Yasmina Abouzzohour

Muscat, Oman.- In photos taken on November 13, 2020, it shows the streets of Muscat during the coronavirus pandemic. Oman has received $ 1 billion in direct financial aid from Qatar, at a time when the sultanate is trying to mitigate its economic crisis, which has been exacerbated by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and falling oil prices.

BDC Snapshots: Neutral Oman is clear winner of Gulf crisis and resolution

Yasmina Abouzzohour

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al-Said gives a speech after being sworn in before the royal family council in Muscat, Oman January 11, 2020. REUTERS/Sultan Al Hasani/File Photo

One year into his reign, Oman’s sultan must renegotiate the social contract and prioritize diversification

Yasmina Abouzzohour

Wednesday, January 13, 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 H. Rahman, Noha Aboueldahab, Ranj Alaaldin, Adel Abdel Ghafar, Galip Dalay, Yasmina Abouzzohour, Robert P. Beschel Jr., and Nader Kabbani

Sunday, January 10, 2021

Rabat, Morocco.- In the photos, it shows the streets of Rabat during the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. David Nabarro, special adviser to the World Health Organization (WHO) urged governments not to use quarantine as the main strategy to control the spread of COVID-19 and warned of the increase in poverty as a result of the restrictions . "At the World Health Organization we do not advocate quarantines as the main means of controlling this virus," Nabarro said.

Coping with COVID-19’s cost: The example of Morocco

Yasmina Abouzzohour

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Employees collect protective face masks from the production line at a factory as Morocco starts to increase their production following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Casablanca, Morocco April 10, 2020. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

Policy and institutional responses to COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa: Morocco

Yasmina Abouzzohour

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Shop agent mesure temperature of the client before entring during the first opning of the shops after the lockdown in Tunis, Tunisia on May 11, 2020. With the health ban in its first phase (from 4 to 24 May) entering its second week, the commercial movement in the capital resumed its activity in a significant and significant way by recovering the activity of selling ready-made clothes and shoes and the rest of the other commercial activities. Since the early hours of Monday morning, most shops selling ready-made clothes and shoes have opened their doors to the public amid strict precautions to prevent the spread of the new Coronavirus (COVID-19), despite Tunisia's relative control of this global pandemic. (Photo by Mohamed Krit/ Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Policy and institutional responses to COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa: Tunisia

Yasmina Abouzzohour and Nejla Ben Mimoune

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

King Mohammed VI of Morocco deliveres a speech on occasion of the opening of the parliament, on October 09, 2020 in Rabat, Morocco. Photo via Azzize boukallouch/ABACAPRESS.COM

Morocco’s partial normalization with Israel comes with risks and gains

Yasmina Abouzzohour

Monday, December 14, 2020

Saleh al-Makzom, deputy president of Libya's General National Congress (GNC), speaks during UN-brokered talks in Skhirat, near Rabat, Morocco June 25, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

Libya’s Tangier Talks: Why is Morocco getting involved?

Yasmina Abouzzohour

Thursday, December 3, 2020

Algeria must prioritize economic change amidst COVID-19 and political crisis

Yasmina Abouzzohour and Nejla Ben Mimoune

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Protesters take part in a rally organised by the February 20 opposition movement in Casablanca July 10, 2011. Thousands of Moroccans staged protests on Sunday, the latest in a series of peaceful demonstrations by a youth-led movement to demand reforms that go beyond constitutional changes crafted by the palace. REUTERS/Macao (MOROCCO - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR2OQDL

Foreign Policy in North Africa

Yasmina Abouzzohour

Wednesday, November 11, 2020