Top Ten Most Beautiful Capitals in the World

Top Ten Most Beautiful Capitals in the World

The capital can be described as the municipality enjoying principal status in the country, the prime city for government meetings often d... 7:11 AM

The capital can be described as the municipality enjoying principal status in the country, the prime city for government meetings often defined as constitutional capital of the state.
The importance of state’s capital could be analyzed that this is the key place for all of government events and occasions either involved domestic or foreign people. The capitals is considered as face of the nation so it has been well decorated, natural and breathe taking landscapes, mostly less populated, amazing panoramic views, stunning and beautiful landmarks, cultural and traditional city.
To assemble world’s beautiful capitals in a list is truly a tough task but their captivating and mesmerizing beauty helped us to arrange beautiful capital cities. The list of top most beautiful capitals in the world is given below:

10: Moscow
The capital of Russia Moscow is home to more than twelve million people making it the most populous city in the country and ranked as largest urban economies all over world. Located in the Central Federal District of European Russia on the Moskva River Moscow is becoming world’s fastest growing tourist destination. Russia’s foremost political, economic, civilized and technological city Moscow has numerous magnificent attractions like  Moscow Art Theatre, Lenkom Theatre, Monument to Alexander II, Triumph-Palace, Golden Ring Hotel and Russia Tower among other breathtaking destinations.

9: Ottawa
Situated on the south bank of Ottawa River in eastern region of Southern Ontario Ottawa is the capital city of Canada, famous for some of its outstanding and delightful natural attractions. Canada’s fourth-largest city is home to nearly one million inhabitants that cover the area of 1,072.9 sq mi, considered as one of political and scientific centre of Canada. Ottawa has various natural and historical landmarks such as Canadian Parliament, Byward Market, Rideau Canal, Ottawa off the Beaten Path and National Gallery of Canada.


8: Budapest
One of the largest cities in Central Europe Budapest is the capital city of Hungary, being the largest city in country it has 1.7 million residents living in it. Budapest stands among most beautiful cities in Europe having extensive World Heritage like banks of the Danube, Buda Castle Quarter, Heroes’ Square, Andrássy Avenue and Millennium Underground Railway. According to latest statistics the capital has attracted more than 4.4 million people every year following various titles such as the world’s second best city, Europe’s seventh most tranquil place to live and world’s beautiful capital.


7: Tokyo
Tokyo is the capital of Japan placed on the southeastern side of the main island Honshu in the Kantō region, named as alpha+ world city. The third Most Liveable City has been considered as most vibrant city among other cities for being very secure, hygienic, fresh, art and cultural. Tokyo is home to Japan’s most of prestigious universities, architecture, buildings and volcanic islands including Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park, National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, Bunkyo Civic Center and Roppongi Hills Mori Tower.


6: Rome
Rome is one of most beautiful capitals in the world, one of largest and most populous city in 2.9 million residents covering the area of 496.1 sq mi. The capital of Italy has been cited in central-western region of the Italian Peninsula and third most visited in European Union making it one of most popular tourist attraction in Italy. The archaeological hub has several dazzling and eye catching places which include Forum Romanum, Colosseum, Pantheon, Trajan’s Market, and other exceptional destination. Rome is also renowned all over world as famous fashion capital following its extensive line of luxury fashion houses and jewellery chains.


5: Paris
France capital and most populate city Paris has more than 2.5 inhabitants, became the major political, financial, commercial and scientific city of the state. The capital has very strong economy and managed thirty percent of total GDP of France while one of most visited tourist attraction having various notable architectural landmarks and natural locations. As per reports the 29.3 million people visited the world top ranked city in 2013 which major sites are Disneyland Paris, Louvre museum, Centre Georges-Pompidou  and Muséum national d’histoire naturelle.


4: Washington
Located along the Potomac River on East Coast of United State, the capital city Washington is twenty third most populous cities in the United States. Being the capital of superpower of America Washington has number of government owned landmarks and buildings like Anderson House, Christian Heurich Mansion, DAR Museum Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens and International Spy Museum, however, the whole list can’t be mentioned here. The city has been listed in top most beautiful capitals in the world for being more attractive, advanced, startling and eye-catching.


