A survey on 'Employment and Salary Trends in the Gulf 2009 – 2010' has just been released and can be read in full, here . So, what...

When Arab women marry they will always receive a shabka [shab-ca] or a set of jewellery (ring, earrings, a bracelet and a necklace, recently...

Wosta (also spelt, woster/ waster/ waster but all pronounced in the same way, [wass-ter]) is an Arabic word which describes a polite form ...

When an Arab invites you out for a meal at a restaurant, the person who does the inviting will always pay for the meal, no matter how many p...

Within the GCC most countries run a dual banking system, using both the western and Islamic banking systems side by side. Bahrain has the ...