Orphan date February 2009 File Emblem of Maghreb.svg thumb right 200px Emblem of Maghreb and the ArabMaghrebUnion General secretary of the Union The emblem of Maghreb is the emblem of Maghreb and the ArabMaghrebUnion General Secretary of the Union . External links http maghrebarabe.org MaghrebUnion official website Category Maghreb heraldry stub ar ru ... more details
MaghrebArab Press known as MAP, lang fr Maghreb Arabe Presse , is a Morocco Moroccan official news agency founded on May 31, 1959 by Mehdi Bennouna in Rabat . The director is Mohammed Khabbachi , and the general office is located in Rabat . The agency has official international services in four languages Arabic language Arabic , English language English , French language French , and Spanish language Spanish . In 1960, the agency launched the Africa n bulletin. It launched the Middle East service as well as the English service on October 14, 1975. MAP is a state owned company. International offices The agency has international office s in Abidjan , Algiers , Bonn , Beirut Beyrouth , Cairo , Dakar , Geneva , Jeddah , Lisbon , Madrid , Mexico City , Montreal , Moscow , New Delhi , Nouakchott , Paris , Rome , Tunis and Washington, D.C. Washington . National and regional offices The agency has national and regional office s in Agadir , Casablanca , Tangier , Dakhla , Fes , Kenitra , El Aai n Layoune , Nador , Oujda and Settat . Correspondents The agency has correspondent s in Abu Dhabi , Addis Ababa , Ankara , Baghdad , Buenos Aires , Caracas , Damascus , El Jadida , Essaouira , M laga , Marseille , Mexico City , New Delhi , Ouarzazate , Pretoria , Tan Tan , Taza , Tehran , Tetouan and Tripoli . See also Media of Morocco External links http www.map.ma eng MAP s website Category Moroccan media Category News agencies Category Arab news agencies ar fr Maghreb Arabe Presse ... more details
File LAS Map.GIF thumb 500xp Right Map that would include an ArabUnion Life in the Arab League The term ArabUnion was first used when the British people British promised Arabs a united independent Arab state after that failed to happen due to the Sykes Picot Agreement , Arabs since have called for an ArabUnion, with Gamal Abdel Nasser trying several Arab Federations, alongside with other Arab states , such as Egypt , the United Arab Emirates , Tunisia , Libya , Iraq , Syria , Jordan , Lebanon , the Palestinian Territories, Sudan , and North Yemen . In the 2004 Arab League summit in Cairo , Egypt , president of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh proposed the creation of an ArabUnion, replacing the Arab League , so it can be a stronger political and geographical body, capable of dealing with world issues. However, the proposal failed to reach the Summit s agenda, but in 2009 the Arab League summit in Doha , Qatar the proposal managed to reach the Summit s agenda. It was decided that it will be looked into and discussed. ref name AFP http www.arabnews.com ?page 4§ion 0&article 39348&d 11&m 2&y 2004&pix world.jpg&category World Yemen Proposes Replacing Arab League With ArabUnion , Agence France Presse , 11 February 2004 ref See also Arab League Arab Federation Arab Unity Arab Socialist Union disambiguation Arab Socialist UnionArab States Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf References reflist Category Arab League Category Nationalism by country or region Category Arab nationalism Category Pan movements Arabism Category Irredentism Arabism ar de Arabische Union pt Uni o rabe ... more details
col end See also col begin col 2 Amazigh Moroccan Democratic Party ArabMaghrebUnionArab people ...About the region the Muslim prayer Maghrib other uses Maghrib disambiguation File Maghreb orthographic projection .svg right thumb 300px The MaghrebUnion Countries The Maghreb Arabic , Berber ... modern states of North Africa established the MaghrebUnion in 1989 to promote cooperation and economic integration in a common market . It was envisioned initially by Muammar Gaddafi as an Arab superstate, ignoring the Berber identity of many North Africans. The union included Western Sahara ... L Union du Maghreb arabe accessdate 2010 05 17 ref putting Morocco s long cold war with Algeria to a rest. However, this progress was short lived, and the union is now frozen. Tensions between Algeria ... dynasty Ziyyanid dynasty Kingdom of Fez The Arabs reached the Maghreb in early Umayyad times. Arab ... enslaved by Muslim pirates. Arab control over the Maghreb was quite weak. Various Islamic groups ... hr Magreb id Arab Maghrib is Maghreb it Maghreb he jv Maghribi ka kk sw Maghrib ... Sahara mostly controlled by Morocco . During Al Andalus era in Spain, the Maghreb s inhabitants, Maghrebis , were known as Moors