Adel Abdel Ghafar

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 H. 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

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, European Council President Donald Tusk, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President of Egypt and Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Arab League's secretary general, attend a news conference during a summit between Arab league and European Union member states, in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, February 25, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany - RC1A493D83D0

Mapping European leverage in the MENA region: Egypt

Adel Abdel Ghafar

December, 2019

A general view of Abadan oil refinery in southwest Iran, is pictured from Iraqi side of Shatt al-Arab in Al-Faw south of Basra, Iraq September 21, 2019. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani - RC156ACB6840

The shifting energy landscape and the Gulf economies’ diversification challenge

Samantha Gross and Adel Abdel Ghafar

December 2019

A Chinese worker uses the elevator of the 270-metre-high minaret at the construction site of the new Great Mosque of Algiers, called Djemaa El Djazair, which is being built by the China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC), and overseen by Algeria's National Agency for Realization and Management (ANERGEMA) in Algiers, Algeria February 7, 2017. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra - RC190C8B5940

Beijing strengthens its presence in the Maghreb

Adel Abdel Ghafar and Anna L. Jacobs

Monday September 9, 2019

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Beijing calling: Assessing China’s growing footprint in North Africa

Adel Abdel Ghafar and Anna L. Jacobs

Monday, September 23, 2019

What Brookings experts are saying about the two-year anniversary of the Gulf crisis

Omar H. Rahman, Noha Aboueldahab, Zach Vertin, Ali Fathollah-Nejad, Nader Kabbani, Ranj Alaaldin, Galip Dalay, Adel Abdel Ghafar, and Yasmina Abouzzohour

Monday, June 3, 2019

Cover: The European Union and North Africa

The European Union and North Africa

Edited by Adel Abdel Ghafar

2019