About ICON
ICON builds bridges between countries, cultures and people: from the Gulf region and GCC states, to the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia and America.
The International Consortium for Management, Development and Consulting (ICON) is based in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain.
ICON draws on its Chief Executive Rashed Shaheen's many years of experience in international strategic planning, project management and consulting, bringing institutions and firms worldwide to the Gulf region, doing business and cooperating with the GCC public and private sector.
Recent news
Bab al Bahrain Souq Map released
Jul 21, 2011
European Day of Languages
Sep 24, 2010
Franz Huber speaks at the European Day of Languages
Read more...German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Bahrain
May 27, 2010
HRH Premier and Merkel Hold Official Talks
Recent events
Professional Motorsport Circuit Forum
Nov 16, 2010
Women's Football Cup ARABIA 2010
Oct 18, 2010
Middle East Spatial Technology Conference & Exhibition 2009
Dec 6, 2009
Women's Football Cup ARABIA 2010
October 18, 2010
From October 18th 2010 to 28th the General Organization for Youth and Sports (GOYS) of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the German Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt) are hosting the Women's Football Cup ARABIA 2010 in Bahrain as a build-up to the next Women’s Football World Cup, which will be in Germany 2011.
ICON is supporting the Arab female soccer players with this special little map showing the many Arab countries' women's national soccer teams and which of them are participating in the cup:
http://www.hot-map.com/en/arabia
What's interesting about the map is, that it is in Peters projection, which shows the Arab countries in real size proportion, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gall%E2%80%93Peters_projection
and http://www.hot-map.com/en/peters-map
Here is more info on the event:
German Embassy Manama, Bahrain
Bahrain News Agency
