Tag: MENA Region

Daily news – February 4, 2022 p.m.

AFGHANISTAN What the US and its allies left behind in Afghanistan. Amin Saikal, The Strategist: The Afghanistan war is over for the United States and...

FinTech in MENA: How to build an ecosystem that promotes innovation and regulation (Stefanie H. Ali, Atlantic Council)

The Atlantic Council’s empowerME Initiative in partnership with ABANA is convening a virtual event series to shed light on the changing financial technology (FinTech)...

Four facets of water in MENA’s conflict and forced displacement crisis (Edoardo Borgomeo, Anders Jagerskog, Carmen Nonay, World Bank blogs)

Water splashing hands. (Photo: Shutterstock) When he first arrived in Jordan, Abd was shocked by the lack of water. He fled Syria in 2013 after...

MENA Region-Water Crisis. Water Crisis in the MENA region (Farwa Aamer, Stimson Center)

Climate change is exacerbating one of the most grueling challenges of our times—water scarcity. Rising temperatures, recurrent droughts, and diminished river flows are endangering...

(MENA Region) An Unfree Region (POMED)

Amy Slipowitz and Amy Hawthorne Freedom House recently published its prominent annual report, Freedom in the World, which assesses the state of political rights and civil...

(MENA Region) One year of COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa: The fate of the ‘best performers’ (Brookings)

Yasmina Abouzzohour One year after countries in the Middle East and around the world declared national health emergencies due to the coronavirus pandemic, hundreds are...

(MENA Region) Ferid Belhaj: Is there hope for the economies in the MENA region? (Al Jazeera)

The World Bank vice president for the Middle East and North Africa discusses the financial impact of ongoing conflicts. The Middle East and North Africa...