• The Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage ( ARC-WH ) and ICOMOS International , in collaboration with ICCROM , IUCN , UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities in Egypt , are organizing a Capacity Building programme for World Heritage Professionals in the Arab Region. (icomos.org)
  • SSE: 688235), a global biotechnology company focused on developing and commercializing innovative medicines worldwide, announced the first step in the company's expansion in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region with the formal opening of its office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (emirates247.com)
  • Dubai, renowned as the center of regional and international trade in the United Arab Emirates, is the ideal location for our first office in the region, signalling our growing presence in MENA and enabling us to better serve patients in the area. (emirates247.com)
  • We're thrilled to announce our expansion into the United Arab Emirates, a pivotal location in the worldwide fight against cancer. (emirates247.com)
  • Oracle today announced the opening of its second cloud region in the United Arab Emirates to continue supporting UAE organizations with enterprise cloud services. (oracle.com)
  • Gwadar is located just across the Straits of Hormuz, proverbially a stone's throw away from the world's boom centre -United Arab Emirates and Dubai. (khaleejtimes.com)
  • A similar development has taken place in the Emirate of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. (mediate.com)
  • In last July, for example, the Sebrae and the Industry, Trade, Mines and Energy Secretariat of the state promoted the United Arab Emirates Meeting - Perspectives and Opportunities, whose main speaker was the secretary general at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Michel Alaby. (brazzil.com)
  • Islands in the shape of France and Australia are among the options foreigners may purchase after the law that allows people who are not citizens of the United Arab Emirates to reside in properties in the country for 99 years. (brazzil.com)
  • It seeks to attract the best scientists and distinguished researchers in the field of Applied Sociology in order to contribute to the development of its programs and the design of social policies for the Emirate of Sharjah and the United Arab Emirates in particular and the Arab World in general. (sharjah.ac.ae)
  • Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Al-Futtaim Group, a premier regional conglomerate, culminated its impactful presence at the 'Ru'ya, Careers UAE Redefined' 2023 exhibition held at the Dubai World Trade Centre from 19 - 21 September. (zawya.com)
  • The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Government, represented by Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) along with its strategic partners is strongly committed to promote health for all people and scale up nutrition initiatives. (who.int)
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (cdc.gov)
  • The opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the US Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors' affiliated institutions. (cdc.gov)
  • Ministry of Health, in cooperation with the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, established the Jordan Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey to collect information on many of the behaviors and conditions related to NCDs. (cdc.gov)
  • Our presence at Dubai Science Park, with its state-of-the-art facilities, will best support our team and collaborations within the dynamic regional landscape to ensure patients across the region are able to equally access our innovative therapies. (emirates247.com)
  • Dubai Science Park is committed to making a meaningful impact in cancer treatment and nurturing innovative partnerships within the healthcare and biotechnology communities to benefit patients around the world. (emirates247.com)
  • We are aligned with the goals of Dubai Economic Agenda 'D33', Dubai Research & Development Programme, and 'We the UAE 2031' vision to localise scientific advancements that deliver global impact, and welcome BeiGene's collaboration in our endeavour to deliver healthcare advancements across the world. (emirates247.com)
  • Through modern laboratories, innovation centres, co-working spaces, and a rich network of globally connected industry peers, Dubai Science Park's ecosystem enables and empowers R&D efforts that can unlock efficient and advanced treatment options to improve patient outcomes in cancer cases. (emirates247.com)
  • The two others were Dubai Port World, and Hong Kong-based Hutchision Port Holdings. (khaleejtimes.com)
  • We also visited the Apex and Arab Brazilian Chamber Business center and participated in a meeting with Brazilian businessmen who also do business in Dubai,' explained André Schelini, the technician of the Market Access Unit at the Sebrae/MT, who accompanied the group. (brazzil.com)
  • The objective of the delegation to Dubai is to improve trade relations as much as possible and open new routes among the state and the Arab country. (brazzil.com)
  • For those seeking snow, Dubai is building one of the largest indoor ski slopes in the world. (brazzil.com)
  • There is also the Burj Dubai, to be the largest tower in the world. (brazzil.com)
  • Arab Health takes place 24 January - 27 January 2020 at the Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, UAE. (hhmglobal.com)
  • The workshop "Strengthening Capacities of World Heritage Professionals in the Arab Region for Cultural and Natural Sites" , in English, will be held from 29 January to 2 February 2023 in Aswan, Arab Republic of Egypt. (icomos.org)
  • See General Decision 42 COM 36 of this Document on the World Heritage properties of the Syrian Arab Republic. (unesco.org)
  • ABSTRACT This paper reviews the epidemiology and determinants of hepatitis B and C in the Syrian Arab Republic as well as their treatment and prevention. (who.int)
  • A systematic search of Medline, PubMed and Index Medicus for the Eastern Mediterranean Region was carried out in addition to a review of grey literature and relevant datasets in the Syrian Arab Republic. (who.int)
  • As a result of data limitations, further research is needed, and a national control strategy to combat hepatitis B and C in the Syrian Arab Republic should be developed, especially during the current conflict. (who.int)
  • 2 WHO Country Office, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic. (who.int)
  • According to the global review of hepatitis B and C in 2013, the Syrian Arab Republic is classified as having high prevalence of hepatitis C and low-intermediate prevalence of hepatitis B (4,5). (who.int)
  • Prior to the current conflict, the Syrian Arab Republic had a well-established healthcare system for both curative and preventive services, with nearly complete coverage of the population, as well as a strong private sector. (who.int)
  • Before joining ESCWA he was the deputy prime minister for Economic Affairs and the minister of planning (and Chairman, State Planning Committee) of the Syrian Arab Republic. (mei.edu)
  • Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) and International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) have announced they will hold two advanced training courses in Jordan and Lebanon, focused on the conservation of mosaics in the region. (gulftoday.ae)
  • ICCROM is honoured to have helped regional professionals conserve and manage archaeological sites with mosaics through 14 years of MOSAIKON experience and ICCROM's partnership through its ATHAR Programme," said Zaki Aslan, Director of the Regional Centre for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage in the Arab World (ICCROM -Sharjah). (gulftoday.ae)
  • Human infections with Middle East respiratory syn- MERS-CoV transmission modes, coupled with growing drome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) continue to be re- evidence of the potential role of camels in disease dissemi- ported from the Arabian Peninsula and the Middle East af- nation, made this first trial of a One Health response chal- ter the September 2012 World Health Organization (WHO) lenging. (cdc.gov)
  • As an extension of our existing and successful NIH Fogarty Center funded University of Maryland/Egyptian Ministry of Health/Ain Shams University Fogarty International Collaborative Trauma and Injury Research Training (ICTIRT) Program already in place in Egypt, we received funds to support a regional conference on injuries in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO)'s Eastern Mediterranean Region Office and other partners. (cdc.gov)
  • The last national survey on obesity in the KSA and its associated risk factors was conducted in 2005 in collaboration with the World Health Organization. (cdc.gov)
  • According to World Health Organization projections, NCDs will be responsible for two-thirds of deaths in the eastern Mediterranean region by 2030 (4). (cdc.gov)
  • World Health Organization. (who.int)
  • Qatar health profile 2015 / World Health Organization. (who.int)
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  • The mention of specific companies or of certain manufacturers' products does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by the World Health Organization in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. (who.int)
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  • In no event shall the World Health Organization be liable for damages arising from its use. (who.int)
  • national conservation agencies (the various Departments and Directorates of Antiquities in the region), and national conservation organisations such as CULTNAT (Centre for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage), Egypt, affiliated with Bibliotheca Alexandrina and supported by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of Egypt), and CERKAS (Centre de Restauration et de Rehabilitation de zones atlasiques et sub-atlasiques), Morocco. (wikipedia.org)
  • As the world witnesses the nascent revolution in Egypt, many wonder what implications these events hold for the larger Middle East and for broader U.S. foreign policy in the region. (brookings.edu)
  • On February 9, the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings hosted a discussion of the developments in Egypt and the broader implications of the current crisis in the Middle East. (brookings.edu)
  • Looking inward, Arabs in most countries rate Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE highest in favorability, regional role, and the importance of ties. (jordantimes.com)
  • Notably, of all five Arab countries with peace agreements with Israel, only the UAE has warming attitudes, while favorability remains quite low in Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain and Morocco. (jordantimes.com)
  • Palestinians and Palestinian citizens of Israel have consistently favourable views toward the major Arab countries (UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt) playing a role in their region, and negative views toward Iran. (jordantimes.com)
  • The cornerstone of the Muslim Brothers' strategy for changing Egypt, and indeed the rest of the Islamic world, is to create a "new man" who is devoid of sinful intention, has a "good" consciousness, and is ready to serve the words of God. (arabmediasociety.com)
  • After receipt of initial conference funding, in part due to events in Egypt and the region, the first regional conference on injury and safety promotion was postponed and then cancelled. (cdc.gov)
  • Our successful Occupational Injuries in the Arab Countries Conference was held on June 24th- 25th, 2012 at the Le Mirage Landmark Hotel in Cairo, Egypt. (cdc.gov)
  • Approximately 75 attendees attended the conference, primarily from Egypt but also from other regional countries including Kuwait and Sudan. (cdc.gov)
  • Our expansion into the Middle East and North Africa region is a significant step in our company's ongoing global expansion and an opportunity to reinforce BeiGene's commitment to deliver innovative, affordable and accessible medicines to more patients around the world," said Jurij Petrin, Head of New Market Development at BeiGene. (emirates247.com)
  • Abdullah al-Dardari is the senior advisor on reconstruction for the Middle East and North Africa at the World Bank. (mei.edu)
  • The International Center for Biosaline Agriculture - ICBA, the US Agency for International Development (USAID), and the National #Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), organized a two-day (25-26 September 2018) international policy workshop to share progress, outcomes and insights drought policy developments of the Regional Drought Management System for Middle East & North Africa (MENA-RDMS) project. (biosaline.org)
  • Founded in 2010, BeiGene has built one of the largest and most efficient oncology research teams in the world, with a portfolio of 17 approved assets (3 internally developed) and a broad and deep pipeline focused on haematology and solid tumours with the potential to address 80 percent of the world's cancers by incidence. (emirates247.com)
  • A Saudi commentator has recently argued in an online feature published by the National Interest that Riyadh, in collaboration with Sunni Arab and Muslim allies, stands poised to fill the strategic void created by America's move to disengage from the Middle East. (nationalinterest.org)
  • That the course of history has somehow (temporarily) let Israel off the hook certainly suits America's regional projects and Washington did little to stop the poison of sectarianism seeping through Iraq after it installed a pro-Iran Shiite-dominated regime that actively discriminated against the country's Sunni minority. (gulfnews.com)
  • Important, but often overlooked by US policymakers, is that Arabs see America's strong suit in competition with China as its "soft power", cultural values and education. (jordantimes.com)
  • As India has several long-term economic, political and security stakes in the region, it has adopted extreme caution in its responses towards the developments in the MENA region since the beginning of the Arab unrest. (idsa.in)
  • This book examines India's policy of non-intervention and opposition to military intervention in the internal and regional affairs of the MENA region. (idsa.in)
  • Events since 2010/11 revealed a few conceptual weaknesses of MENA regional studies, such as too narrow a focus on political elites and institutions, or ahistorical and essentialist examinations of religious and cultural factors. (uni-marburg.de)
  • The 'Arab Spring' was unforeseen by a large percentage of the MENA regional studies scientific community. (uni-marburg.de)
  • Law students, fresh law graduates, and junior lawyers from the MENA region recently participated in a regional human rights summer course in Lebanon. (lu.se)
  • The report released by the World Government Summit Organisation in partnership with the Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government under the title "Arab Region Sustainable Development Goals Index 2022", revealed that Jordan, Tunisia, the UAE, Algeria, Morocco and Oman lead the regional scores with a total index score of 66 per cent or above. (jordantimes.com)
  • A game changing UK technology that transforms Regional Anaesthesia into a single operator procedure and improves patient safety, will be demonstrated live by a renowned clinician in the field of anaesthesia at Arab Health 2022. (hhmglobal.com)
  • Dr Fawzy said: "I am delighted to be able to demonstrate such a pioneering UK-developed device at Arab Health 2022. (hhmglobal.com)
  • It has hosted Israel at its tennis tournaments and said that, should it win a spot, Israel would be welcome when it hosts the World Cup in 2022….Jonathan Schanzer, a vice president at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said the Israelis have 'not been happy with the presence of Hamas in the capital of a major U.S. ally. (jstreet.org)
  • The provision of information relating to the World Heritage Convention and its application, including development and management of an Arabic language website, the translation and publication of relevant documents, and promotion of the establishment of new conservation programmes at universities, in all the Arab region States. (wikipedia.org)
  • Ensuring that World Heritage sites sustain their outstanding universal value is an increasingly challenging mission in today's complex world, where sites are vulnerable to the effects of uncontrolled urban development, unsustainable tourism practices, neglect, natural calamities, pollution, political instability, and conflict. (unesco.org)
