This study investigates the predictive power of financial stress on dynamic Middle East and North Africa (MENA) market returns from 2007 to 2021. Based a Quantile Regression, we show that has highest abilities at lower quantiles when is bearish. Then, propose Hidden Markov Model (HMM) based transition matrix understand relationship between index MENA stock dynamics. We find effect return reveal...

Food security and virtual water considerations interact in a corporatized third food regime, particularly the Middle East North Africa (MENA), world’s largest grain importing region. Globalization has created asymmetric trade interdependence that can be weaponized by states control global economic hubs, yet countries Global South have actively exploited rivalries of big powers, temporarily capt...

This study examines the influence of religion on the extent of intervention in ethnic conflict using data from the Minorities at Risk ~MAR! dataset. Key questions include whether ethnoreligious minorities—which are defined here as ethnic minorities who belong to a different religion or a different denomination of the same religion as the majority group in a state—attract more intervention and w...

HSV-1 epidemiology in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) remains poorly understood. Our study aimed to measure HSV-1 antibody prevalence (seroprevalence) and its age-distribution among select MENA populations residing in Qatar. Sera were collected from male blood donors attending Hamad Medical Corporation 2013-2015. A total of 2,077 sera were tested for anti-HSV-1 antibodies using HerpeSel...

Food safety standards are a necessity to protect consumers' health in today's growing global food trade. A number of studies have suggested safety standards can interrupt trade, bringing financial and technical burdens on small as well as large agri-food producers in developing countries. Other examples have shown that economical extension, key intermediaries, and funded initiatives have substa...

This study initially calculates export sophistication of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries to 
 make a comparison in the region between OPEC non-OPEC for 2004-2016 period. Secondly, short long run empirical analysis are applied examine effect on GDP per capita growth controlling several macroeconomic variables. Lastly, panel VAR is utilized decompose variation rate. Empirical f...