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The Egypt Portal. Egypt ( Arabic: مصر Miṣr [mesˁr], Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [mɑsˤr] ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.
Arab City Melaka was a commercial development project in Malacca Island, Malacca, Malaysia. It was a joint venture between Golden Corporate Heritage Sdn Bhd (GCH) and Malacca's state company. [1] The project, considered "the first ever in the world", were billed at RM 1 Billion but has since been placed on hold.
Rank Country City Population Founding date Image 1 Egypt Cairo: 22,623,874 968 CE: 2 Iraq Baghdad: 8,126,755 762 CE: 3 Saudi Arabia Riyadh: 7,676,654 1746 CE: 4 Egypt ...
The Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO) is a Tunis-based institution of the Arab League, established in accordance with article 3 of the Arab Cultural Unity Charter by an announcement made in Cairo, Egypt, on 25 July 1970. ALECSO works to coordinate cultural and educational activities in the Arab world.
Arab Capital of Culture. The Arab Capital of Culture ( Arabic: عاصمة الثقافة العربية, romanized : ʿāṣima ath-thaqāfa al-ʿarabiyya) is an initiative taken by the Arab League under the UNESCO [1] Cultural Capitals Program to promote and celebrate Arab culture and encourage cooperation in the Arab region.
Aḥmad ibn Mājid (Arabic: أحمد بن ماجد), also known as the "Arab Admiral" (أمير البحر العربي, ʿAmīr al-Baḥr al-ʿArabī) and the "Lion of the Sea", was an Arab navigator and cartographer born c. 1432 in Julfar, the present-day Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates. He was raised in a family famous for ...
Arab expatriates contribute to the circulation of financial and human capital in the region and thus significantly promote regional development. In 2009 Arab countries received a total of US$35.1 billion in remittance in-flows and remittances sent to Jordan , Egypt and Lebanon from other Arab countries are 40 to 190 per cent higher than trade ...
The Bahrain Portal. Bahrain ( / bɑːˈreɪn / ⓘ bah-RAYN, / bæxˈreɪn /; Arabic: البحرين, romanized : al-Baḥrayn, lit. 'Two Seas ', locally [æl bɑħˈreːn] ⓘ ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, is an island country in West Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural ...