From Authoritarianism to People Power in the Middle East and North Africa Implications for Economic Inclusion and Equity Eva Bellin The past 14 months have constituted a period of enormous political excitement in the Middle East and North Africa. Starting in December 2010, this region, long ranked as the most persistently authoritarian in the world and characterized by years of political stasis...

although the hiv pandemic is witnessing a decline in the number of new infections in most regions of the world, the middle east and north africa (mena) has a rapidly growing hiv problem. while generating hiv data has been consistently increasing since 2005, mena’s contribution to the global hiv literature is just over 1% and the existing evidence often falls behind the academic standards. sever...

Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region’s current challenges for political and economic transformation. This MENA Trends Report focuses on the following issues: youth unemployment, gender, education, economy, the financial system, and the rule of law. It examines ten Arab countries: Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Libya, Tunisia, West Bank and Gaza, Syria, and Yemen. When comparisons ...

following the application of simple serological tests for the diagnosis of coeliac disease (cd) in the 1980s, it gradually became clear that the prevalence of cd in different countries in the middle east, north africa and india is almost the same as that in western countries. the prevalence of cd in at-risk populations in these regions is reported to range between 3 and 20% and the prevalence i...

Dust particles have dangerous impacts on human health, the environment, and the economy. Recently dust storms, originating from Arabian countries, have increased remarkably, affecting western and central parts of Iran.HYSPLIT model and the mean monthly maps of AAI (Absorbing Aerosol Index), surface skin temperature, and top soil layer moisture from OMI (Ozone Measurement Instrument) have been u...

since the collapse of the soviet :union:, until the rise of putin in the russia, the west asia and north africa have no place in foreign policy of this country. this was because of the west-centric approach in the foreign policy. with putin, russia renewed interest in this region. the purpose of this study is to examine the foreign policy of russia in this period. the state make its efforts to ...

In attempting to attain some perspective on Iran in history, I begin, as I think one must, with the Arab-Islamic conquests in the seventh century—that series of epoch-making events following the advent of Islam, the mission of the Prophet Muhammad and the carrying of his message to vast areas east and west from Arabia, and the incorporation of many lands, from the Atlantic and the Pyrenees to t...

Dust particles have dangerous impacts on human health, the environment, and the economy. Recently dust storms, originating from Arabian countries, have increased remarkably, affecting western and central parts of Iran.HYSPLIT model and the mean monthly maps of AAI (Absorbing Aerosol Index), surface skin temperature, and top soil layer moisture from OMI (Ozone Measurement Instrument) have been u...