ref The Moors were simply Maghrebis, inhabitants of the maghreb, the western ..., 1880, New York, p.95 ref Today, it is used as a proper noun denoting the Maghreb, also known as lang ar transl ar al maghrib al arab the Arab west in Arabic. The definite form ... of modern nation states in the region in the 20th century, Maghreb referred to a smaller area between ... of the northern parts of the Maghreb have long been tied in to the inhabitants of the Mediterranean ... the two countries. These two main conflicts have hindered progress on the union s joint goals ... title Maghreb accessdate 2007 07 11 work The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 05. ref The popular ... Kairouan Mosque Courtyard.jpg thumb 220px The Mosque of Uqba Great Mosque of Kairouan , founded by the Arab ... more details
The Arab Socialist Union may refer to Arab Socialist Union Egypt , active 1962 1978 Arab Socialist Union Iraq , active 1964 1968 Arab Socialist Union Libya , active 1971 1977 Arab Socialist Union Syria , founded in 1973 See also Socialist Union disambiguation disambig de Arabische Sozialistische Union fr Union socialiste arabe ru uk ... more details
en accessdate 2010 08 10 ref The announcement was made by the head of the Arab Customs Union Committee , Saud Al Jefeiri , who recentlypresided over a two day meeting of the committee at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo , Egypt . Participants in the meeting discussed the customs union plan and the structure of the customs union and reviewed the legal structure and regulations for the union. The union will lead to the establishment of an Arab common market. Al Jefeiri, who represented Qatar at the meeting, said most Arab member countries agreed to put forward an implementing plan, Egypt and Morocco asked for an independent accord to govern the customs union. The Arab customs union resolution contains 17 chapters and 179 articles regulating economic and trade relationship between Arab countries , and aims to boost trade and investment among member states See also Arab League Economic and Social Council Arab League Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Council of Arab Economic Unity CAEU Federation of Arab Trade Unions and Labor Societies References Reflist http www.gulf daily news.com NewsDetails.aspx?storyid 240423 Leaders set to approve Arab customs union http www.bilaterals.org rubrique.php3?id rubrique 169 GAFTA on the bilaterals.org Trade Category Arab League Category Economy of the Arab League Category Economics organizations ar ...File Customs unions.png thumb right 200px Customs unions worldwide Life in the Arab League The Arab customs union is a customs union announced at the Arab League s 2009 Economic and Social Council Arab League 2009 summit Arab Economic and Social Development Summit in Kuwait in order to achieve a functional customs union by 2015 and an Arab Single market common market by 2020 and to increase inter Arab trade and integration. ref Cite news last first coauthors title Arab leaders issue resolutions, emphasize Gaza reconstruction efforts newspaper location pages language publisher Kuwait News Agency ... more details
The Arab Writers Union is an association of Arab writers. The Union is currently based in Cairo where it moved in 2008. ref http weekly.ahram.org.eg 2008 893 cu2.htm Al Ahram Weekly Egyptian and Arab Writers Unions celebrate the opening of new premises in Cairo ref References reflist External links http www.awu dam.org Official site Egypt stub Category Writers organizations Category Egyptian literature Category Organisations based in Egypt ... more details
This article refers to the ASU in Libya. For sister parties in other Arab states, see Arab Socialist Union disambiguation Arab Socialist Union Infobox political party party name Arab Socialist Union native name logo founder Muammar Gaddafi leader Muammar Gaddafi foundation Start date 1971 dissolution Start date 1977 ideology Arab nationalism , br Arab socialism , br Pan Arabism international headquarters Tripoli , Libya country Libya colorcode black The Arab Socialist Union lang ar , unicode Al Itti d Al I tir k Al Arab was a political party in Libya . Many aspects of Muammar Gaddafi s Libya n revolution were based on that of Gamal Abdel Nasser . Like Nasser, Gaddafi seized power with a Free Officers Movement , which, in 1971, became the Arab Socialist Union. Like its Egyptian counterpart, the Libyan ASU was the single party state sole legal party , and was designed as a vehicle for integrated national expression rather than as a political party. In 1972, Gaddafi pushed hard for the formation of a Federation of Arab Republics , combining Libya with Egypt and Syria under his