3: Berlin
Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany for its massive population of nearly 3.5 million, hold second position in most populous cities in European Union. Berlin is primary continental hub for air and rail traffic having highly complex public transportation network. The city is becoming the most tourist attracted place by beating Rome and Paris in Europe following its fastest growing tourism activities to grab maximum people to visit the capital. Berlin is also well known for being more diverse and cultural and traditional city for contemporary arts and architecture.


2: Islamabad
The capital city of Pakistan Islamabad is also one of most beautiful capitals in Pakistan, for one of the most multi-ethnic and urban cities of Pakistan. The third largest in Pakistan located within the Islamabad Capital Territory with population of two million approximately while the city mostly resident of foreign diplomats, politicians and administration employees. The most developed city in Pakistan has several natural attractions such as Pakistan monument, Faisal Mosque, Parliament of Pakistan, and Rawal Lake View Park.


1: London
The leading global city London is the capital and most populous city of England and United Kingdom, considered as most advanced and prominent city for arts, commerce, entertainment, finance, learning, specialized services, research and development, and tourism. World cultural capital is home to wide range of people and cultures with more than three hundred spoken languages while most beautiful capital in thw world. Some of destination in extensive variety of attraction in London are Tower of London; Kew Gardens, Palace of Westminster, Greenwich, St Margaret’s Church and Westminster Abbey.

Top 10 Most Poorest Countries In The World 2015

Top 10 Most Poorest Countries In The World 2015

The country can be configured rich and poor with its gross domestic product per capita (GDP per capita), employment rate, literacy rate, ... 7:03 AM

The country can be configured rich and poor with its gross domestic product per capita (GDP per capita), employment rate, literacy rate, purchasing power parity (PPP) and many other parameters.
If these figures are higher than the country can added to the list of richest countries in the world but if the GDP and PPP are lower than the respective country falls in the list of poorest countries.
There are many countries in the world that have very lower GDP even below $1000 per year which are considered as poorest countries in the world. Here we have made a list of top poorest countries in the world with respect to its annual income.

10: Guinea

The West African country Guinea has a population of 10.5 million, predominated by Muslims who are around 85 percent of total inhabitants. Despite of rich deposits of diamonds and gold the country has very low GDP $523.10, added in the list of top poorest countries in the world. Since the independence from franc the country has very low GDP and growth rate and unable to rebuilt its economy to boost up the economy and per capita income. Being the poorest nation the country has many of epidemics which have become the reason several deaths every year.

9: Ethiopia
Officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Ethiopia is situated in Horn of Africa, having nearly 88 million inhabitants it is also most crowded landlocked country in the world. The country is also one of the poorest countries in the world with $505.00 nominal per capita income due to high populated region contrary to its annual earnings which are quiet low. Although, Ethiopia has developed its economy in last few year and a reasonable growth could be seen in economic growth but still it is not enough to throw poverty outside from country.

8: The Gambia

The enclave West Africa country Gambia is smallest one on African land with a population of nearly 1.8 million and area of 10,689 square kilometers. Gambia’s economy per capita income has approximately $488.60 which is purly based on tourism, farming and fishing. The Gambia is also below the international poverty line which is enlisted in top poorest countries in the world for very low annual income while the usage of old techniques and methods for farming and fishing also didn’t increase the growth rate of its economy.

7: Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Central African country Democratic Republic of the Congo which is also known as Congo is named in the list of poorest countries in the world. The eleventh largest country in the world is also the second largest country in Africa by area with population of more than 77 million. DR Congo is very rich in natural resources, but political instability, a lack of infrastructure, corruption, limited development and misuse of these resources ruins all natural developments in the country as its GDP is about $484.

6: Madagascar

Madagascar is an island country in the Indian Ocean, has an estimated population of over 22 million rate of poverty can be configured on this figure that ninety percent of inhabitants are living on less than two dollar by day. The major cause of economic weakness and low quality of life is political crisis which enrolled it in the list of top poorest countries in the world with per capita income of only $463.00. The highly populated nation’s economy stands on Ecotourism and agriculture which not only improve living standards but also play vital role in overall economic growth.

