All banking transactions could be on the Internet, in the future. Then, Dr. Michael C. Hudson, Director of the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University arrived straight from the airport, from Dubai. He was delighted to report that, in many community stores in the Arabic world, there were books in Arabic on How to Use the Internet . He noted that this is a closed culture and the government fears the influences of the Internet. In the Arabic countries, electronic business is a sub-class.
Teens enjoy satellite TV, but they watch it as an act of rebellion.
The new generation of Arabic intelligencia is the young people. The Arabic world includes the United Arabic Emirates, Kuwait, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and other small areas. The commercial economics, religious and political information found on the Internet induces FEAR in these countries, but the business on the Internet makes it acceptable. Dubai is central to Internet acceptance. The Crown Prince recently showed plans to have a free zone for businesses in the city.