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
MBC Drama (Middle East and North Africa) MBC Drama (Middle East and North Africa) MBC Drama is Pan-Arab television channel owned by MBC Groups. It was launched on November 27, 2010 as free-to-air with 24/7 Arabic drama series. The launch coincided with the Group’s 20th anniversary, and marked our 10th channel launch. MBC Drama is a proof of the Group’s faith in local production, dramas in particular, to a wide range of viewers, therefore creating opportunities for directors and producers to display their work and talent in front of millions of viewers. The channel runs a variety of different dramas: Egyptian, Syrian, Bedouin and Gulf dramas that