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Ahmad's, the replacement of McDonald's in Malaysia. (Ahmad's official Facebook page)

December 16th, 2025 - 11:42 GMT

Al Bawaba Staff

McDonald's boycott continues: Ahmad's replaces the fast-food giant in Malaysia

ALBAWABA - In a firm stance to support the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, and despite the end of the attacks by the Israeli army, Malaysians continue to boycott McDonald's and the rest of the companies that support the occupation. Ahmad’s Fried Chicken is a local brand in Malaysia that originally started from a basic food truck on the road and expanded to 35 branches across the Asian country. The ...

GECF comprises 11 of the world's leading natural gas producers - Algeria, Bolivia, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Iran, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Russia, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela

May 16th, 2012 - 12:31 GMT

UAE to merge with 'Gas OPEC'

A single visa can speed things up in the cruise business as ships use Dubai as the hub to sail to other countries in the region such as Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait

May 16th, 2012 - 11:36 GMT

Gulf introduces single visa sailing cards for GCC members

Saudi Arabia has only limited public transport facilities and Riyadh suffers grinding congestion for much of the day and into late evenings

May 16th, 2012 - 11:03 GMT

Saudi to build new Riyadh metro

The UAE’s software piracy rate rose by one percentage point to 37 per cent last year

May 16th, 2012 - 10:55 GMT

Gulf software piracy profits to tune of Dh3.12b from IT industry super-growth

Fuel oil and diesel in Lebanon declined by LL400, becoming LL28,000 and LL28,1000, respectively

May 16th, 2012 - 09:45 GMT

Lebanon's petrol prices down by high of LL1,100

The fair aims at empowering Emiratis by providing them with challenging careers

May 16th, 2012 - 09:22 GMT

Job-boom in UAE

Duqm, Oman’s new city on the Arabian Sea, meanwhile, will see the opening of three hotels with a total of 391 rooms

May 16th, 2012 - 09:17 GMT

Oman's 2012-13 hospitality gains 2,000 hotel rooms

Saudi Arabia’s assets soared by around $106 billion from $445 billion to nearly $551 billion in the same period

May 15th, 2012 - 12:34 GMT

GCC swells in more oil

A bounced cheque as a result of economic hardship is therefore likely to become a criminal offence

May 15th, 2012 - 12:30 GMT

UAE criminalizes bounced cheques

he Central News Agency reported that while some bakeries have adhered to the new decision, others continued to offer the two bread options

May 15th, 2012 - 12:01 GMT

Lebanon's bread-price clash minister v. bakes

The funds would be used to boost capacity to at least 80,000 megawatts by 2020 from an installed capacity of 50,000 megawatts

May 15th, 2012 - 11:25 GMT

KSA looks to invest $107bn in electricity

The MENA FATF is reviewing periodic reports from 15 Arab and African countries on countering money laundering and terrorism financing

May 15th, 2012 - 11:18 GMT

Doha talks anti-money laundering