[...]... Algeria A political and economic dictionary of the middle east 20 and Egypt have played a major role in the preparation and management of NEPAD NEPAD is ultimately answerable to the AU Assembly AFTZ —see Arab Free Trade Zone Aga Khan IV, His Highness Prince Karim The spiritual leader of the Nizari Ismailis Aga Khan, Prince Sadruddin Iranian UN official The son of Mohammed Shah Educated at Harvard University,... The capital is Kabul, and the country is divided into 32 provinces (velaya, plural velayat): Badakhshan, Badghis, Baghlan, Balkh, Bamian, Farah, Faryab, Ghazni, Ghowr, Helmand, Herat, Jowzjan, Kabol, Kandahar, Kapisa, Khowst, Konar, Kondoz, Laghman, Lowgar, Nangarhar, Nimruz, Nurestan, Oruzgan, Paktia, Paktika, Parvan, Samangan, Sar-e Pol, Takhar, Vardak, and Zabol The population is divided ethnically... Information Centre in the United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi, Emirate of Member of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) One of the former Trucial states Largest emirate in the UAE Located on the offshore island of the same name, the Emirate of Abu A political and economic dictionary of the middle east 6 Dhabi was founded by members of the Ahl bu Falah clan of the Bani Yas tribe in 1761 Until the early 1960s the. .. about the al-Aqsa intifada (he stated that the end of the intifada was a prerequisite for peace and called for a halt to armed attacks on Israeli targets in both Israel proper and the Occupied Territories) at the launch of the Road Map in Aqaba, Jordan, alienated him from many ordinary Palestinians as well as from the militant Hamas, al-Jihad and the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade He resigned as Prime Minister... acceptable to conservatives or fundamentalists than it would otherwise have been Abdul Aziz ibn Abdul Rahman as-Saud —see Ibn Saud Abdul Haq, Hadij The first Afghan mujahidin commander to meet Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher A political and economic dictionary of the middle east 4 Abdullah, bin Hussein, Emir (then King) of Jordan Great-grandfather of the present King of Jordan Established by Great... intelligence and security apparatus and was responsible for the PLO’s and al-Fatah’s undercover and clandestine units ‘Abu Jihad’ —see Wazir, Khalil ‘Abu Mazen’ —see Abbas, Mahmoud Abu Mazen-Beilin Plan The controversial Framework for the Conclusion of a Final Status Agreement Between Israel and the PLO, drafted in October 1995 by Mahmoud Abbas and Yossi Beilin A political and economic dictionary of the middle. .. middle east 8 Abu Musa Island The island of Abu Musa, only a few sq km in area, lies in the Persian (Arabian) Gulf about midway between Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and was the source of a dispute between them as both regarded it as vitally important for economic, security and environmental reasons Abu Musa and the two Tunb Islands constitute the strategic keys to the Straits of Hormuz After... became the leader of the National Command of the Iraqi Ba’ath Party African Union (AU) The AU replaced the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in July 2002 The AU aims to support unity, solidarity, and peace among African states Members include: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania and Tunisia The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) was admitted to the OAU in February 1982, but its membership was disputed... Muslim ummah ‘Abu Iyad’ Nom de guerre of Salah Khalaf, co-founder of al-Fatah Active with Yasser Arafat and Khalil al-Wazir (‘Abu Jihad’) in Cairo in the early 1950s in the Palestinian Students Union, editing a magazine The Voice of Palestine and establishing al-Fatah Became one of Arafat’s closest supporters within the leadership of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) He was head of the intelligence... Polynesia and the Netherlands Antilles) Mauritania is the 10th largest recipient of aid per head in the world, Jordan is the 13th largest and Lebanon the 17th largest Morocco, Jordan, Yemen, Afghanistan and Tunisia all rank (in that order) among the world’s largest recipients of aid in overall value AIS—Armée islamique du salut (Algeria)— Islamic Salvation Army The AIS was established in mid-1994 as the armed . The Middle East and North Africa and Africa South of the Sahara, also published by Europa Publications, and the Political and Economic Dictionaries of. class="bi x0 y0 w0 h0" alt="" A POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DICTIONARY OF THE MIDDLE EAST A POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DICTIONARY OF THE MIDDLE EAST David