5: Liberia

Liberia is another one of poorest country which about 85 percent population spend their lives under international poverty line with GDP Per Capita (PPP) $454.30. The West African country has nearly four million inhabitants in an area of 111,369 square kilometers is added into list of top poorest countries in the world. Liberia was quite developed country before two successive civil wars which not only cause deaths of nearly 0.5 million but also completely devastate the economy of country. Recently, epidemic Ebola has generated economic and health crisis in the state and victimized thousands of people.

4: Niger

The landlocked country in Western Africa Republic of Niger has population of nearly 17 million with majority of Muslims, considered as largest nation in Africa following 80 percent of area comprised of Sahara Desert. Niger is one of the low ranked countries in Africa where desertification is common which went drought and enrolled the country in top poorest countries in the world with GDP of $415.40 approximately which is not enough that the country’s economy fulfill the basic needs of its people.

3: Central African Republic

The Central African Republic has various natural resources and mineral like uranium, lumber, crude oil, diamonds, gold, and hydropower but despite of all these significant reserves the country’s stands among the poorest countries in the world. With net GDP of $333.20 the country has very low economic growth and human development and extremely little human development. The Central African Republic Bush War has demolished the growth while also displaced massive population in which most of people left homeless.

2: Burundi

Burundi is country in the African Great Lakes which has enlisted in top poorest countries in the world with lower GDP of $267.10. The country is suffering from corruption, warfare, political crisis, illiteracy and economic instability which constrained the growth and development in the state. Burundi is also the hungriest country in the world following its percentage as per Global Hunger Index while home of about 10 million has different ethnic group like Tutsi and Hutu which contributed to political unrest in the state.
1: Malawi

Malawi is Southeast African country has population of 16 million while among the smallest countries in Africa with a very low GDP of $226.50. The country is in the list of top poorest countries in the world following its low per capita and living standards whereas Malawi has extremely low life expectancy and high infant mortality which couldn’t be controlled yet. Malawi is one of least developed nations in the world; however, some of improvements have been seen in the recent years but not enough because these depend upon foreign aids which are not constant

Richest People In Tanzania 2015 – Forbes List

Richest People In Tanzania 2015 – Forbes List

The United Republic of Tanzania is located in East Africa. Tanzania’s economy is heavily based on agriculture. It accounts for more than 2... 6:12 AM

The United Republic of Tanzania is located in East Africa. Tanzania’s economy is heavily based on agriculture. It accounts for more than 25 percent of GDP and around 85 percent of exports. Tanzania has minerals like gold, diamond, coal, uranium, iron, nickel, chromium, tin, platinum and others.
Tanzania has produced many rich people. Here is a brief overview of the top four among them, according to Forbes.

4) Reginald Mengi – Net Worth: $560 Million

This self-made media mogul heads one of the largest media conglomerates in Africa. His IPP Media Group owns 11 newspapers, radio stations, TV stations and internet properties.

 

3) Said Salim Bakhresa Net Worth: $575 Million

The 65-year-old self-made millionaire is a Tanzanian businessman. He launched Azam TV, a pay TV service for East Africa. He dropped out of school when he was 14 to sell potato mix.

2) Rostam Azizi – Net Worth $1 Billion

Rostam Azizi is the first billionaire from Tanzania. In May 2014, he sold a 17.2 percent stake in Vodacom Tanzania, the largest mobile phone operator in the nation.

 

1) Mohammed Dewji – Net Worth: $1.3 Billion

This 40-year-old Tanzanian millionaire is the youngest among Africa’s 50 richest for the third year. He owns 75 percent of METL Group, one of Tanzania’s largest industrial conglomerates founded by his father. Mohammed Dewji turned a trading house into industrial conglomerate. He acquired government-owned manufacturing plants in the textiles and edible oils industries on the cheap and transformed them into profitable businesses using lean management style.

The above-mentioned millionaires have proved that it is possible for anyone to be rich as long as the person is willing to work hard, with focus.