leadership. However, the union, such as it was, broke up in 1977. The 1970s also saw a Libyan attempt for union with Tunisia also fail. References Reflist Category Nasserist political parties Category Parties of single party systems Category Arab socialist political parties Category Socialism in Libya Category Political parties in Libya de Arabische Sozialistische Union fr Union socialiste arabe ru uk ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2011 This article refers to the ASU in Iraq. For sister parties in other Arab states, see Arab Socialist Union disambiguation Infobox political party party name Iraqi Arab Socialist Union native name logo founder leader Fuad ar Rikabi foundation Start date 1964 dissolution Start date 1968 ideology Arab nationalism , br Arab socialism , br Pan Arabism , br Nasserism international headquarters Baghdad , Iraq country Iraq colorcode black The Iraqi Arab Socialist Union lang ar , unicode Al Itti d Al I tir k Al Arab Al Iraqi was a political party in Iraq based on the principles of Nasserism Nasserist Arab socialism . It was a sister party to the Arab Socialist Union parties that sprung up in a number of Arab countries. In Iraq, the ASU after the overthrow of the Baathists in between time of Ramadan to the revolt of President Abd al Salam Arif preferred and only officially authorized party, but could not effectively compete with the traditionally influential parties and power groups. The Iraqi Arab Socialist Union was founded in July 1964 came on the establishment of preparatory committee also not. These committees have failed in the goal to integrate the existing parties as well as on the task that was to promote planned by Nasser and Arif gradual economic, military and political union of Egypt and Iraq. Chairman of the Iraqi ASU just the former secretary general of the Iraqi Baath Party, Fuad ... smaller parties are dissolved and joined the IASU, the most important of these was a union with Nasser ... Iraqi union plans was put under the Iraqi ASU in October 1966 directly to the government. A group led by al Rikabi split then as Arab Socialist Movement ASM from. Arif was instead in July ... political parties Category Arab socialist political parties Category Political parties in Iraq de Arabische Sozialistische Union fr Union socialiste arabe ru uk ... more details
Multiple issues lead too short May 2009 refimprove April 2009 The Arab States Broadcasting Union ASBU , founded in 1969, is an Arab world Arab joint action institution related to the League of Arab States and the Pan Arabism Pan Arab Association of Public Service and Commercial Broadcasters based in Tunis . Members Active Members Algerian National Television Establishment Algerian National Radio Establishment Bahrain Radio & TV Radio and Television of Djibouti Egyptian Radio and TV Union Iraqi Radio and Television Establishment Jordan Radio & TV Corporation Kuwaiti Television Kuwaiti Radio Television of Lebanon Radio of Lebanon Arab Libyan Jamahiya Broadcasting Services Television of Mauritania Radio of Mauritania Moroccan Radio & TV Sultanate of Oman Television Sultanate of Oman Radio Palestine Broadcasting Corporation Television of Qatar Radio of Qatar Saudi Arabian Television Saudi Arabian Radio Somalian Broadcasting Services Sudan National Radio and TV and TV Corporation Syrian Radio and TV Organization Tunisian Radio and TV Establishment Emirates Media Yemen Radio and TV Corporation Participating Members Middle East Broadcasting Center MBC ORBIT Communication Co ROMA Lebanese Communication Group LCG Al Rai Kuwaiti Satellite Channel Associate Members CFI FRANCE OFRT FRANCE PTV PAKISTAN RAI ITALY RTVE SPAIN RTP PORTUGAL NRK NORWAY See also Arab League References references External links http www.asbu.net www en home.asp Arab States Broadcasting Union http www.arableagueonline.org las index.jsp Arab league International broadcasting organizations Category Organizations established in 1969 Category Public broadcasting Category Arab League MEast stub bcast stub ar ... more details
