The overall total population of the Arab nations in the world is estimated to be approximately 315 million (estimates; World Almanac, 2004). Arab populations encompass a vast geographical region that extends from Iraq in the east to Morocco in the west. They occupy the whole of Mesopotamia, Middle East, Arabian Gulf, North Africa, as well as some parts of East and West Africa. Arab populations ...

Although peas cv. master pea was registered more than 25 years ago in Egypt, this variety showed a remarkable superiority over the varieties grown all governorates of Egypt terms production, quality, and environmental adaptation to climate changes. This study intends assess cultivar's genetic traits, determine degree its deterioration time develop an appropriate plan for maintenance, improvemen...

Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is the most common lethal rare genetic disease in the Caucasian populations. It is caused by a variety of sequence alterations in the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Regulator (CFTR) gene. In Caucasian, one over 3,500 new born children suffers from the disease and one over 30 of them is at least carrier of a severe mutation in the CFTR gene. CF and CFTR-related disorders (CFT...

The alluvial plain of the Ceyhan River (SE Turkey) has been populated since the Neolithic. In 1954, Marjory Veronica Seton-Williams described for this area several archeological mounds (höyük), which are the remains of ancient settlements. Today, according to the archeological research carried out in the area, some of these mounds result to have been leveled by agricultural activities. In this ...

1Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, 17551, United Arab Emirates; 2Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, University of Ain Shams, Cairo, 11566, Egypt; 3School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Division of Science and Engineering, Murdoch University, Murdoch, W.A., 6150, Australia (e-mail: [email protected]); 4Soil Science an...

The Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) refers to a country’s climate action plan limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and adapt change hazards. Each country is obliged submit its NDCs the UNFCCC, adhering guideline for increasing clarity transparency. Nonetheless, few studies have employed this assess countries’ contributions, particularly of developed countries. Our article centers on ca...

The current situation of vulnerabilities caused by accelerating impacts of Climate Change, CC, and the adaptation and mitigation measures taken by some Arab countries is investigated .The aim of this paper is twofold, the first is to define the current situation and future measures that Egypt is taking or has to take in order to face the accelerating impacts of climate change. The second is to ...

The protests that swept the Arab Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are expected to have influenced two key civic attitudes fundamental to well-functioning democracies: trust and tolerance. However, systematic comparative assessments of the general patterns and particularities in this region are rare. This contribution theorizes the uprisings’ impact and presents new society-level measurements...