The African Billionaires 2015

The African Billionaires 2015

There are 29 African billionaires this year, the same number as in 2014. While 2 tycoons – South African mining magnate Desmond Sacco and M... 6:02 AM

There are 29 African billionaires this year, the same number as in 2014. While 2 tycoons – South African mining magnate Desmond Sacco and Moroccan real estate mogul Anas Sefrioui fell off the billionaire rankings this year, Mohammed Dewji of Tanzania makes his debut on the list with a fortune estimated at $1.3 billion. At 39, Dewji is the youngest billionaire in Africa. Dewji’s company, METL Group manufactures textiles and consumer goods and has annual revenues of more than $1.4 billion. Nigerian-born Femi Otedola, 50, rejoins the list of African billionaires after a 5-year hiatus with a $1 billion fortune. He owns  a controlling stake in Forte Oil, a publicly-listed energy distribution company in Nigeria. Folorunsho Alakija of Nigeria and Isabel dos Santos of Angola are the only two female billionaires on the continent. Meet the 29 Africans who are worth $1 billion or more:

Aliko Dangote, $15.7 billion
Nigerian, Cement, Flour, Sugar
Falling stock prices and a recent valuation of the Naira might have dented his fortune, causing him to lose roughly $10 billion since last year, but Aliko Dangote is still the richest man in Africa. His Dangote Group is West Africa’s largest industrial conglomerate and has interests in cement production, flour milling, sugar refining and food and beverages.

Mohammed Dewji

Johann Rupert & Family, $7.4 billion
South African, Luxury Goods

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Rupert is the chairman of publicly-listed Swiss-based luxury goods outfit Compagnie Financiere Richemont , which owns brands including Cartier , Van Cleef & Arpels, Jaeger-LeCoultre and Montblanc. He also owns stakes in investment holding companies Remgro and Reinet. He also owns two of South Africa’s best-known vineyards, Rupert & Rothschild and L’Ormarins as well as the Franschhoek Motor Museum which houses his personal collection of over 200 antique vehicles.

Nicky Oppenheimer & Family, $6.7 billion
South African, Diamonds
Oppenheimer cashed out of the diamond business in July 2012 when he disposed of his family’s 40% stake in his family’s diamond business, De Beers to Anglo American for $5.1 billion in an all-cash deal that marked the end of the Oppenheimer family’s multi-decade control of the diamond company. His E. Oppenheimer & Son entity controls investment arms Stockdale Street Capital and Tana Africa Capital, a joint venture with Singapore government-owned investment firm Temasek. Tana holds minority interests in African food manufacturers Promasidor and Regina Co.

Christoffel Wiese, $6.3 billion
South African, Retail
Wiese, a South African retail mogul, owns a 15% stake in Shoprite Holdings, a chain of low-price supermarkets with a presence across multiple African countries. He also owns a large stake in Pepkor, a private company that owns seven different discount fashion brands.  His other assets include Lanzerac Manor & Winery, a five-star hotel and a significant shareholding in Brait, a private equity firm.

Nassef Sawiris, $6.3 billion
Egyptian, Construction
Sawiris, Egypt’s richest man, is the CEO of Orascom Construction Industries (OCI), the country’s most valuable publicly-traded company. He plans to separate OCI’s construction unit from its chemicals and fertilizers business, and list the newly formed Orascom Construction in Egypt and the UAE in the first quarter of 2015. He also sealed a partnership last November with Abu Dhabi’s International Petroleum Investment Co. to develop a coal-based power plant in Egypt.

Mike Adenuga, $4 billion
Nigerian, Telecoms and Oil
The reclusive Nigerian billionaire is the founder of Globacom, Nigeria’s second largest mobile phone network which has about 27 million subscribers. He also owns Conoil Producing, an indigenous oil exploration company which holds the rights to some of Nigeria’s most lucrative oil fields. Notoriously private, Adenuga hardly grants Press interviews and travels around in with a retinue of bodyguards.

Mohamed Mansour, $4 billion
Egyptian, Diversified
Along with his two brothers, Yasseen and Youssef (also on FORBES’ billionaires list), Mohamed runs the Mansour Group which owns the world’s largest GM dealership.  The Mansour Group also owns the largest supermarket chain in Egypt, the country’s second largest real estate developer, Palm Hills, and the Philip Morris franchise in Egypt.

Nathan Kirsh, $3.9 billion
Swaziland. Real Estate
Nathan Kirsh, a Swazi national is the founder of Jetro Holdings, a cash and carry wholesaler of perishable and non-perishable food products, household goods, equipment, supplies and related goods for grocery retailers. Kirsch made his first fortune in Swaziland several decades ago when he founded a corn milling business in 1958. He subsequently expanded into wholesale food distribution in apartheid South Africa and commercial property development.