This article refers to the ASU in Egypt. For sister parties in other Arab states, see Arab Socialist Union disambiguation Infobox political party party name Arab Socialist Union native name ... as ASU General Secretary 1965 1971 The Arab Socialist Union lang ar , unicode ... PA149&ots Wx24X6 puK&dq 22Arab Socialist Union 22&ie ISO 8859 1&output html&sig fzehdb0UeHf Nf2YCSPz0LRS0Q0 ref Emergence The Arab Socialist Union was founded in Egypt in December 1962 by Gamal Abdel ... three political platforms left, centre and right to form within the Arab Socialist Union. In 1978 ... the ratification of this law had not meant cancellation of the Arab Socialist Union, rather it had given the Union more powers to allow party formation. References Reflist Egyptian political parties ... parties in Egypt Category Arab Unification Category Arab Socialist Union de Arabische Sozialistische ... adopted as a symbol of Arab Nationalism founder Gamal Abdel Nasser leader1 title First leader leader1 ... 1962 dissolution Start date 1978 ideology Arab nationalism , br Arab socialism , br Pan Arabism , br ... Nasserist Arab socialism . ref name Egypt citebook title Egypt s Incomplete Revolution Lutfi ... s Assembly . The Charter also saw a strong assertion of Arab nationalism , within the context of historical .... Many of today s political parties in Egypt have their origin in the breakup of the ASU. The Arab Socialist Union goals at that point reflected the following There should be state control over the national .... Arab nationalism and pan Arabism should be pursued. Class struggle is not required for Arab socialism ... and the institutional state. In August 1974, Sadat put forward a working paper to revamp the Arab Socialist Union. In July 1975, the Arab Socialist Union s general conference adopted a resolution on establishing political forums within the union for expression of opinion in accordance with basic ... forums to represent the right wing the Liberal Socialist Organization , the center wing Egypt Arab ... more details
This article refers to the ASU in Syria. For sister parties in other Arab states, see Arab Socialist Union Infobox political party country Syria colorcode black party name Arab Socialist Union Party of Syria ... Unreferenced date November 2008 Politics of Syria The Arab Socialist Union Party of Syria ... of Arab Nationalists , the United Arab Front and the Socialist Union created a Syrian branch of the Egyptian led Arab Socialist Union , which after a Nasserite coup attempt in the Spring of 1963 was in militant ..., by renaming themselves the Democratic Arab Socialist Union . Both ASU Syria and DASU ... party itself dissolved in the mid 1970s. ASU and DASU today The Arab Socialist Union Party of Syria ... Political parties in Syria Category Nasserist political parties Category Arab Socialist Union Category ... foundation 1973 ideology Arab Socialism , Nasserism national National Progressive Front Syria National ... has little independent existence. Background Arab Socialism in Syria Non Nasserite Arab socialism in Syria has its origins in the Arab Socialist Movement Arab Socialist Party ASP also ASM, for Arab ... Hawrani took over leadership of the party and changed its name to the Arab Socialist Party . After ... on a merger with a nationalist and pan Arab ist opposition party, the Ba ath Party Arab Ba ath Party . The new party was called the Ba ath Party Arab Socialist Ba ath Party . In 1959, the Syrian section of the Baath Party dissolved to leave room for the National Union UAR National Union , which was the only legal party within the United Arab Republic a Syria Egypt merger under Gamal Abdel Nasser s leadership . However, dissent over the union grew, and another conference, a year ... in opposition to the separatist government and demanded renewed union with Egypt. Formation as opposition ... itself from the ASU. The Movement of Arab Nationalists also continued to work in their separate ... de Arabische Sozialistische Union fr Union socialiste arabe ru ... more details
refimprove date February 2012 Infobox political party name english Democratic Arab Socialist Union name native colorcode 000000 leader Hassan Ismail Abdelazim foundation start date 1980 split Arab Socialist Union Syria Arab Socialist Union Party of Syria headquarters Paris , France ideology Nasserism , br Democratic socialism national National Democratic Rally Syria National Democratic Rally The Democratic Arab Socialist Union Arabic language Arabic Al Ittihad Al Ishtiraki Al Arabi Al Dimuqratiy French language French Union arabe socialiste d mocratique is a Nasserism Nasserist Democratic socialism democratic socialist Syria Syrian political party based in Paris , France . It was founded in a split of the Arab Socialist Union Syria Arab Socialist Union Party of Syria and Hassan Ismail Abdelazim Arabic language Arabic is its general secretary. ref http www.aljazeera.net specialfiles pages 82ccba2c 2cfc 42d9 ac50 1f1d956776b6 AlJazeera.net ref Is part of the National Democratic Rally Syria National Democratic Rally coalition Arabic language Arabic , at tajammu al wa an ad d m qr . After Hafez al Assad took power in 1970, the ASU entered into negotiations about a coalition government, and agreed to join the National Progressive Front Syria National Progressive Front NPF in 1972. The year after, however, the party split over the adoption of a Syrian constitution in which the Baath was proclaimed the leading party of the country. One minor faction under Fawzi Kiyali accepted the constitution, and retained both the ASU name and the NPF membership, while most members followed party leader Jamal al Atassi into opposition, by renaming themselves the Democratic Arab Socialist Union . Hassan Ismail Abdel Azim was arrested by the Syrian authorities in May 2011 as a crackdown on opposition forces ... more details
