Mofeed Archive

The Mofeed Archive is a database encompassing all research produced since 2020 on COVID-19 and the Arab world, including academic journal articles, news reports, and publications and policy briefs of international organizations, think-tanks and research centers. The database spans a wide range of subjects, including domestic politics, public health, legal affairs, media, economics, geopolitics, and more.

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15 Economy A Billionaire’s World: Labor, Loss, and Inequality in the Middle East and North Africa During COVID This article focuses on the MENA region in juxtaposing the global spike of 3.9 trillion USD in billionaires’ wealth during the first year of the pandemic with the parallel loss of 3.7 trillion USD in workers’ assets. MENA Region Harvard International Review 04/05/2022 Article
16 Domestic Politics, Social Policy, Political & Human Rights, Social Justice Arab States: Overcoming the Fragilities of Governance Systems for Sustainable Recovery This article assesses the fragility of Arab government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and provides policy recommendations. MENA Region UNDP 01/01/2022 Report
17 Public Health, Gender, Social Policy, Political & Human Rights, Social Justice COVID-19 in the MENA: An Exploration of Gender Sensitive State Responses This article describes how women in the formal sector of MENA economies have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Authors focus on 3 MENA countries and explore the gendered impacts of the pandemic. MENA Region, Jordan, Iraq, Morocco Project on Middle East Political Science 01/06/2022 Working Paper
18 Public Health, Social Policy, Political & Human Rights, Social Justice COVID-19 Responses in the Middle East and North Africa in Global Perspective This article studies the nature of the government response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), exploring both within-region diversity and between-region variation. MENA Region Project on Middle East Political Science 01/06/2022 Working Paper
19 Economy, Public Health Does COVID-19 Pandemic Spur Digital Business Transformation in the MENA Region? Evidence from Firm Level Data This working paper analyzes how the outbreak of COVID-19 in the MENA region affected the accelerating digital transformation in business firms. MENA Region, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia Economic Research Forum 01/06/2022 Working Paper
20 Medical Research Presentation, Management, and Outcome of COVID-19 among Patients with Cancer in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. This article captures data on 1345 patients with cancer to assess SARS-COV-2 infection presentations, diagnosis, treatment, complications, and outcomes in 12 centers in 8 Mena region countries. MENA Region, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Algeria, United Arab Emirates, Morocco Journal of Clinical Oncology 02/06/2022 Journal Article
21 Economy, Public Health, Social Policy, Political & Human Rights, Social Justice Economic and Psychosocial Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Nations of the GCC This article examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in GCC countries, especially on the economic and psychosocial level. MENA Region, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain Global Business and Economics Review 17/06/2022 Journal Article
22 Economy, Geopolitics, Social Policy, Energy & Environment Impact of COVID-19 Crisis on Energy Consumption and Socio-Spatial Behavior of the Residential Sector in Extreme Climates. Case study Southwest of Algeria This article examines the immediate and long-term impact of COVID-19 on various forms of energy consumption during confinement in Algeria. Algeria TECHNIUM 09/06/2022 Journal Article
23 Public Health, Education, Social Policy, Social Justice The Impact of the COVID-19 Related School Closure on the Mental Health and Well-Being of Children with SEN and Their Parents in Algeria This study studies and analyzes the experience of twenty-three parents and five children with special educational needs during complete lockdown and limited access to school support in Algeria. Algeria International Journal of Disability Development and Education 23/06/2022 Journal Article
24 Public Health, Medical Research, Vaccine Post-Vaccination Outcomes in Association with Four COVID-19 Vaccines in the Kingdom of Bahrain This study examines COVID-19 related outcomes derived from Bahraini national database where 4 vaccines were deployed, comparing the 4 vaccines through post-vaccination outcomes. Bahrain Nature Scientific Reports 02/06/2022 Journal Article
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