Souq level of municipal administration. The Muhtasib was responsible for supervising business practices and collecting taxes for a given souq while the Arif are the overseers for a specific trade. Shopping at a souq or market place is part of daily life throughout much of the Middle East. Prices are commonly set by bargaining, also known as haggling, between buyers and sellers. In the 18th and 19th centuries, as Europeans began to conquer parts of North Africa and the Levant, an interest in Middle Eastern culture and architecture began to flourish. This interest spawned a genre of literary works and paintings
Fox (Middle East and North Africa) became encrypted instead of free, broadcast on the beIN network. Fox (Middle East and North Africa) Fox Arabia HD (formerly Fox Series or Fox Middle East) is a Middle East version of the American Fox Channel. It launched in 2006. The channel was relaunched as Fox on March 1, 2011. Fox is jointly owned by Fox International Channels Middle East. The channel began broadcasting as a Middle Eastern version of SKY TV in 2006. In 2008 the channel was renamed as FOX Series, and in 2011 on-screen as simply FOX. The channel continues to broadcast from cable and satellite. On