Image Guas.jpg thumb GUAS symbol General Union of Arab Students lang ar is a federation of student organizations in the Arab world . The headquarters of the organization are based in Damascus , Syria . ref http www.youthmovements.org guide globalguide.htm Guide to the Global Youth Movement Bot generated title ref The general secretary of GUAS is Nidal Ammar. ref http www.jcp pt.org documents.php?id 1&categoria Portuguese Communist Youth Bot generated title ref External links http www.syriasolidarity.com en meetings.php GUAS website References references Category Student organizations ... more details
Image Arab Parliment.GIF thumb right Arab Inter parliamentary Union Logo At the Arab League Summit of 2001 Amman , the Arab states agreed to create an Arab Parliament , and came up with a resolution to give the Amr Moussa Secretary General of the Arab League the power to start and create the Parliament. In 2004 , in the ordinary Arab League Summit in Algiers was the official date where all Arab League Members agreed to send their representative to the temporary Parliament sessions that took place in the headquarters of the Arab League in Cairo , Egypt , with each member state sending four members, until the Parliament is reassigned permanently to its under construction office in Damascus . Ali El Salem El Dekbas of Kuwait is the current Speaker of the Parliament. List of Members of the Parliament KWT Walid Khaled Al Gary EGY Raga a Ismail al Arabi LBN Robert Iskandar Ghanem flagcountry State of Palestine Rawhi Fattuh SOM Zacheria Mahmoud Hagi Abdi SUD Samia Hussein Sayed Ahmed IRQ Sertib Muhammad Hussein EGY Sa ad Gamal OMN Soud Bin Ahmed El Berouani MTN Salma Bint Tekdi JOR Salwa Damin El Masri flagcountry State of Palestine Selim Deeb El Za enoun EGY Sana Abd El Mene em El Banna OMN Sief Bin Hashim El Maskary SUD Salih Ahmed El Toum El Omraby TUN A eda Morgan Haram El Shemsy QAT Aisha Yousif Al Mena e IRQ Abbas Al Biati ALG Abd El Hak Boumashra DJI Abd El Rahman Hassan Riala ARE ABD EL Rahman Ali Al Shamsy MAR ABD El Raham Lidek BHR Abd El Aziz Abd Allah Al Moussiy JOR Abd El Karim Faisal El Daghmy YEM Abd Allah Ahmed Ghanem ALG Abd Allah Bousnan JOR Abd El Hady Attallah Ammegalli MAR Abd El Wahed Arrady KWT Abd El Wahed Mahmoud El Awadi COM Elwei Sayed Muhammed OMN Ali ... newsite mainb.htm Arableagueonline.net http www.arab ipu.org english Arab Inter parliamentary Union Category Arab League ar fr Parlement arabe it Parlamento arabo pt Parlamento ... joins arab parliament as observer 2010 08 09 title Turkey to join Arab Parliament as observer publisher ... more details
Infobox Organization name UAFA br Union of Arab Football Associations br image UnionArabeFootballAssociation.png size 200px caption UAFA logo formation 1974 type Sports organization membership 22 national associations language Arabic language Arabic , English language English leader title President egyptian general website http www.uafaonline.com Official website Union of Arab Football Associations often referred to as UAFA lang ar is the governing body of Association football football in the Arab League Arab states . Members File UAFA Members.png thumb right legend 00aa00 UAFA Members In AFC legend 5555ff UAFA Members In CAF legend aaaaaa Not an associate member of UAFA valign top Asia Asian Football Confederation AFC fb BHR 1976 fb IRQ 1974 fb JOR 1974 fb KWT 1976 fb LIB 1978 fb OMA 1978 fb PLE 1974 fb QAT 1976 fb KSA 1974 fb SYR 1974 fb UAE 1974 fb YEM 1978 width 50 valign top Africa Confederation of African Football CAF fb ALG 1974 fb COM 2003 fb DJI 1998 fb EGY 1974 fb LBY 1974 fb MTN 1989 fb MAR 1976 fb SOM 1974 fb SUD 1978 fb TUN 1976 Competitions National Teams Competitions Arab Nations Cup Soccer at the Pan Arab Games The Pan Arab Games Palestine Cup of Nations defunct Youth Competitions Arab U 18 Championship Arab U 15 Championship Palestine Cup of Nations for Youth defunct Clubs Competitions Arab Champions League Arab Cup Winners Cup defunct Arab Super Cup defunct Futsal Competitions Arab Futsal Championship Women Competitions Arab Women s Championship Regional Competitions Gulf Cup of Nations Under 23 Gulf ... ar es Uni n de Asociaciones de f tbol rabes fr Union des associations de football arabe ko it Union of Arab Football Associations hu Egyes lt Arab Labdar g sz vets g ... fb United Arab Emirates 265 decrease 17 150 align left fb Yemen 153 decrease 18 164 align left fb ... 998 steady 9 133 align left fbw United Arab Emirates 1729 steady http www.fifa.com worldfootball ... more details
Orphan date February 2012 refimprove date December 2011 Infobox TV channel name Nickelodeon UMA logofile File Nickelodeon logo new.svg logoalt logo2 logosize 220px slogan web launch 8 December 2011 owner sister names sat serv 1 Nilesat Nilesat 7 W sat chan 1 sat serv 2 Arabsat Arabsat 26 E sat chan 2 Nickelodeon Maghreb is a free channel for children targeting children specifically the Arab Maghreb, which is an official edition of Nickelodeon. A result of an agreement between the channel nessma and Nickelodeon French. Was launched on December 8, 2011, its frequency is now fixed with some disturbances. Programming The programs offer the same channel Nickelodeon in French, and allows the channel to change the sound of Arabic and French. Been dubbed the channel programs and translator, currently top of last versions of channels of children in the Arab world, as the top of the child as the first channel of the Maghreb. Related links https www.facebook.com pages Nickelodeon UMA 254885531238953 facebook http www.nickelodeon.fr sitweb Category Nickelodeon ... more details
Multiple issues update July 2009 refimprove November 2008 Infobox Bilateral relations Euro ArabArab League European Union The Arab League and European Union have shared relations since the EU s development into a more political power rather than an economical one. At the 19th summit of the Arab League in Saudi Arabia , Javier Solana attended the summit. He gave the EU s full support to the Arab League s Peace Initiative of 2002. At the summit, he addressed the Arab Leaders once again we find ourselves together, the European Union and the Arab League, once again we have an opportunity to re affirm ... class wikitable style width 5 style width 50 flag Arab League style width 50 flag European Union ... relations of the European Union Use dmy dates date October 2010 Category Foreign relations of the Arab ... Arab League European Union relations ... Representative for CFSP, at the 19th Arab League Summit. Riyadh, 28 March 2007 work publisher Council of the European Union date url http www.consilium.europa.eu ueDocs cms Data docs pressdata en discours ... with State of Palestine Palestinian Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and the Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa . The real Organizational relations started in 2007, when the Arab ..., specially the EU, ASEAN , Sino Arab relations China , India , Japan and Arab South American relations South American . History The Arab League was created decades before the Creation of the European Union. Yet the European states have played a big role in the organization. Starting with its launch, which was a British supported Idea, to increase Arab Nationalism against the Ottomans in the first ... the Arab world. This occurred especially in the French colonial empire French Colonized Algeria ... s Death. By 1973 The Arab European relations were based on oil in exchange of Political support ..., and 22 Arab states . The Summit came with a final resolution which discussed mostly Political ... more details
The Permanent Maghreb of World Wide Fund for Nature is a freshwater ecoregion of North Africa. The Permanent Maghreb ecoregion covers and area of 950,180 square kilometers, and extends across portions of Algeria , Mauritania , Morocco , Tunisia , and Western Sahara . It occupies the Mediterranean Climate region of northern Africa, and is characterized by rivers and streams which flow on the surface year round. The ecoregion is bounded on the north by the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea , and to the south by the Temporary Maghreb freshwater ecoregion, which covers the northern portion of the Sahara and is characterized by temporary or seasonally flowing rivers and streams. References Thieme, Michelle L. 2005 . Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar A Conservation Assessment . Island Press, Washington DC. Category Freshwater ecoregions ecoregion stub ... more details
