scholarly journals Telemedicine in Arab Countries: Innovation, Research Trends, and Way Forward

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Waqas ◽  
Shariq Mehmood ◽  
Arwah Muhammad Jawwad ◽  
Bradley Pittam ◽  
Shantanu Kundu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Research ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Total Yield ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Innovation Research ◽  
Drexel University ◽  
User Friendly

Background: The progress and innovation in telemedicine within the Middle Eastern countries have not been heavily monitored. Therefore, the present study aims to analyze the scholarly work conducted in the Arab world, using reproducible statistical and scientometric techniques.Methods: An electronic search of Web of Science (core database) had been conducted through use of an extensive search strategy comprising of keywords specific to the Arab region, EMRO countries, telehealth, medical conditions, and disorders. A total yield of 1,630 search results were processed, indexed through July 7, 2020. CiteSpace (5.7.R1, Drexel University, Pennsylvania, USA) is a Java-based application, a user-friendly tool for conducting scientometric analyses.Results: The present analyses found a lack of innovation in the field of digital health in the Arab countries. Many gaps in research were found in Arab countries, which will be discussed subsequently. Digital health research was clustered around themes of big data and artificial intelligence; a lack of progress was seen in telemedicine and digital health. Furthermore, only a small proportion of these publications had principal or corresponding authors from Arab countries. A clear disparity in digital health research in the Arab world was evident after comparing these insights with our previous investigation on telemedicine research in the global context.Conclusion: Telemedicine research is still in its infancy in the Middle Eastern countries. Recommendations include diversification of the research landscape and interdisciplinary collaborations in this area.

E‐commerce and globalization: an exploratory study of Egypt

2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 196-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Elbeltagi
Keyword(s):  
Marketing Strategy ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Shopping Behavior ◽  
Cross Culture ◽  
Content Type

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to address how cultures could affect the way different people use the internet. The study showed that there is a great potential for e‐commerce in Egypt in particular and Arab world in general. However, there are many challenges, where people are used to paying cash for what they buy, the credit or debit card as an instrument for buying things is not readily acceptable by public Egyptians.Design/methodology/approachThis is an exploratory study based on analysing secondary data and observation. The reason for choosing this approach in this stage of research is the lack of research that deals with this particular issue in the chosen case study.FindingsThe results showed that e‐commerce has some merit in targeting global customers, if it considers cultural differences when adopting and applying global marketing strategy. Although there are many governmental initiatives to adopt ICT on all levels in Egypt, the reality still far behind and there is still a lot need to be done from both government and private sector to gain the benefits required. Research limitations/implications–Limitations include the use of secondary data and observation as the research method in this study. Empirical data and sampling will be required for further research. A comprehensive cross culture study among Arab countries and how a framework of culture could affect the online shopping behavior will be required for further research. Managerial implications are discussed with respect to formulating suitable marketing strategy to fit with the cultural differences of the Middle Eastern courtiers especially the language, values and religion.Originality/valueProvides insights for future researchers.

Israel and the Arab World

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Itamar Rabinovich
Keyword(s):  
Arab World ◽  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Present Form ◽  
Peace Treaty ◽  
The West ◽  
Arab Israeli Conflict ◽  
The Gaza Strip ◽  
Palestinian Population

This chapter traces and analyzes the course of the Arab-Israeli conflict from its early days to the present. What began as a Jewish-Arab conflict in and over Palestine developed in 1948 into a larger conflict between Israel and the Arab world. The conflict festered in the 1950s and culminated in the war of June 1967. That war had two major contradictory results. First, it provided Israel with bargaining chips for negotiating peace with Arab countries that lost territory in the Six-Day War. Most significantly, this led to the signing of the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty in 1979. But second, it also encumbered Israel with the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and the lingering control of a large Palestinian population. To a great extent the larger Arab-Israeli conflict was telescoped into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in its present form. In recent years two other contradictory developments have been shaping the Israeli-Arab landscape. The return of Iran and Turkey into the Middle Eastern arena has added an important Islamic dimension to the conflict. But Iran’s quest for regional hegemony and the exacerbation of Sunni-Shiite tensions in the Middle East have had a moderating effect on the attitude of the Sunni Arab states toward Israel.

scholarly journals SOME NON-FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF “ISLAMIC” FINANCES

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 50-65
Author(s):  
S. Y. BABENKOVA
Keyword(s):  
Arab World ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Financial Indicators ◽  
Capitalist Development ◽  
Economic Diversification ◽  
Islamic Financial Institutions ◽  
Systemic Crisis ◽  
Oil Sector ◽  
Unequal Income Distribution

