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1. Doing Business with the Middle East
Top 10 tips
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2. 1. Build a business relationship through trust
and friendship.
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3. 2. Be patient and do not try to speed up
the decision process.
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4. 3. Use titles and address people by their
first names.
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5. 4. Do not forget the defined roles between
men and women.
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6. 5. Be aware of the great diversity.
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7. 6. Be subtle and try avoiding conflict
situations.
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8. 7. Be well prepared and conduct research
about the Islam.

9. 8. Be patience. Meetings are mostly used for
building relationship rather than doing business.
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10. 9. Meet face to face.
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11. 10. Be aware of the importance of
“Networking”.
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