Abstract This study analyzes projected heat extremes over the Middle-East–North Africa (MENA) region until end of twenty-first century with a number temperature indices based on absolute values and thresholds to describe hot conditions. We use model daily near-surface air (2-m) ( $$T_\mathrm{{max}}$$ T <mml:mi...

This paper examines the tax structures of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries by focusing on the quality of governance and demographic changes as two influential factors in region’s economies. The objective of is to determine whether these factors can explain the variation in the tax structures of these countries. Results from regressions on the MENA countries and the ones based o...

The world is facing an unprecedented displacement crisis. Recently, over 1.1 million asylum seekers have been granted protection status in the European Union (EU). The majority of these asylum seekers were from countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.This influx carries with it a potential introduction of infectious diseases that have been eliminated in the EU, which poses a...

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has an active gaming community, with Arab gamers being reliant on games produced in Europe, America, Japan due to the lack of significant game production companies MENA region. This study explores gamers' reactions localization process two video games, namely PUBG Free Fire. For data collection purposes, a five-point Likert scale questionnaire that...

HIV-1 incidence has been increasing more rapidly in the Middle East and North Africa than in any other global region. Despite this trend, HIV epidemiology in the region remains poorly defined. We conducted an analysis of 3284 publicly available HIV-1 sequences from 15 countries in the Middle East and North Africa to better characterize the regional epidemic. A phylogenetic tree based on the rev...

Several problems related to violence, grievances and states’ lack of legitimacy capacity manage economic, social political issues are clustered together as a lump misery in the Middle East Northern Africa (MENA) [...]

BACKGROUND Dengue virus (DENV) infection is widespread and its disease burden has increased in past decades. However, little is known about the epidemiology of dengue in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). METHODOLOGY / PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Following Cochrane Collaboration guidelines and reporting our findings following PRISMA guidelines, we systematically reviewed available records across...

This paper studies the role of European Union (EU) in supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) communities Middle East North Africa (MENA) by focusing on case Lebanon. It seeks to fill existing gap literature regarding transversal conceptualization EU practices support LGBTI MENA what is happening ground. The builds semi-structured interviews engages with primary seco...

The protests that swept the Arab Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are expected to have influenced two key civic attitudes fundamental to well-functioning democracies: trust and tolerance. However, systematic comparative assessments of the general patterns and particularities in this region are rare. This contribution theorizes the uprisings’ impact and presents new society-level measurements...