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Related masters: Master International Business for Middle East Students - Master in business with Muslims countries.

Course summary (Arabic institutions and agreements):
Muslim countries: Islamic Development Bank, Organization of the Islamic Conference, Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia ESCWA

- Introduction to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- Saudi Arabian economy. GCC.
- Foreign trade: exports and imports.
- Business in Riyadh and Jiddah. The Holy City of Makkah.
- The economic cities: King Abdullah, Jazan, Prince AbdulAziz and Knowledge economic city (KEC).
- The industrial cities: Jubail and Yanbu.
- Invest in Saudi Arabia (FDI)
- Case study: Saudi Aramco. Dallah Albaraka. Savola Group.
- Free Trade Agreements: India, EU.

The Arab League, also called League of the Arab States, is a regional organization of Arab States in the Middle East and North Africa. It was formed in Cairo on March 22, 1945 with six members: Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan (Jordan), Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. Yemen joined as a member on 5 May 1945. It currently has 22 members.

The MENA region (Middle East and North Africa) has vast reserves of petroleum and natural gas that make it a vital source of global economic stability. According to the Oil and Gas Journal, the MENA region has 70% of the world's oil reserves and 46% of the world's natural gas reserves.

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ESCWA (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia) comprises 13 Arab countries in Western Asia: Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. ESCWA provides a framework for the formulation and harmonization of sectoral policies for member countries, a platform for congress and coordination, a home for expertise and knowledge, and an information observatory. The production sectors in the ESCWA region suffer from low productivity and weak competitiveness, which can largely be attributed to the inefficient use of resources, insufficient networking and clustering and poor use of technology.

The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is the second largest inter-governmental organization after the United Nations which has membership of 57 states spread over four continents. One of the main objective is to strengthen intra-Islamic economic and trade cooperation in order to achieve Economic integration leading to the establishment of an Islamic Common market.

The Islamic Development Bank is an international financial institution established in pursuance of the Declaration of Intent issued by the Conference of Finance Ministers of Muslim countries held in 1973. The Inaugural Meeting of the Board of Governors took place in Rajab 1395H, corresponding to July 1975, and the Bank was formally opened on 15 Shawwal 1395H corresponding to 20 October 1975. The present membership of the Bank consists of 56 countries. The official language of the Bank is Arabic. The purpose of the Bank is to foster the economic development and social progress of member countries and Muslim communities individually as well as jointly in accordance with the principles of Shari'ah i.e., Islamic Law.

The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Is a trade bloc involving United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Bahrain, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar and Kuwait with many economic and social objectives (Common markets, ...). Objectives of the trade cooperation between the GCC States are summed up in the endeavour to eliminate tariff barriers among member states in respect to their products.

Other institutions:

The Arab Maghreb Union (UMA). UMA is a Pan-Arab trade agreement aiming for economic and political unity in North Africa created with the objective of create a Common market.

Economic Cooperation Organization. One of the main objectives of ECO as a regional Grouping is to promote trade within the region and the rest of the world based on the principle of free trade, and to meet the challenges of globalization.

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EENI in Arabic:
ماجستير في التجارة الخارجية و التسويق الدولي

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