Use dmy dates date November 2011 Rugby union in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf is a minor, but growing sport. The Arabian Gulf rugby union team is currently ranked 40th in the International Rugby Board s world rankings ref http www.irb.com en World Rankings world rankings full.htm Official IRB World Rankings , ref which ranks the IRB s ninety five full member countries. Out of 4645 registered rugby union players in the Persian Gulf region, 2950 are pre teens or teenagers . ref http www.irb.com unions union 11000056 index.html Official IRB statistics on Arabian Gulf RFU ref Governing body The governing body for rugby in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, until 2010, is the Arabian Gulf Rugby Football Union Arabian Gulf RFU , whose headquarters are located in Dubai , United Arab Emirates. The AGRFU was founded in 1977, and joined the IRB in 1990. ref name Completerugby Bath, Richard ed. The Complete Book of Rugby Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ISBN 1 86200 013 3 p62 ref At the end of 2010, the AGRFU ... reflist colwidth 30em Asia topic Rugby union in Rugby union outside WC Category Rugby union in Arabian Gulf Category Rugby union in Bahrain Category Rugby union in Dubai Category Rugby union in Kuwait Category Rugby union in Oman Category Rugby union in Qatar Category Rugby union in Saudi Arabia Category Rugby union in the United Arab Emirates ... 2009 by the IRB. The first national union to be formed from the AGRFU is expected to be that of the UAE ... Board date 16 January 2009 accessdate 19 January 2009 ref The Arabian Gulf rugby union team AGRFU ... clubs, the Dubai Sevens has encouraged the setting up of a number of Arab teams. ref name Islam The Bahrain Rugby Football Union, ref http www.bahrainrfc.com ref Doha Rugby Football Centre Qatar and Kuwait Rugby Football Union all come under the AGRFU banner, ref name Completerugby but will become ... rugby union team had mixed results at the 2007 Asian Nations Series. The squad was involved in two ... more details
Little Maghreb lang fr Petit Maghreb is a Montreal List of neighbourhoods in Montreal neighbourhood in the borough of Villeray Saint Michel Parc Extension . The neighbourhood is centered on fifteen blocks of Jean Talon Street stretching from Saint Michel Boulevard in the West to Pie IX Boulevard in the East. ref name Spacing cite web url http spacingmontreal.ca 2008 01 10 welcome to little maghreb title Welcome to Little Maghreb last DeWolf first Christopher date 2008 01 10 work publisher Spacing Montreal accessdate 2009 06 08 ref North Africa n merchants in the area have joined together to create a Little Maghreb identity for the neighbourhood, in the same way as Chinatown, Montreal Chinatown had become a symbol for Chinese Canadian Chinese Montrealers, and Little Italy, Montreal Little Italy had become the focal point of the city s Italian Canadian Italian community. ref name Devoir cite web url http www.ledevoir.com 2007 08 28 154839.html title Macadam Le Petit Maghreb last Saint Pierre first Brigitte date 2007 08 28 work Soci t publisher Le Devoir language French accessdate 2009 06 08 ref This neighbourhood is the first of its kind in North America . ref cite news url http www.journaldestmichel.com article 91088 Premier pas vers un grand reve.html title Premier pas vers un grand r ve last Pelletier Legros first Marie Luce date 2007 04 02 work Journal de St Michel publisher Transcontinental publisher Transcontinental language French accessdate 2009 06 08 ref Originally a part of the Saint Michel, Montreal Saint Michel neighbourhood, the late 1990s marked the beginning of the neighbourhood s North African flavour. This was a product of the opening of the Dar Al Arkam Mosque on the corner of Jean Talon and 17th Avenue and the arrival of thousands of immigrants from Algeria ... Montreal accessdate 2009 06 08 ref Little Maghreb is served by the Saint Michel Montreal Metro Saint ... enclaves in Canada Category Maghreb Montreal stub ... more details
Infobox newspaper name Maghreb Confidential type Weekly Newspaper language French and English foundation 1990 Language French and English owners Indigo Publications headquarters Paris ISSN 1624 6136 website http www.intelligenceonline.com Maghreb Confidential is a newsletter specializing in North African politics and business. It has been published each week by Paris based Indigo Publications since 1990. Maghreb Confidential provides news and expert analysis of the evolving economic, political and diplomatic situation in North Africa, examining the public and less visible activities of the most influential players in politics and business and reporting on the latest business negotiations and deals. Ga lle Arenson is the Editor in Chief of Maghreb Confidential and also edits its sister publication Africa Mining Intelligence . Other publications Portal Journalism Africa Energy Intelligence specialist publication for the energy sector in Africa Africa Mining Intelligence specialist publication for the mining industry in Africa Intelligence Online formerly Intelligence Newsletter, specialist publication for the government and corporate intelligence sectors West Africa Newsletter La Lettre du Continent in French, covers politics and business in West and Central Africa The Indian Ocean Newsletter specialist publication covering the countries on the east coast of Africa and the Indian Ocean islands La Lettre A specialist publication for the political and economic life in France, in French only Entourages specialist publication for French politicians networks and entourage, in French only External Links http www.africaintelligence.com MCE Maghreb confidential Category Investigative news sources Indigo Publications Category Publications established in 1980 Category Newspapers published in Paris ... more details