  • In response to the ongoing conflict, India has engaged with several regional organisations and multilateral forums to work together and find political solutions to the regional conflicts. (idsa.in)
  • Failure to achieve these things came as a bitter blow to the Arab street and all that anger and frustration was somehow diverted into a violent sectarianism and regional polarisation that has eclipsed the Arab-Israeli conflict. (gulfnews.com)
  • He focuses on issues of political change, transition, and conflict as well as the regional and international relations of the Middle East. (mei.edu)
  • Long alienated by the U.S. and its policies and despite blaming Russia for Ukraine, Arabs don't want their governments becoming involved or following the US They view the conflict as a European/US matter. (jordantimes.com)
  • The Syrian conflict, which began in 2011, has resulted in the largest refugee crisis since World War II, with millions of Syrian refugees fleeing to neighboring countries including Lebanon, Jordan, and Turkey 1 . (cdc.gov)
  • The ARC-WH purpose is to reinforce the implementation of the World Heritage Convention in the Arab States region, by enhancing the knowledge of it, promoting the Operational Guidelines and the cooperating among the States Parties of the Arab States region. (wikipedia.org)
  • The main objective of ARC-WH is to assist States Parties in the implementation of the World Heritage Convention in the Arab States region along three main major axes : information, assistance, logistical & financial. (wikipedia.org)
  • the identification of appropriate facilities and services (lecture rooms, equipment, competent translators, etc.) for planned meetings for the WH Centre and other international institutions in the region, and the raising of funds to support World Heritage activities in the region. (wikipedia.org)
  • Since the outbreak of the Arab unrest, sectarian politics has become more pronounced throughout the West Asian region which is reflected in the growing polarisation of society and politics on narrow sectarian lines. (idsa.in)
  • Dramatic changes are taking place in domestic and regional political environments in most of the countries of the region. (idsa.in)
  • The West Asia Centre seeks to cover issues, themes and countries of the region which are undergoing rapid political transformation impacting the political and security situation of the region and beyond. (idsa.in)
  • Analysts from the Gulf Arab states are generally upbeat about Saudi Arabia's possible military dominance in the Gulf neighborhood and the Middle East region. (nationalinterest.org)
  • This programme aims to build a strong network of experts from the Arab Region that will assist the Arab States, the Advisory Bodies, and all World Heritage stakeholders in the effective implementation of the World Heritage Convention . (icomos.org)
  • The workshop will approach the implementation of the World Heritage Convention in the different types of heritage existing in the Arab Region and will take into account regional specificities. (icomos.org)
  • Oštro Croatia is an investigative journalism center that covers topics of public interest and importance in Croatia, Slovenia, and the Adriatic region. (occrp.org)
  • Shaukat Aziz, an international banker of great repute, leading Pakistan as its Prime Minister, has an eye on the economic and strategic potential of GDSP, and it's hoped for role as a trade, industry, telecom and energy-hub for the region and Asia which is billed as the world growth centre in the 21st century. (khaleejtimes.com)
  • The average score for the Arab region was 58.2 out of 100," the report read, with Jordan ranking at 67.4 out of 100. (jordantimes.com)
  • The Arab Region Index presents 29 additional sub-indicators that reflect regional priorities and challenges. (jordantimes.com)
  • In the Rabat Declaration, participants stressed that the conditional connection between the issues of sustainable national reconciliation and of democratic transition requires that civil society forces and governments in the Arab region deal with human rights violations from a comprehensive, non-partial perspective. (npwj.org)
  • These findings point to the clear reality that Arab opinion is mostly aligned with changes occurring across the region. (jordantimes.com)
  • The World Bank estimates that sub-Saharan Africa's economic growth will "decline from 2.4 percent in 2019 to -2.1 to -5.1 percent in 2020, the first recession in the region in 25 years. (cgdev.org)
  • Energy efficiency improvements can save governments, companies, and citizens billions of dollars in the Arab region from reduced energy bills, while at the same time quickly reducing carbon footprints - a win-win solution. (ecomena.org)
  • As recently as 2012, according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) , Arab States had the lowest average proportion of women in Parliament in any region of the world, with only 10.7 per cent of women in lower and upper houses combined. (unwomen.org)
  • The Center defines its mission as promoting "a critical understanding of the diversity of the Middle East region for educators and the general public. (camera.org)
  • How can we integrate the pluralities of the Middle East - including those of non-Arab majority states - into a study of the region, in ways that move beyond the constraints of competing nationalisms, geographical silos, and disciplinary boundaries? (jadaliyya.com)
