On Media A workshop report from US Institute for Peace examined Arab media, August, 05 (http://usip.org/virtual diplomacy/publications/reports/18.html), with special focus on attitudes to US and to the West. The relevant Arab governments play a double role since mostly, they control the media, where they appease the ideological positions of their own threatening insurgencies while focusing publ...

Although lung cancer incidence rates and mortalities are still low in the Arab world as compared to Europe or USA, they is gradually increasing in the region. Furthermore, there is great variation between different parts of the Arab world. For instance, the age-standardized rates (ASRs) for lung cancer incidence are about 15 fold higher in Tunisia than in Sudan for men, and about 10 fold higher...

OBJECTIVE The prevalence of antibodies to the hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) in the United States is estimated to be 1.6%. There are no published studies on the prevalence of anti-HCV among the Arab/Chaldean American population in the United States. DESIGN Retrospective review of data collected during an HCV public awareness program conducted by the Arab American and Chaldean Council. Inclusion...

T he Bulletin was in the minds of members of The Arab Group for Study of Diabetes for years, but its conception took place at the Alexandria Diabetic Days meeting held in Egypt in November 1991, and the first issue appeared in July 1992. The Bulletin is a scientific, medical journal concerned with various aspects of diabetes mellitus and its complications. Intended to contribute toward the enri...

The studbook of the Spanish Arab Horse was analysed in order to assess the available genetic variability in the population via genealogical analyses and to ascertain the influence of different countries in the formation of the population. The Spanish Arab horse studbook could be traced back to the late 19th century with a total of 18,880 animals. A 15.7% (2965) of the registered individuals wer...

The economic situation in the Arab countries is due to several factors as the political crisis in a socio-economic vulnerability. Political changes are usually accompanied by a drop in production, a deterioration of macroeconomic balances, a high level of poverty, an appearance of economic corruptions and a structural increase in unemployment. In addition, the expansion of terrorism is a main i...

With the emergence of the phenomenon of "Arab revolutions", the Middle East has entered a new era. The investigation of the goals of the Arab revolutions requires their pathology. The developments of the Arab world, although occurred with the self-immolation of a young Tunisian and its widespread reflection in the global media, but these events origins returns to the previous years. These count...