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A Special International Report Prepared by The Washington Times Advertising Department - Published on March 21, 2000

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Advertisers

 Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait B.S.C.

 Sheraton Bahrain Hotel

 John J. Nowell and Zodiac Publishing

 Arab Banking Corporation (B.S.C)

 ABC Islamic Bank (E.C.)

 First Islamic Investment Bank E.C.

 Al-Ahi Bank

 Arados Car Hiring

 The Bahrain Petroleum Company B.S.C. (Closed)

 Abdulla Ahmed Nass Group

 Gulf Petrochemical Industries Co. (B.S.C.)

 Khazana

 Bahrain Tourism Affairs

 Le Royal Meridien

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A Special International Report Prepared by The Washington Times
Advertising Department
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Written by:
Barbara G. B. Ferguson
Project Director:
Hala Nasreddine
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Infinite Opportunities

     Since 1987, when the Islamic Banking Division was formed, the ABC Group has actively promoted the development of Islamic banking through imaginative and precisely structured products and services. Thanks to our global presence, we have remained attuned to developments in the marketplace – as demand for Islamic banking has risen sharply across the world.
     With the establishment of ABC Islamic Bank at the beginning of 1998, we are now able to offer an enhanced and even more comprehensive range of fully Sharia-compliant banking products, which meet our customers’ needs, both locally and internationally. These include:
  • Fiduciary Investment Arrangements
  • Islamically Structured Project & Trade Finance
  • Islamic Fund Management

Welcome to the future of banking.

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Table of Contents

The Al Khalifa Dynasty - Ruling Bahrain Since 1783

H. H. Shaikh Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa, Prime Minister

Johnny Young, U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain

The most liberal economy in Arab world

Bahrain: The financial hub of the Middle East

About Bahrain

Arab Banking Corporation and Arab Banking Corporation Islamic Bank

A Regional Leader with an International Network

The Growing Years

ABC Islamic Bank E.C.

Islamic banks in Bahrain

First Islamic Bank expects continued growth

The Bankers’ Society of Bahrain

Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait

Al-Ahli Commercial Bank embraces the New Millennium

Bapco - Bahrain's oil industry keeping ahead of the times

Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company

ALBA - Bahrain's Aluminum Industry: Keeping Ahead of the Pack

The Abdulla Ahmed NASS Group

The Dilmun Civilization (3200 - 1600 B.C.)

Dilmun cats - a rare Bahraini breed

Pearls

The Jews of Bahrain

“Management, without creativity, is very sterile”

Le Royal Meridien Bahrain

Bab el Bahrain and the souk

Promoting the land of a thousand smiles

Dhows - Bahrain’s Heritage

Transforming Bahrain’s Sheraton Hotel