  • How is the Middle East located within the changing global order, and what new relationships might be forming between the region and other areas of the world system? (jadaliyya.com)
  • Israel is a state present in the region, and we all understand this," said the minister, "the world is also aware of this fact. (jewishpolicycenter.org)
  • The country's aluminum production is the sixth largest in the world, and its shipbuilding industry is one of the most advanced in the region. (urweb.eu)
  • There is a critical need for a concerted, regional dialogue to address the significantly increasing morbidity and mortality from injuries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. (cdc.gov)
  • This cross-sectional study in 2019 included literate women aged 18-60 years old attending primary health care centres in Muscat region. (who.int)
  • This could be achieved through implementation of policies and programs to improve food security and nutrition within the frameworks agreed at the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2), the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO) Nutrition Strategy and the Non-Communicable diseases (NCD) Regional Framework for Action (RFA). (who.int)
  • Since 2011 the Arab Middle East has witnessed a series of revolutions and uprisings that ushered in an era of change in a region that had been characterized by entrenched dictatorships and repressed populations. (lu.se)
  • The kingdom, by means of the "Salman doctrine," would militarily defeat the ISIS terrorists and Shia extremist groups in Iraq and Syria, subverting Shia Iran's regional ambitions to challenge 1,400 years of Sunni dominance. (nationalinterest.org)
  • He also doubled down support for the pro-Saudi Islamic Army rebels, a loose alliance of forty-three Islamist groups committed to establishing sharia law in Syria, to topple the Bashar al-Assad government, Iran's only Arab ally. (nationalinterest.org)
  • There is no denying that the Arab prodemocracy movements have directly or indirectly expanded Iran's regional sphere of influence, even if only by default. (nationalinterest.org)
  • For some time now, articles have appeared in the Arab press trying to convince the world that Iran's civilian nuclear activities are a threat to world peace and global security and that Tehran has been violating international law. (blogspot.com)
  • He has previously served as the Deputy Head of Iran's Department of Environment, Vice President of the UN Environment Assembly Bureau, and Chief of Iran's Department of Environment's International Affairs and Conventions Center. (lu.se)
  • Global growth is projected to rebound to 5.8 percent in 2021, "assuming the pandemic fades in the second half of 2020 and that policy actions taken around the world are effective. (cgdev.org)
  • These measures are being taken with the aim of diminishing the great victory of Hezbollah in the eyes of the Arab world because this Islamic resistance group's popularity soared among Arabs after its 34-day war with Israel last summer. (blogspot.com)
  • Moreover, we were privileged to attract a cadre of driven individuals, whom we anticipate will be instrumental in propelling the Group's future growth both domestically and in the wider regional market. (zawya.com)
  • These meetings focus on the conflicts in Syria and Iraq, and on the principles and architecture of a new regional cooperation framework in the Middle East. (mei.edu)
  • Is a new regional cooperation framework possible in today's Middle East? (mei.edu)
  • MEI hosted a panel discussion involving participants from the Middle East Dialogue to examine the economic growth and peace dividends of regional cooperation, and the challenges in getting regional governments to embrace such an idea. (mei.edu)
  • Applied Sociology Research Center seeks to become one of the major centers of scientific research in the area of Applied Social Research in the Gulf Cooperation Council and the Arab world. (sharjah.ac.ae)
  • As popular upheavals swept through the Arab Middle East in 2011, this sentiment continued as the movement gave its support to the initial uprisings. (lu.se)
  • Indeed, for many Arabs - governments as well as individuals - the regional nemesis is not longer Israel but Iran. (gulfnews.com)
  • Sectarian civil wars and Daesh have taken centre stage, dominating the media and the foreign policy decisions of regional and western governments. (gulfnews.com)
  • Providing expertise to civil society forces and governments in the Arab countries in terms of strategic planning for national reconciliation processes, using Transitional Justice methods and mechanisms. (npwj.org)
  • Despite this initiative coming to a close, our dedication to its mission and objectives, and supporting regional collaboration with Member States in the Mediterranean, will continue. (gulftoday.ae)
  • SAFIRA®, which is set to revolutionise Regional Anaesthesia globally, has been developed by medical device company Medovate in collaboration with clinicians from the UK's National Health Service (NHS). (hhmglobal.com)
  • Additionally, it was to bring regional experts together to improve communication and to allow for future collaboration. (cdc.gov)
  • Regardless of how this crisis is eventually resolved, the United States now faces many difficult questions as it seeks to reorient strategic regional policies. (brookings.edu)
