Gulf banks system

فبراير 11th, 2008

Here are some words to help understand this news clip, which is about banks and money in the Gulf area:

منطقة (mintaqa) - area, region

أموال (amwal) - money, wealth [pl]; مال (mal) - money

نقد (naqd) - money, cash

فائد (fa’id) - surplus

خليج (khalij) - Gulf

غمر (ghamura) - to flood, overwhelm

حل (halla) - to work out (a problem), solve, settle, …

سوق (suuq) - market; أسواق (aswaaq) - markets [pl]

مشكلة (mushkila) - problem

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