Isabel Dos Santos, $3.1 billion
Angolan, Investments
The oldest daughter of Angola’s president owns substantial stakes in a number of blue-chip Angolan and Portuguese companies such as Angolan mobile phone company Unitel , Angolan bank Banco BIC SA, Portuguese media giant ZON Optimus and Banco BPI. She is believed to hold many of these assets in trust for her father.

Issad Rebrab, $3.1 billion
Algerian, Diversified
Algeria’s richest man owns a controlling stake in Cevital, Algeria’s biggest family-owned conglomerate. Cevital owns one of the largest sugar refineries in the world with an annual output of 1.5 million tons. The group also has interests in sugar refining, port terminals, auto distribution, mining and agriculture.

Naguib Sawiris, $3.1 billion
Egyptian, Telecoms
Naguib Sawiris is the CEO of Orascom Telecom Media and Technology (OTMT). The company owns a 75% stake in Koryolink, North Korea’s only cell network. He is looking to acquire a 53% stake in French media company Euronews Television.

Youssef Mansour, $2.9 billion
Egyptian, Diversified
Youssef Mansour is a part owner of Mansour Group which owns Caterpillar dealerships in 8 African countries and General Motors dealerships in Egypt and Iraq, as well as supermarkets, McDonald’s and Philip Morris distribution.  He maintains a lower profile than his billionaire brothers Mohamed and Yasseen.

Koos Bekker, $2.3 billion
South African, Media
Koos Bekker who has run Cape Town-based media conglomerate Naspers since 1997 will be stepping down as CEO in April this year, and will be taking a year off to travel the world and explore new business opportunities for the company. He is expected to take over as chairman of the company from next year. Over a 17 year period, Bekker transformed the storied publisher into a new media powerhouse, with investments in China (Tencent), Russia (Mail.ru), Brazil (Abril) and other countries in Eastern Europe, Latin America and Africa. Refusing to take a salary, Bekker has traditionally been compensated via stock option grants that vest over time.

Othman Benjelloun, $2.3 billion
Moroccan, Banking
Othman Benjelloun is the CEO of BMCE Bank, one of the largest commercial banks in Morocco, with operations in at least 15 African countries. He is also the chairman of holding company FinanceCom which has interests in banking, insurance, and telecom in Morocco.

Yasseen Mansour, $2.3 billion
Egyptian, Diversified
Yasseen Mansour and his brothers Youssef and Mohammed run Mansour Group, a large Egyptian conglomerate which owns Caterpillar and General Motor dealerships, supermarkets, restaurant franchises, and Philip Morris distribution in Egypt.

Patrice Motsepe, $2.1 billion
South African, Mining
South Africa’s first and only black billionaire is the founder and chairman of publicly traded mining conglomerate, African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) which has interests in platinum, nickel, chrome, iron, manganese, coal, copper and gold. He also holds a stake in Sanlam, a publicly traded financial services company.

Stephen Saad, $2.1 billion
South African, Pharmaceuticals
Along with business partner Gus Attridge, Stephen Saad founded Aspen Pharmacare in 1997. It is now the largest publicly-traded drug manufacturer on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Aspen is a supplier of branded and generic pharmaceuticals in more than 150 countries and of consumer and nutritional products in selected territories. The company has a market capitalization of $11 billion. Saad is the company’s largest shareholder.

Mohamed Al Fayed, $2 billion
Egyptian, Property
In 2010 Mohammed Al-Fayed sold his Harrod’s department store in London to Qatar Holding for a reported $2.4 billion and last July, he sold Fulham Football Club, which he acquired in 1997 to American billionaire Shahid Khan for a reported $300 million. He now owns the famed Hotel Ritz in Paris which he closed in August 2012 to start construction on what will be the hotel’s biggest redo since it was built in 1898 and also owns Cocosa, a U.K.-based discount fashion website.

Folorunsho Alakija, $1.9 billion
Nigerian, Oil
Nigeria’s first female billionaire built her fortune on oil. Nigeria’s former President Ibrahim Babangida awarded her company, Famfa Oil a lucrative oil prospecting license in 1996 – now OML 127, which is one of Nigeria’s most prolific oil blocks and produces as much as 200,000 barrels of oil per day on good days. Famfa Oil, which Alakija controls fully, owns a 60% stake in OML 127.