  • The Center also seeks to become a center of excellence at local, regional and global levels in the fields of studies, research and community service in social issues related to the family, childhood and women, the elderly, crime and criminal justice in conformity with the vision of the University of Sharjah. (sharjah.ac.ae)
  • And while Israel's outward posture toward Iran has been one of confrontation, it is not unappreciative of efforts by Qatar to moderate the Iranian regime, if only because that could mitigate the dangers of a regional arms race, said Anthony Cordesman, who holds the Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. (jstreet.org)
  • The creation of such centers in Jordan and the UAE, as well as the existence of various mediation mechanisms through international organizations such the World Intellectual Property Organization's Arbitration Centre, is likely to lead to a surge in the use of mediation as a method for the amicable resolution of disputes. (mediate.com)
  • Jordan ranks among the top three exporters of phosphates in the world. (kinghussein.gov.jo)
  • RWI recently held a two-day meeting in Jordan with eight members of judicial institutes in Iraq, Jordan and Palestine as part of the Institute's programme to enhance the application of human rights standards in Arab courts. (lu.se)
  • The Jewish Policy Center is a not-for-profit, non-partisan, 501(c)3 organization. (jewishpolicycenter.org)
  • For the last six years she has been working in the disability field in Sakhnin, a city in the lower Galilee, as coordinator of a supportive community and director of the Regional Center for Independent Living at the Al Manal Organization. (iataskforce.org)
  • Bahrain is a member of the World Trade Organization and the Arab League. (urweb.eu)
  • While Israel and some US hawks thought Arab ties with Israel would establish a regional bloc against Iran, the UAE and now Saudi Arabia, with help from China, have moved toward normalising ties with Iran. (jordantimes.com)
  • Iran and Israel are seen as regional threats, with Israel seen as a greater threat than Iran in all countries except the UAE, Morocco, and Saudi Arabia, where Iran is slightly more threatening than Israel. (jordantimes.com)
  • Arab media reported that Israel had sold an estimated $250 million in unnamed high-tech spy equipment to Saudi Arabia. (jewishpolicycenter.org)
  • Furthermore, since the 2003 US invasion and subsequent occupation and destruction of Iraq, Middle East politics has been marked by a new cold war1 over regional influence between two competing axes led by Saudi Arabia on one side and Iran on the other. (lu.se)
  • These and other related issues are being focused upon by the scholars at the Centre. (idsa.in)
  • In reality, the Center staff and its associates are not distinguished as scholars but some have burnished their credentials as anti-Israel scribes and activists. (camera.org)
  • And there are indications that Riyadh is losing the bid for regional dominance, putting its credibility as a counterweight to Iran at risk. (nationalinterest.org)
  • Arab countries' media outlets have begun a massive coordinated propaganda campaign against Iran. (blogspot.com)
  • Most of the writers of these articles used to praise Saddam Hussein's Baathist regime during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war and blamed Iran for the regional crisis. (blogspot.com)
  • Saddam's ouster in 2003 revived the hope that Arab media outlets would halt their divisive approaches and make efforts to promote Islamic and regional convergence, but, to the contrary, they have now launched a new media campaign against Iran. (blogspot.com)
  • Its outmoded playbook stars Israel as the region's center of gravity, and Iran and Syria as pariahs to be shunned and confronted. (jordantimes.com)
  • With strong negatives for Iran and Israel, Arabs recognise a new regional dynamic unfolding requiring Arabs to define their own paths forward. (jordantimes.com)
  • Other findings suggest that Iran and Israel should understand that current moves toward regional integration will only continue to grow if behaviours change, with Iran ending its meddlesome regional role and Israel advancing Palestinian justice and rights. (jordantimes.com)
  • I have a particular interest in transnational Muslim female resistance movements and have conducted extensive ethnographic research in Iran and the Arab Gulf states to examine the relationship between female agency expressed through the aesthetic performance of the political on the female body. (lu.se)
  • This decentralized model allows OCCRP to expose illicit connections across continents, while member centers inform local audiences in local languages. (occrp.org)
  • We are excited to be joining the ABHI UK Pavilion to offer the world-class audiences at Arab Health a chance to see our revolutionary device up close and in action. (hhmglobal.com)
  • The Arab revolts presented opportunities as well as challenges in this regard as the regional struggle came to take the form of proxy conflicts in some of the countries where the unrest occurred. (lu.se)
  • ARC-WH is meant to respond to the provisions of the Global Strategy for a Representative, Balanced and Credible World Heritage List is also intended to assist the implementation of the Global Training Strategy for World Cultural and Natural Heritage (Helsinki, 2001). (wikipedia.org)
  • The Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage was established by the Royal Decree issued on 16 December 2010, following the General Conference of UNESCO at its 35th session in 2009. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage (ARC-WH) was established by the General Conference of UNESCO at its 35th session in 2009. (wikipedia.org)
