Kuwait City is the capital and largest city of Kuwait. Located at the heart of the country on the south shore of Kuwait Bay on the Persian Gulf, it is the political, cultural and economic centre of the emirate, containing Kuwait's Seif Palace, government offices, and the headquarters of most Kuwaiti corporations and banks. It is one of the hottest cities in summer on earth, with average summer high temperatures over 45 °C (113 °F) for three months of the year.
Palestinian refugees are citizens of Mandatory Palestine, and their descendants, who fled or were expelled from their country over the course of the 1947–1949 Palestine war and the Six-Day War. Most Palestinian refugees live in or near 68 Palestinian refugee camps across Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. In 2019 more than 5.6 million Palestinian refugees were registered with the United Nations.
Bank Leumi is an Israeli bank. It was founded on February 27, 1902, in Jaffa as the Anglo Palestine Company as subsidiary of the Jewish Colonial Trust Limited formed before in London by members of the Zionist movement to promote the industry, construction, agriculture, and infrastructure of the land hoped to ultimately become Israel. Today, Bank Leumi is Israel's largest bank, with overseas offices in Luxembourg, US, Switzerland, the UK, Mexico, Uruguay, Romania, Jersey, and China.
Canara Bank is an Indian public sector bank based in Bangalore, India. Established in 1906 at Mangalore by Ammembal Subba Rao Pai. The Bank was nationalized in 1969. Canara bank has offices in London, Dubai and New York also.
Burgan Bank, established 27 December 1975, is a Kuwaiti bank headquartered in Kuwait City. It is Kuwait's second largest conventional bank by assets. It is a subsidiary of Kuwait Projects Company Holding and operates a network of 24 branches and over 100 ATMs. In 2007, Burgan Bank recorded a profit of 74.8 million Kuwaiti Dinars, up 34% since the previous year, where they had a profit of 55.7 million Kuwaiti dinar.
HSBC Bank Middle East Limited is the largest and most widely represented international bank in the Middle East.
The Arab Capital of Culture is an initiative taken by the Arab League under the UNESCO Cultural Capitals Program to promote and celebrate Arab culture and encourage cooperation in the Arab region.
Beit Hanina is an Arab Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem. It is on the road to Ramallah, eight kilometers north of central Jerusalem, at an elevation of 780 meters above sea level. Beit Hanina is bordered by Pisgat Ze'ev and Hizma to the east, Ramot, Ramat Shlomo and Shuafat to the south, Beit Iksa and Nabi Samwil to the west, and Bir Nabala, al-Jib, Kafr Aqab and ar-Ram to the north.
Kuwait Finance House (KFH) was established in the State of Kuwait, in 1977, as the first bank operating in accordance with the Islamic Shari'a rulings. KFH is listed in Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE), with a market capitalization of $8.2 billion as of May 2016. Assets total $55.52 billion and deposits amount to $34.97 billion
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the State of Palestine:
Palestine Telecommunications (Paltel) Company, listed in the Palestine Exchange (PEX) as PALTEL, is a telecommunications holding company consisting of Palestine Telecommunications (Paltel), Palestine Cellular Communications Ltd. (Jawwal), internet provide Hadara, Reach call center, and Palmedia broadcast media.
The National Bank of Kuwait - Egypt is an Egyptian bank, and a subsidiary of the National Bank of Kuwait.
Jerusalem Calling was the radio station established by the British Mandatory Authority through its broadcasting wing, the Palestine Broadcasting Service. It broadcast in three languages, Arabic, English and Hebrew.
Dr. Abdul Malik Al-Jaber is a Palestinian businessman. He served as the CEO of Zain Jordan, the country's leading telecommunications provider for two years till July 1, 2011, and is a member of the board of the World Economic Forum.
The Eastern Bank Limited, was a British bank founded in 1909 in London, to help finance trade with the Far East. In 1957 Chartered Bank, acquired Eastern, and eventually absorbed it into Standard Chartered in 1971.
Al-Quds University is a Palestinian public university in the Jerusalem Governorate, Palestine. It is largest the Palestinian university in the city of Jerusalem. The main campus is located in Abu Dis town of Jerusalem, with three more such campus in Jerusalem and other campuses in Ramallah and Hebron.
Oday Ibrahim Mohammad Dabbagh is a Palestinian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Belgian Pro League club Charleroi and the Palestine national team.
Zuhair Maḥmoud Sa`id Al-Karmi (Arabic:زهير الكرمي was a TV presenter, journalist, and author from Tulkarm, Palestine. He was a scientific program presenter on radio stations and Arab television, notably Jordan TV and JRTV.
