— What were the structural determinants of the recent Arab Awakening protests that engulfed the Arab world? We examine the economic and political grievances along with political opportunities. Time-series analysis of nonviolent and violent protests in 18 Arab-majority countries shows that “bread,” “justice,” and political opportunities mattered. State terror and political openness had the stron...

The Middle East and North Africa (henceforth MENA) are areas of conflict and opposed perceptions. The last three months have seen unprecedented protests and revolutions in almost all Arab countries (“Arab Spring”), starting in Tunisia with the flight of Ben Ali and his family, spreading to Egypt with the overthrow of Mubarak and his government, and to Libya with its civil war and most recently ...

This paper focuses on User-Generated (UG) photos in the understudied Arab Muslim World. Over four million public photos on Flickr.com represent Arab countries‟ UG presence, with Egypt and Palestine the top countries for the respective keywords of travel and Muslim. The findings also reveal varied United Arab Emirates‟ presence, with ten times more Dubai photos than the next highest emirate Abu ...

($3,829) than in Morocco ($3,477), as is the proportion of adults who are literate (51% vs. 44%). Life expectancy at birth is almost equal in the two countries (66 years in Morocco and 65 years in Egypt). In Morocco, 52% of the population live in urban areas, compared with 45% of the Egyptian population. During recent years, urban growth has slowed somewhat in Egypt, as migration from rural are...

Incidence rates of breast cancer are rising and mortality rates are proportionally high in Arab countries compared to rates in developed countries. The common late diagnosis among Arab women has been related to the low participation rates of Arab women in breast cancer screening activities (Donnelly et al., 2012). In Egypt, breast cancer is still considered number one killing cancer in females ...

February 2014 Economist Zubair Iqbal explains the daunting economic challenges facing Arab countries in transition following the Arab Awakening and the different trajectories stemming from those nations’ policy responses. Tunisia and Egypt provide an instructive case study: the former made hard fiscal decisions and has embraced sound economic principles and achieved broad support for a reform p...

One billion of the world's population has hypertension, resulting in four million deaths per year. Data on the prevalence of hypertension in the Arab world are very limited. This review summarizes existing knowledge regarding prevalence, awareness, and control of hypertension in Arab countries. The PubMed, Cochrane Library, Scopus, and CINAHL databases were searched for publications on HTN amon...

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