  • The World Heritage Centre is at the forefront of the international community's efforts to protect and preserve. (unesco.org)
  • Take advantage of the search to browse through the World Heritage Centre information. (unesco.org)
  • The country has the freest economy in the Middle East and is ranked as the tenth freest economy in the world by the 2019 Index of Economic Freedom. (urweb.eu)
  • It is undeniable that another by-product of the Arab Spring - Daesh (the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) - is actively fomenting sectarian violence. (gulfnews.com)
  • Although it is obvious that terrorists with ethnic and sectarian biases are the main cause of insecurity in Iraq, the Arab media paint a different picture in their analyses and news reports. (blogspot.com)
  • While some influencers may focus on the short-term loss of paying the license fee, there is a huge benefit to licensing coming in as it legitimizes the sector on a national level," Jamal Al-Mawed, founder and managing director of Gambit Communications, told Arab News. (arabnews.com)
  • The new king's approach to foreign policy was marked by a big shift-a shift from the traditional policy of restraint to a more assertive role in regional affairs, what the press has branded a "muscular foreign policy. (nationalinterest.org)
  • The Center for Urban and Regional Studies conducts and supports research on urban and regional affairs-research that helps to build healthy, sustainable communities across the country and around the world. (unc.edu)
  • During a regional summit in late October, the Omani Minister of Foreign Affairs Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah showed a willingness to recognize Israel as a nation states, a first among Gulf countries. (jewishpolicycenter.org)
  • A dropout rate of more than 30 per cent among those who joined the programme reflected either the tougher standard of the course, or an inappropriate selection process. (bvsalud.org)
  • In doing so, it attempts to identify companies whose activities chime with Bahrain's status as a regional business centre and a popular tourist destination, and which are also capable of generating good returns on investment. (oxfordbusinessgroup.com)
  • OCCRP also partners with the regional networks listed below and more than 40 additional local, regional, and international publishing partners every year, further extending the reach of our reporting. (occrp.org)
  • Participants in the meeting evoked a number of international and Arab documents to serve as reference documents and broad guidelines. (npwj.org)
  • These include the UN General Assembly Resolution on Transitional Justice adopted in 2006, international law on human rights, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court of 1998, brought into effect in 2002, and the document adopted by the Conference on Democracy and Reform in the Arab World held in Doha in May 2007. (npwj.org)
  • Bahrain is home to many regional and international financial institutions, such as the Bahrain Stock Exchange, the Central Bank of Bahrain, and the Bahrain Monetary Agency. (urweb.eu)
  • It will see the participation of an elite group of specialized local, regional and international police and security experts and academics. (adpolice.gov.ae)
  • guided by the international, regional and national policies and strategies to promote health. (who.int)
  • Marie-Joëlle Zahar is Professor of Political Science, Director of the Research Network on Peace Operations and Fellow at the Centre for International Research and Studies at the Université de Montréal. (lu.se)
  • Until very recently, the Palestinian cause was the prism through which the region's political thought was sharpened - whether it be Arab nationalism or Salafi-extremist ideology. (gulfnews.com)
  • As such, this thesis focuses on the relationship between Hezbollah's ideology and practice in the context of the Arab revolts of 2011 and beyond. (lu.se)
  • Brookings Fellow Ibrahim Sharqieh, deputy director of the Brookings Doha Center, participated via video conference. (brookings.edu)
  • Chris Rogers, Sales and Marketing Director at Medovate Ltd, commented: "We are thrilled to be demonstrating our innovative device for regional anaesthesia, SAFIRA®, at this year's Arab Health. (hhmglobal.com)
  • The "Arab Spring" serves as the starting point from which to analyze political, economic and cultural reconfigurations. (uni-marburg.de)
  • His dying curse should remind us, if reminding is necessary, that the big story in the Middle East is not between Arab and Jew, but between the mutually hating wings of Islam. (blogspot.com)
  • The last decade has witnessed deep changes to the regional dynamics of the Middle East. (jadaliyya.com)
  • My research focuses on the intersections between Islam, gender, and migration in two regional contexts: Europe and the Middle East. (lu.se)
  • She was previously a faculty member at Rice University and director of the Center for Middle East Studies at Yale University, and a visiting scholar at the Institute of Graduate Studies (Geneva) and the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at NYU. (lu.se)
  • Elbit won a $68 million UAV contract with Portuguese defense contractor Centre of Engineering and Product Development (CEiiA) to provide Hermes 900 maritime patrol drones to the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA). (jewishpolicycenter.org)
