This study aimed to explore mathematics teachers’ awareness of effective teaching practices issued by the United States National Council Teachers Mathematics (NCTM, 2014a) in Kingdom Saudi Arabia and Arab Republic Egypt compare results using comparative descriptive method. The sample comprised 651 teachers, Egyptian included 620 teachers. Data were collected through an scale eight dimensions pr...

The Arab Spring which began on 17 December 2010 with the civil rebellions, revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests in the Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Bahrain and Syria. The Arab Spring not only created a domino effect between Arabic countries but also it reflected a significant influence on the financial markets all over the world. The objective of this study is to analyze the impac...

Investigation of binge eating and dietary restraint has previously been limited to subjects within Western societies. We investigated these two phenomena in 218 Arab students in Egypt, using the Restraint Scale (Polivy, Herman, & Warsh, 1978) and the Binge Scale (Hawkins & Clement, 1980). The psychometric characteristics of the scales were investigated. Although exploratory factor analysis show...

BACKGROUND There is a dire need in the Arab world and Middle Eastern countries to reform the higher education, research policy and planning for improving the quality to meet the needs of modern society. The impact factor (IF) was developed in the 1960s by Eugene Garfield of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) in the USA. It has been extensively used for more than 40 years. The SCImag...

Twelve species (including six new ones) of the spider wasp genus Gonaporus Ashmead, 1902 are revised. The composition of the genus is discussed. Six new species of Gonaporus are described: G. simulator Wahis & I. Zonstein, sp. nov. (♀ ♂, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Mauritania), G. emiratus I. Zonstein & Wahis, sp. nov. (♀ ♂, United Arab Emirates), G. jaziratensis Wahis & I. Zonst...

Ch ap te r 8 I CT C ha lle ng es fo r t he A ra b W or ld Introduction The purpose of this chapter is to discuss ongoing developments in the Arab world in the areas of information and communication technology (ICT) and to highlight the obstacles to and present recommendations for further development. We looked at the environment as well as individual, business, and government variables in asses...

T his risk assessment provides an estimate of the likelihood of introduction of H5N1 HPAI from recently infected countries (Lebanon and Iraq) to other countries in the Middle East region and neighbouring territories as a result of the movement of live poultry (both legal and illegal), poultry-related products and the migration of wild birds. The preliminary assessment based on the available inf...

BACKGROUND Burnout among healthcare professionals is one of the key challenges affecting health care practice and quality of care. This systematic review aims to (1) estimate the prevalence of burnout among health care professionals (HCP) in Arab countries; and (2) explore individual and work-related factors associated with burnout in this population. METHODS Multiple electronic databases wer...

While providing insight into the overall e-readiness of countries on the macro level, few studies have attempted to evaluate e-readiness from a micro perspective. In particular, a small number of studies have undertaken as assessment of the adoption of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the United States, Australia, some European and Asia...