Currently, capitalist development of countries is closely connected  with unequal income distribution both among different segments of  the population and among countries. This tendency is clearly seen in  the economies of Arab countries, among which there are countries  from the top 10 of the richest countries, and countries set back in  their economic development by decades because of world power  interference in their sovereignty. Thus obtained new economic order shows the formation of new, unequal relations between  different countries of Arab world where partnership relations are  offset by arisen systemic crisis. The article considers such social and  economic processes taking place in Arab countries as migration  flows, macroeconomic consequences of decline in the world price of  hydrocarbons, cash outflow from Arab oil-exporting countries. In  addition, in the article are given main financial indicators of major  Arab banks working with Islamic finances, indicators (in dynamics)  of the oil sector, consequences of avoidance from commodity  dependence by economic diversification in the GCC, the problems of  liquidity not peculiar to Islamic financial institutions but to the  economies of Middle Eastern countries are analyzed. Based on the information given in the article, it is worth noting that in the  context of globalization and external economic processes, Islamic  finances represent cash flow of Islamic countries whose essence  does not carry their original purpose. 

scholarly journals The Impact of Social Revolutions on the Arab-Israeli Conflict

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. p17
Author(s):  
Yaron Katz
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
New Media ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
The Political ◽  
Arab Israeli Conflict ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

The Arab Spring refers to the protests and revolutions that spread across Middle Eastern and North African Muslim countries in the spring of 2011. It was the first “social media revolution”, which demonstrated the spread of social revolution and the way civil protests and demands for political reforms can swiftly spread globally through social media. Following the social movement in the Arab World, the turmoil in the Middle East continued with the Israeli Social Justice movement of summer 2011, which was also identified as a social media revolution. Same as in the Arab World, in Israel too new media increased the role of the public, who could influence political issues by bypassing the monopoly of the political establishment and traditional media on the political discourse. The research examines the way that the concept of democracy in the region changed in the digital age. The findings show that social media became crucial in shaping the political discourse and determined dramatic changes in the balance of political power in Israel and Arab countries. Through digital technology and online campaigns politics changed as young Arabs and Israeli altered public agenda from the traditional religious and political Arab-Israeli conflict to social and economic issues.

scholarly journals Role of Arabian female plastic artists in the art market: A comparative analysis study on selected samples of Arab countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 1009-1038
Author(s):  
Ibtesam S. Alrasheed ◽  
Mohrah Hamed Sakr
Keyword(s):  
Women Artists ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Art Market ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Art World ◽  
Arab Region ◽  
The Status

When we try to recall the most famous artworks, what immediately comes to mind are works by male western artists, which makes us wonder about the role of women, especially Arabian women in the art world. This research utilizes the comparative analytical method to discuss the role of female Arabian artists in the Arab region and the western world’s art market. By first gathering data pertaining to works sold at auctions by female Arabian artists from the 20th and the 21st centuries, and who belong to both the eastern and western ends of the Arab world. Then analyzing and comparing the data to understand where women artists of the Arab world fit in the Arabian and Middle Eastern region art market. And to also understand the status of female versus male artist by comparing the highest prices reached by a work of art sold at an auction for artists of both sexes Arabian or western. Results show clear supremacy of male versus female artists in the art market whether in the Arab or the western worlds leading to the conclusion that women’s work is still valued significantly lower than that of men.

scholarly journals Gender and Citizenship in the Arab World

1970 ◽  
pp. 8-18
Author(s):  
Suad Joseph
Keyword(s):  
Arab World ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Arab States ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Comparative Study ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Modern Nation State

This paper investigates the impact of cultural and gender systems in the production of the unequal relationships of Arab women and men to the laws and practices of citizenship. I analyze key laws, social practices, and institutions through which citizenship in Arab states has privileged a masculine citizen. Given that citizenship is mandatory in the modern “nation-state” (Zubaida, 1988), it is striking to observe the reality that the modern “nation-state” has mandated a masculine citizen. Many of the issues affecting the gendering of citizenship in Arab countries appear to be specific to Arab states. Many are shared within the Middle Eastern region. Other issues are similar to patterns found in Third World countries. And some appear to be common to state societies in general. We need to both challenge the misplaced assumptions of cultural homogeneity in the Arab world, as well as sharply identify the patterns which are specific to the gendering of citizenship in Arab states. Therefore, while the focus of this paper is the gendering of citizenship in Arab states, it is my aim to contribute towards the comparative study of processes, which lead to the gendering of citizenship in order both to deessentialize Arab cultures and to understand their specificities.