  • Bahrain was the first Arab country to sign a Free Trade Agreement with the United States in 2004. (urweb.eu)
  • Bahrain has a number of excellent educational institutions, and many Bahrainis go on to study at leading universities around the world. (urweb.eu)
  • The Centre is closely following the unfolding internal political developments in individual countries as well as the regional political scenario. (idsa.in)
  • Like many other countries, India has been deeply affected by the unrest in the Arab world. (idsa.in)
  • Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanisms in the Arab world have been growing hand in hand with the resurgence of various countries as members of the fast growing club of successful emerging markets. (mediate.com)
  • Consequently, a significant number of Arab countries have been busy updating and enhancing their laws and regulations on arbitration and mediation in particular. (mediate.com)
  • He recalls that Mato Grosso has already exported products to open the Arab countries, mainly beef. (brazzil.com)
  • the aim being to meet the needs of many Arab countries which suffer from the effects or persistence of armed conflicts, civil wars, flagrant human rights violations, and democratic transition problems. (npwj.org)
  • With the US doing little to calm these troubled waters, or actually roiling them, Arab countries have had to establish their own paths forward to protect or project their interests. (jordantimes.com)
  • Meanwhile, several Arab countries have met with and begun opening up to Iraq and normalising relations with Syria. (jordantimes.com)
  • To assess Arab views of these developments, Zogby Research Services has, in recent years, conducted polls in over a dozen Arab countries. (jordantimes.com)
  • In most Arab countries China is seen as the emerging power. (jordantimes.com)
  • Arab Countries Are Turning On Qatar. (jstreet.org)
  • National and regional leaders, policy makers, and special camel institutions in some Arabian countries, in- stakeholders should be prompted to advocate and enhance cluding camel supreme councils and camel hospitals. (cdc.gov)
  • As one of the leading causes of death and disability in the world, human trauma and injury disproportionately affects individuals in developing countries. (cdc.gov)
  • In consultation with our program officer, a regional conference entitled Occupational Injuries in the Arab Countries was accepted as an alternative. (cdc.gov)
  • This article considers the need for an increase in the number of local postgraduate training programmes in the Arab world in keeping with other developing countries. (bvsalud.org)
  • The organizing committee included participation by national and regional health and safety experts, including physicians and engineers. (cdc.gov)
  • Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean in 2012. (who.int)
  • Panelists included Brookings Nonresident Senior Fellow Shibley Telhami and Dalia Mogahed of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies. (brookings.edu)
  • Senior Fellow Kenneth Pollack, director of the Saban Center, provided introductory remarks and moderated the discussion. (brookings.edu)
  • Joined by Kenneth Mays, the hospital's director of marketing, Banner recently met with Ravi Aron, a senior fellow with the William and Phyllis Mack Center for Technological Innovation at Wharton, to discuss what this and other recent trends mean for the future of global health care. (upenn.edu)
  • The Los Angeles-based J. Paul Getty Trust and Getty programmes share art, knowledge, and resources online at Getty.edu and welcome the public for free at the Getty Center and the Getty Villa. (gulftoday.ae)
  • In the building sector we visited Nakheel, in the area of hotel management and tourism, and visited the Burj Al Arab. (brazzil.com)
  • In the years prior to what became known as the Arab Spring, regional public opinion strongly favored Hezbollah due to its principled commitment to the liberation of Palestine. (lu.se)
  • In addition to being the only Arab actor having inflicted military defeats on Israel in 2000 and 2006, Hezbollah had also become part and parcel of the Lebanese political structure through a process of integration starting in the 1990s. (lu.se)
  • These regional shifts and independent Arab initiatives have caught the US off-guard. (jordantimes.com)
  • Hamas' woes have been compounded by Qatar's rift with several other key Arab states, which resulted in several senior Hamas officials being forced to leave Qatar….The PA, whose punitive measures against Hamas have already reduced Gaza to four hours of electricity per day, also decided recently to stop paying for some of the power Israel provides to Gaza. (jstreet.org)
  • How will these events affect the Arab-Israeli peace process or the struggle against al-Qaeda? (brookings.edu)
  • The article, from a controversial textbook called The Arab World Studies Notebook , falsely accused Israeli soldiers of murdering Arab women. (camera.org)
  • The Israeli Railway Authority awarded Rafael a contract to build a new Cyber Security Operations Center (CSOC) to help protect trains and corresponding infrastructure from hacking and snooping attacks. (jewishpolicycenter.org)
  • Session Featuring Israeli Arab Is. (iataskforce.org)
  • Lion of Judah Conference - Session Featuring Israeli Arab Is. (iataskforce.org)
  • As an Arab Israeli woman with a disability, she faced and overcame significant limitations and barriers stemming from negative attitudes and perceptions. (iataskforce.org)