Onsi Sawiris, $1.8 billion
Egyptian, Diversified
Onsi Sawiris is the patriarch of Egypt’s wealthiest family, and founder of the eponymous Orascom conglomerate, which is involved in construction, telecoms and hotels. The companies are all run by his three sons- Naguib, Samih and Nassef, all billionaires.

Aziz Akhannouch, $1.7 billion
Moroccan, Diversified
Aziz Akhannouch is the largest shareholder in Akwa Group, a multi-billion dollar Moroccan conglomerate with interests in petroleum, gas and chemicals through publicly-traded Afriquia Gas and Maghreb Oxygene, as well as media, real estate development and hotels. His wife, Salwa Idrissi, runs a successful real estate development company in Morocco, and holds the Moroccan franchise for Gap, Zara, and Galeries Lafayette, among other fashion brands.

Allan Gray, $1.6 billion
South African, Investments
Moneyman Allan Gray founded Cape Town-based investment management firm, Allan Gray Limited in 1973, after earning his MBA from Harvard and spending eight years at Fidelity in the US. The company manages $34 billion, making it the largest privately owned asset manager in South Africa. He also owns Orbis Investment Management in Bermuda which manages $30 billion. Venerable philanthropist funds the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation which awards higher education grants to students in Southern Africa.

Miloud Chaabi, $1.3 billion
Moroccan, Diversified
Miloud Chaabi got his start in 1948 developing housing, then expanded through his privately owned Ynna Holding into hotels, supermarkets and renewable energy.  Chaabi has committed to building a university in Casablanca in partnership with Indiana State University.

Mohammed Dewji, $1.3 billion
Tanzanian, Diversified
Mohammed Dewji turned a trading house founded by his father into industrial conglomerate MeTL Group. He acquired government-owned manufacturing plants in the textiles and edible oils industries on the cheap and transformed them into profitable businesses using lean management style. He owns 75% of the group.

Samih Sawiris, $1.1 billion
Egyptian, Property Development
Samih Sawiris is the youngest son of Egyptian construction magnate Onsi Sawiris. His company, Orascom Development develops integrated towns and operates resorts in Egypt. He also owns a minority stake in construction company, OCI N.V., which was founded by his father Onsi and is now run by his brother Nassef.

Sudhir Ruparelia, $1.1 billion
Ugandan, Property, Banking
East Africa’s richest man is the founder of the Ruparelia Group, Uganda’s largest conglomerate with interests in property, banking, education, insurance and agriculture. It owns a chain of hotels, hundreds of commercial and residential property in Kampala, a country club, a chain of forex bureaus, two Highbrow secondary schools and Crane Bank, one of the Uganda’s top 3 commercial banks.

Femi Otedola, $1 billion
Nigerian, Gas Stations
Nigeria’s Femi Otedola returns to Forbes’ list of billionaires for the first time since 2009 following a sharp rise in the share price of petroleum marketing company Forte Oil, despite the drop in oil prices in 2014. Otedola is the controlling shareholder of Forte Oil, with a 78% stake. The company owns gas stations and fuel storage depots and manufactures its own line of engine oils.

Abdulsamad Rabiu, $1 billion
Nigerian, Diversified
Rabiu, 55, is the founder of BUA Group, a Nigerian conglomerate with interests in sugar refining, cement production, real estate, steel, port concessions, manufacturing, oil gas and shipping.  Rabiu used to work for his father, legendary Kano-based businessman, Isyaku Rabiu, before striking out on his own in 1988, importing rice, sugar, edible oils as well as steel and iron rods.

Rostam Azizi, $1 billion
Tanzanian, Telecoms
Tanzania’s second richest man owes the bulk of his fortune to his 35% stake in Vodacom Tanzania, the country’s largest mobile phone company with more than 10 million subscribers. He also owns Caspian Mining, a contract mining company that provides mining services to giants like BHP Billiton and Barrick Gold. Caspian Mining also owns several mining concessions for gold, copper and Iron ore in Tanzania. Other assets include a stake in Dar es Salaam Port in which he is a partner with Hutchison Whampoa and extensive real estate in Tanzania, Dubai, Oman and Lebanon.