See also Russia and the Arab Israeli conflict Infobox bilateral relations Israel Soviet Union Israel Soviet Union The Soviet Union played a significant role in the Arab Israeli conflict as the conflict was a major part of the Cold War . For related developments after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, see Russia and the Arab Israeli conflict . Marxism Leninism and Zionism Main Soviet Anti ...&f false The Soviet Union and Arab nationalism, 1917 1966 by Hashim S. H. Behbehani ref In addition ... Arab Israeli conflict topics For Soviet foreign policy decision makers, pragmatism took precedence ... a Jewish Arab binational state. But if this proved impossible, as did happen, it indicated that it would .... ref cite book author Khouri, Fred title The Arab Israeli Dilemma 3rd edition publisher Syracuse ... of the State of Israel, May 14, 1948 Israel declared independence , the Soviet Union legally recognized ... , part of the Soviet bloc, were crucial to Israel in the 1948 Arab Israeli War . However ... War The USSR eventually switched sides in the Arab Israeli conflict . After it tried to maintain ... resolutions. ref cite book author Khouri, Fred title The Arab Israeli Dilemma 3rd edition publisher ... a Security Council resolution relating to a Syrian Israeli water dispute because of Arab objections ... negotiations with the Arab states, which the Arab states opposed. ref cite book author Khouri, Fred title The Arab Israeli Dilemma 3rd edition publisher Syracuse University Press year 1985 isbn ... various Arab regimes over Israel. With Israel emerging as a close Western world West ern ally .... The official position of the Soviet Union and its satellite states and agencies was that Zionism was a tool ... by the ruling Communist Party of the Soviet Union the main posits of modern Zionism are militant ... the mass media all over the Soviet Union portrayed the Zionists i.e. Jews and Israeli leaders .... See also Russia and the Arab Israeli conflict Arms shipments from Czechoslovakia to Israel 1947 1949 ... more details
Image Maghreb2.PNG thumb right 300px Location of Maghreb French language French is an administrative language and commonly used, though not on an official basis, in the Maghreb states of Mauritania , Algeria , Morocco and Tunisia . The language was introduced to the region during French colonial rule in the 19th and 20th centuries. The majority of the population in the Maghreb speaks either a Semitic languages Semitic Varieties of Arabic variety of Arabic as the vernacular language see Maghrebi Arabic , Darija , Algerian Arabic , Moroccan Arabic , Tunisian Arabic or a Berber language natively. Standard Arabic , spoken natively by no one, is the official language of all the Maghreb states. Algeria Algeria was a part of the French colonial empire for 130 years during the French rule in Algeria . Algeria was the home to about one million pieds noirs , who later were expelled to France. French is still the most studied foreign language and is widely spoken. Since independence, the government has pursued a policy of linguistic Arabisation of education and bureaucracy, with some success, although many university courses continue to be taught in French. French is also commonly used in media and commerce. Most of French speakers are in fact Kabyles , where Arabs are less even if many of them use a mixture of French and Arabic in daily conversation, which is not the case for Kabyle language Kabyle speakers . French language French is the native language of upper classes Kabyles and also some Arabs. The Algerian Jews and the pieds noirs were are also mostly French speaking. It is a second language for the rest of the population. See also languages of Algeria Morocco French serves as Morocco s primary language of commerce and economics. It is taught universally and is widely used in government ... language and French speaking world African French Maghreb French dialects by continent Unreferenced ... du Maghreb sr zh ... more details
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