OBJECTIVE To review local published data on the diagnosis and treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED) in Arab countries. METHODS MEDLINE was searched for English-language articles published from 2000 to 2011, using the search terms 'Arab countries', 'sexual dysfunction', 'diagnosis' and 'treatment'. RESULTS In all, 86 articles were found to be relevant to this review; only a few had a high l...

The evolution of the Internet is affecting many nations around the world and forcing changes to business and socioeconomic development plans. It has major implications for the realization of the concept of globalization. The Arab world as developing countries with an economy in transition, has been investing in building its communications infrastructure and adopting the use of the Internet sinc...

INTRODUCTION Interest in public health in the “Arab World” has intensified following the political and social changes that have affected the Middle East since 2010. A new textbook has been published (1), an international meeting has been held (2), a network of experts has been formed, and a special edition of major medical journal has been published (3). But how useful is the “Arab World” as a ...

Background. Studies of the general population reveal a definite increase in the incidence and prevalence of mental disorders among people who have experienced war and conflict. Objective. The aim of this paper is to review research findings about the impact of war and conflict on mental health among the general population of Arab countries. Method. The review is comprehensive rather than system...

The use of IT and its applications is the source of many important economic developments, and is therefore a focus of developing countries. Much IS research has been conducted on factors that either facilitate or inhibit the adoption of IT. While several studies have focused on the cultural aspects of IT adoption, the nature of the significant cultural factors in IT adoption are not completely ...

OBJECTIVES To review the oral cancer (OC) studies that were conducted in Arab countries with regard to epidemiology, risk factors, and prognosis. METHODS A computer-based PubMed literature search was performed to retrieve studies conducted in the Arab world on epidemiology of OC. After screening for exclusion criteria, cross-referencing, and searching local journals, a total of 19 articles we...

Background and health system in the state of Israel Israel has a heterogeneous, relatively young population of 8.08 million, of whom about 80% are Jewish and 20% non-Jewish, mainly Arab (2012). It has experienced massive waves of immigration including in the late 1940s and 1950s migrants from North Africa, Arab countries, Romania and Poland followed by immigration from former USSR countries in ...

The importance of psychosocial factors in the management of bronchial asthma has long been recognized. This paper offers a review of research published in the English language related to psychosocial aspects of bronchial asthma in Arab countries. Several databases (PubMed, Science Direct, Springer Link, ERIC, and PsychInfo) were searched using the following keywords: bronchial asthma, Arab coun...

This article explores the impact of Arab reality television on Arab governance. Reality television activates hypermedia space (Kraidy, 2006c), a broadly defined inter-media symbolic field, because its commercial logic promotes ostensibly participatory practices like voting, campaigning and alliance building via mobile telephones and the Internet. How does hypermedia space contribute to changing...

The paper describes and explains empirically the economic performance of four key creative industries (the book publishing, music sound recording, film production and software industries) in five Arab countries (Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon). Using the Porter (Diamond) model as its theoretical background, a survey was conducted in the years 2002-03 among 242 experts, covering fir...