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                        TABLE OF CONTENTS

TOPIC                                                        PAGE

INTRODUCTION..................................................vi


CLIMATE, ENVIRONMENT AND GEOGRAPHY OF SOUTHWEST ASIA .  . .    1

     SAUDI ARABIA GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE........................2

     IRAQ GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE................................5

     KUWAIT GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE..............................8


ARAB CUSTOMS AND CULTURE

     ARAB PEOPLE..............................................13

     ARAB MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.................................16

     ARAB GESTURES............................................25

     COMMON PHRASES IN THE ARABIC LANGUAGE....................28


ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ON THE INDIVIDUAL MARINE

     ACCLIMATION..............................................32

     JET LAG..................................................33

     SUN......................................................34

     WIND AND SAND............................................35

     CONSUMPTION OF LIQUIDS...................................36

     CtOTHING.................................................37

     TEMPERATURE EXTREMES.....................................38

     EYE PROTECTION...........................................39

     PERSONAL HYGIENE AND SANITATION..........................40


MOBILITY/ COUNTERMOBILITY

     SOIL CONDITIONS..........................................41

     ABSENCE OF IDENTIFIABLE TERRAIN FEATURES.................42

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