Israel and the Arab World

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Itamar Rabinovich
Keyword(s):  
Arab World ◽  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Present Form ◽  
Peace Treaty ◽  
The West ◽  
Arab Israeli Conflict ◽  
The Gaza Strip ◽  
Palestinian Population

This chapter traces and analyzes the course of the Arab–Israeli conflict from its early days to the present. What began as a Jewish–Arab conflict in and over Palestine developed in 1948 into a larger conflict between Israel and the Arab world. The conflict festered in the 1950s and culminated in the war of June 1967. That war had two major contradictory results. First, it provided Israel with bargaining chips for negotiating peace with Arab countries that lost territory in the Six-Day War. Most significantly, this led to the signing of the Israeli–Egyptian peace treaty in 1979. But second, it also encumbered Israel with the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and the lingering control of a large Palestinian population. To a great extent the larger Arab–Israeli conflict was telescoped into the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in its present form. In recent years two other contradictory developments have been shaping the Israeli–Arab landscape. The return of Iran and Turkey into the Middle Eastern arena has added an important Islamic dimension to the conflict. But Iran’s quest for regional hegemony and the exacerbation of Sunni–Shiite tensions in the Middle East have had a moderating effect on the attitude of the Sunni Arab states toward Israel.

scholarly journals Mental health research in the Arab world: an update

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (S1) ◽  
pp. S-25-S-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elie G. Karam ◽  
Lynn A. Itani
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Arab World ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mental Health Research ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Gdp Per Capita ◽  
Per Capita

Publications on mental health were collected using PubMed and PsychINFO for 21 Arab countries. The data were then categorised according to the first author's country of affiliation, the year of publication, the topic of research and the type of journal. In 2006–12, the Arab world published 1029 articles (an average of 147 per year). The estimated increase in yearly productivity during this period was about 25% over the 7 preceding years. When considering the research output per million population, Kuwait, Bahrain and Lebanon were the top three producers, as they had been over the preceding four decades. After adjusting for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, the five top producers were Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, Lebanon and Morocco. Based on child and adolescent mental health research only, the Arab world's productivity was around one-sixth that of the United States and Europe.

scholarly journals The Use of Cannabis for Medical Purposes in the Arab World

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Bader H. Shirah ◽  
Mohammed M. Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Medical Research ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Arab Country ◽  
Additional Treatment ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
The Past ◽  
Medical Need ◽  
Industrial Use

The legal landscape of cannabis (marijuana) has dramatically changed over the past few years in several countries worldwide. Many patients now have legal access to products derived from cannabis. In the Middle East, Lebanon became the first Arab country to legalize cannabis for medical and industrial use recently in 2020. Other Middle Eastern and Arab countries continue to completely ban the use of cannabis and products derived from cannabis. This article is a call to conduct medical research in the use of cannabis for medical purposes to determine the suitability and need for this substance in the Arab world. Based on these studies, evidence-based recommendations can be made to the highest authorities in the Arab countries for legalization or continued prohibition. As the international use of cannabis is increasing, the Arab countries may consider legalization of the substance to cover the unmet medical need and offer an additional treatment option for certain conditions.

Reforming Arab Reason

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 19-42
Author(s):  
Khalid Shibib
Keyword(s):  
Arab World ◽  
Legal Reasoning ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Religious Knowledge ◽  
Intrinsic Factors ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Present Information ◽  
Cultural Construct ◽  
Political Economic

As a humanitarian worker who was professionally involved for decades in crisis- and war-shaken countries, the author strove to understand the political, socioeconomic, and cultural factors contributing to conflicts. This contextualization, with a focus on Arab countries, confirmed what other thinkers found: the majority of political, economic, social, cultural, religious, and finally humanitarian crises in the Arab world are man-made and can be attributed to both extrinsic and intrinsic factors. Central to the latter appears to be a shared cultural construct that can be termed “Arab reason.” This essay tries to present information on various aspects of the crisis; to understand why reform efforts come so late and why are they are more difficult for Arabs than for other Muslims. It continues by looking at the knowledge systems that govern Arab reason and their evolution, including the decisive role of the religious knowledge system. From there, it proposes some reform ideas including a renewed legal reasoning process with the goal of a future-oriented, knowledge-based, and inclusive Arab Islamic vision. A pragmatic way forward could be an additional unifying eighth legal school (madhhab/madhāhib) to counter sectarian conflicts and violence. This essay is built on a targeted literature search and is not a comprehensive review of the growing literature generated by distinguished thinkers on various aspects of Arab Islamic identity.

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