We examine the relationship between socio-economic characteristics and voting patterns among Arabs in Israel. We combine panel data on 73 Arab localities with election results and socio-economic indicators for seven election years between 1996 and 2015. Exploiting variation in political...

There has been numerous news headlines and reports in the western media highlighting the role of women leaders of New Zealand, Taiwan, Iceland, Finland, Norway, Denmark, and Germany in managing the COVID-19 crisis as opposed to countries ruled by male leaders of the USA, Brazil, Russia, Spain,...

In the era of globalization, people around the world are negotiating with counterparties with different cultural backgrounds more often than ever. It has brought many new things and restored some old needs. Some countries have pale and authentic cultural imitation which differ from western...

Orwa ibn Al-Ward is one of the greatest knights, heroes and poets who presented elegant pictures of Arabs before Islam by word and deed. In this literary article, the researcher attempts to probe the depth of the poetry of Orwa ibn Al-Ward as an instance of the greatness of Arabic poetic...

Consumer inflation across the globe has rebounded during 2021, also as a result of supply side disruptions, one of which is the increase in freight costs. To elaborate on the relationship between inflation and shipping costs, we employ a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) and use disaggregated...

This paper aims to assess the current condition of the Egyptian banking sector, based on the past reforms of the 2000s. This analysis is based on data from the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), data from the Egyptian banking sector and the literature review. The main fi nding is that despite many...

This paper presents results from one of the first independent socioeconomic household surveys to study urban poverty among Saudi nationals. This survey was administered to 496 Saudi households in Dammam in 2019. Poverty is conceptualised as relative poverty, which is based on the country’s...

Purpose Years after the 2011 uprising Egypt, it seems that the country's non-Islamist parties are still included in the political game. After significant alterations in their political sphere by mid-2013 at the advent of the Muslim Brother exclusion and the subsequent discrediting of Salafi...

The study aims at find out and analyze domestic violence, and study it in detail, openly and independently based on the Libyan criminal law in order to review and develop the law. Studi sosial international antara. so it will not against Islamic law and. Furthermore, it aims to monitor and...

Combining a unique dataset from the Gallup World Poll for the period 2009 to 2018 with Wolfsfeld et al.’s (2013) protest index, we evaluate the impact of the Arab Spring pro-democracy protests on gender equality in the Middle East and North Africa. Following a double- and triple-difference...

The research aims to empirically test the impacts of political crisis and economic recession during 2010-2015 on the performance and financial behavior of Islamic and conventional banks in the Middle East region. The period of the study (2010-2015) is divided to three phases (stability, economic...

This study investigates the impact of stock price fluctuations on stock markets in six countries in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar) during and after the recent geopolitics conflicts, known as Arab Spring, from January...

First, the article explores the interaction between Law & Development movements and the emerging field of Development Law. After reviewing the key elements of the rule of law, I move to discuss its relation with different aspects of development in the Arab world: economic, social, and political...

We analyse the impact of instability caused by Arab Spring on co-movements and volatility spillovers of aggregated Financial Stress Indices for eight MENA countries. Using a dynamic frequency connectedness framework, we find that stress transmission between markets is higher at low frequencies...

This study specifically investigates the effects of external governance mechanisms and regulatory settings on the profitability of Islamic banks operating in the Arab markets from 2003 to 2017. The empirical results underscore that the external governance mechanism and its dimensions in...

This paper is a preliminary examination into the extent and nature of Arab investments in the Philippines, and describes the implications of these investments to both nations. This is cognizant of the fact that one of the main reasons for Arab investment is food security. A major underlying...

The subject matter of origin, genesis and history of Sri Lankan Muslim community has been debated by many Sinhalese and Tamil historians. Yet, little has been written by Muslim academics about their history, traditions, and customs. Muslim historical literature on the history of Sri Lankan...

study would motivate others to conduct further research, the researcher would feel highly rewarded. They researchers will feel satisfied, if Oman Arab Bank would consider the findings useful for improvising them in the future

Social media gives firms a better platform to promote and build brand trust and loyalty. The objective of this study is to develop and validate a conceptual model that integrates the relationships among social media marketing elements, brand trust, and brand loyalty. Data was collected from 242...

This timely Article draws attention to disparate treatment of Arabs and Muslims as compared to other ethnic and religious minorities. It analyses multiple statements by prominent public figures, which illustrate both a hostility to, and an ignorance of, Muslims. This results in draconian...

This study aims to measure the impact of governance indicators on corruption in Arab countries during the period 2005-2016. Several techniques including co-integration, forecasting variance error decomposition, and impulse response function are employed. The results indicate that corruption is...

In the annals of the energy industry, the year 2020 marked perhaps one of the most profoundly disruptive sequence of events that have adversely affected markets, prices and livelihoods. The disruptive impact of the astonishingly rapid emergence of the US as the world’s leading oil and gas...

The present study explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Islamic bank indices in GCC countries banking sector. The research aims to know the ability of Islamic Bank indices to face the COVID-19 crisis and examine whether Islamic bank indices can respond to the volatility in the stock...

The COVID-19 pandemic has underlined the limitations of prevailing paradigms to effectively manage today’s complexities to advance sustainable development. In this context, open government and improved transparency in public management are necessary elements to build back better and ensure...

This study addresses a number of objectives for understanding the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the Arab region. These objectives are as follows: What is the impact of COVID-19 on logistics sector and supply chain in the Arab region? What are the applicable supply chain resilience strategies...