest city) Abu Dhabi

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Type Trade bloc
Membership Arab Gulf states (6)
Leaders
 -  Secretary-General Abdul Rahman ibn Hamad al-Attiyah
Establishment
 -  As the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
May 25 1981 
Population
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Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income that is generated in their country through productive activities. That is what each citizen would receive if the yearly income generated by a country from its productive activities
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South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is a southern geopolitical region of the Asian continent comprising territories on and in proximity to the Indian subcontinent. It is surrounded by (from west to east) Western Asia, Central Asia, Eastern Asia, and Southeastern Asia.
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Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, and north of Australia.
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Motto
"Bhinneka Tunggal Ika"   (Old Javanese)
"Unity in Diversity"
National ideology: Pancasila[1]
Anthem
Indonesia Raya
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Anthem
عاش المليك
The Royal Anthem of Jordan
   ("As-salam al-malaki al-urdoni") 1
Long live the King
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Palestinian people (Arabic: الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha'ab il-filastini), Palestinians (Arabic:
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Gumhūriyyat Miṣr al-ʿArabiyyah
Arab Republic of Egypt


Flag Coat of arms
Anthem
Bilady, Bilady, Bilady
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Pearl hunting or pearl diving refers to a now largely obsolete method of retrieving pearls from oysters and, on rare occasions, other nacre-producing creatures, such as abalone.
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pearl is a hard, rounded object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle) of a living shelled mollusk. The finest quality pearls have been highly valued as gemstones and objects of beauty for many centuries, and the word pearl has become a metaphor for something
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A cultured pearl is a pearl created by a pearl farmer under controlled conditions.

Development of a Pearl

A pearl is formed when some sort of small object, typically a parasite or piece of organic matter, becomes embedded in the tissue of an oyster or mollusk.
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Pars Sea.[5]

Naming dispute



Since the 1960s with the rise of Arab nationalism (Pan-Arabism), starting with Gamal Abdel Nasser's Arab Republic of Egypt, some Arab countries, including the ones bordering the Persian Gulf, have adopted the term "Arabian
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Gulf Arabic}}} 
Writing system: Arabic alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: —
ISO 639-3: afb

Gulf Arabic
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Sawt (Arabic,صوت = voice)(also spelled sout or sowt) is a kind of popular music found in the Arabian states of the Persian Gulf area, especially in Kuwait and Bahrain.
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Fidjeri Arabic,فجيري (sometimes spelled fijri or fidjeri) is the specific repertoire of vocal music sung by the pearl divers of the Arabian states of the Persian Gulf (especially Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar).
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Pars Sea.[5]

Naming dispute



Since the 1960s with the rise of Arab nationalism (Pan-Arabism), starting with Gamal Abdel Nasser's Arab Republic of Egypt, some Arab countries, including the ones bordering the Persian Gulf, have adopted the term "Arabian
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Pars Sea.[5]

Naming dispute



Since the 1960s with the rise of Arab nationalism (Pan-Arabism), starting with Gamal Abdel Nasser's Arab Republic of Egypt, some Arab countries, including the ones bordering the Persian Gulf, have adopted the term "Arabian
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A hereditary monarchy is the most common style of monarchy and is the form that is used by almost all of the world's existing monarchies.

Under a hereditary monarchy, all the monarchs come from the same family, and the crown is passed down from one member to another member
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In politics, representation describes how political power is alienated from most of the members of a group and vested, for a certain time period, in the hands of a small subset of the members.
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Anthem
بحريننا
Bahrainona
Our Bahrain


Capital
(and largest city) Manama

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Bahrain

This article is part of the series:
Politics of Bahrain

  • Constitution
  • King:
  • Hamad ibn Isa al-Khalifah
  • Prime minister

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