Adel Abdel Ghafar

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The Gulf Cooperation Council at Forty: Risk and Opportunity in a Changing World

Edited by Tarik M. Yousef and Adel Abdel Ghafar

2022

EU-Gulf relations: Charting the way forward

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EST

French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan for a working lunch at the Chateau de Fontainebleau in Fontainebleau near Paris, France, September 15, 2021. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

France and the UAE: A deepening partnership in uncertain times

Adel Abdel Ghafar and Silvia Colombo

Thursday, October 28, 2021

Moroccan protesters hold up posters of Maati Monjib, a Moroccan professor of political history, to support him during a demonstration in the capital, Rabat, October 21, 2015. Monjib started a second hunger strike last Wednesday after authorities banned him from boarding a plane to Norway for an international conference on journalism in Lillehammer. The sign reads, "Even if you use repression, your intimidation is useless". REUTERS/Stringer

The arrest of Maati Monjib and the continued retreat of human rights in Morocco

Adel Abdel Ghafar

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani during the Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) 41st Summit in Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia January 5, 2021. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY/File Photo

What Brookings experts are saying about the breakthrough in the Gulf crisis

Tarik M. Yousef, Omar Rahman, Noha Aboueldahab, Ranj Alaaldin, Adel Abdel Ghafar, Galip Dalay, Yasmina Abouzzohour, Robert P. Beschel Jr., and Nader Kabbani

Sunday, January 10, 2021

How will the 2020 presidential election shape U.S. policy in the Middle East?

4:00 PM - 5:15 PM AST

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi during a bilateral meeting of the the Second Belt and Road Forum at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China April 25, 2019. Andrea Verdelli/Pool via REUTERS *** Local Caption *** BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 25: Egypt President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi talks to Chinese President Xi Jinping (not pictured) during a bilateral meeting of the Second Belt and Road Forum at the Great Hall of the People on April 25, 2019 in Beijing, China. (Photo by

China in the Mediterranean: Implications of expanding Sino-North Africa relations

Adel Abdel Ghafar and Anna L. Jacobs

July 2020

Webinar: China’s role in the MENA region post-COVID-19

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM AST

RIAD, SAUDI ARABIA- In the photos taken on March, 24 of 2020, Saudi Arabia started its curfew due to coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud has announced a curfew across the country for the next 21 days. Starting Monday (23), residents must stay inside their homes starting at 7 p.m. until 6 a.m., according to the Saudi state press agency. Employees of certain industries, including food services, healthcare and the media, are excluded from the 11-hour curfew. In addition, the Interior Ministry said it will take the necessary measures to enforce the new regulations.

Brookings experts on the implications of COVID-19 for the Middle East and North Africa

Tarik M. Yousef, Ranj Alaaldin, Geneive Abdo, Ali Fathollah-Nejad, Omar Rahman, Yasmina Abouzzohour, Galip Dalay, Nader Kabbani, Adel Abdel Ghafar, and Noha Aboueldahab

Thursday, March 26, 2020

Flags are pictured before a preparatory meeting between Arab foreign ministers ahead of the Arab summit in Tunis, Tunisia March 29, 2019. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

The Middle East and North Africa over the next decade: Key challenges and policy options

Tarik M. Yousef, Noha Aboueldahab, Adel Abdel Ghafar, Yahia H. Zoubir, Ali Fathollah-Nejad, and Nader Kabbani

Tuesday, March 3, 2020