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The inhabitants of Eastern Arabia's coastshare similar cultures and music styles such as fijiri, sawtand liwa. The most noticeable cultural trait of Eastern Arabia's Arabs is their orientation and focus towards the sea.[37] Maritime-focused life in the small Arab states has resulted in a sea-oriented societywhere livelihoods have traditionally been earned in marine industries. [ 37]
Before the GCC was formed in 1981, the term "Khaleeji" was solely used to refer to the inhabitants of Eastern Arabia.[38] Historically, "Khaleeji" meant descendants of Ichthyophagi, the coast-dwelling"fish eaters".[39] Geographically, the Arabic-speaking is solely Eastern Arabia. [ 40][41]
Freedom of press[edit]
Press in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf have varying degrees of freedom with Kuwait topping the league with a lively press that enjoys considerably more freedom than its Persian Gulf counterparts according to Freedom Houseand Reporters Without Borders. Both organizations rank Kuwait's press as the most free of all Arab states of the Persian Gulf and, in fact, rank amongst the top three most free press in the Arab world. [ 42][43]Qatar and Oman come in second and third respectively within the regional ranks. Peace[edit]
The six Arab states of the Persian Gulf lie in a volatile region and their six governments, with varying degrees of success and effort, try and advance peace in their own countries and other countries. However, Arab countries in the Persian Gulf region - specifically Saudi Arabia and Qatar - stand accused of funding Islamist militants such as Hamasand the Muslim Brotherhood.[44] According to the Institute of Economics and Peace (IEP)'s Global Peace Index of 2016, the six governments had varying degrees of success in maintaining peace amongst their respective borders with Qatar ranked number 1 amongst its regional peers as the most peaceful regional and Middle Eastern nation (and ranked 34 worldwide) while Kuwait ranks second in both the regional and the Middle East region (and 51 worldwide) followed by the UAE in the third spot (61 worldwide). [ 45]
Economy[edit]
Map of the Gulf Cooperation Council's members (Iraq is not a member). All of these Arab states have significant revenues from petroleum.