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8 unusual facts about Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf


Bahrain Defence Force

Bahrain, in conjunction with its GCC partners has moved to upgrade its defenses in response to the threat posed by the Iran-Iraq and Persian Gulf wars.

Bahrain women's national football team

The Bahrain Women's National Team is the first National Women's Football Team to be formed in the GCC region.

Cooperation Council

Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, a regional organization involving the six Persian Gulf Arab States

Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf

The region is also an emerging hotspot for events, including the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.

Evaz

The most prominent example of this is the large number of Arab nationals of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (especially in U.A.E. and Qatar) with Evazi (Larestani) roots that have for most part replaced Evazi with Arabic over the years.

Many have migrated to other countries, majority of whom to the GCC (due to the close proximity and cultural ties), some have moved to Europe in countries such as Sweden and more recently to the US and Canada have also hosted significant migration.

Nadine Hani

Nadine anchored Al Arabiya's special coverage of the major Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) markets' correction that wiped up to 50 percent of the market capitalization of GCC stocks at the beginning of 2006.

Nemer Saade

Coming from a family of bespoke fashion tailors, Nemer Saadé tailoring covers the Middle East Countries notably the Levant and GCC regions.


M. A. Yousuf Ali

EMKE Group’s flagship retail chain of LuLu Hypermarkets and Supermarkets is currently rated as one of the major players in the Middle East retail sector with more than 100 stores in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Arab states.


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