Topic: Middle East and North Africa

Report on the Case of Dr. Saad Eddin Mohamed Ibrahim, Imprisoned Sociologist, Cairo, Egypt (2001) - This report primarily presents information gathered by two CHR delegates who traveled to Cairo, Egypt in 2001 to observe hearings in the trial of...

Scientists and Human Rights in Syria (2000) - In 1993, when this report was written, the Committee on Human Rights (CHR) had documented the ongoing detention of 238 scientific colleagues and...

The Experiences and Challenges of Science and Ethics: Proceedings of an American-Iranian Workshop (2003) - In April 2002, the U.S. National Academies hosted an interacademy workshop involving participants from the United States and Iran in Bellagio, Italy,...

USAID Research Support Program - The Policy and Global Affairs (PGA) Division of the U.S. National Research Council (NRC) provides technical and administrative support to the...

U.S.-Iranian Cooperation in Addressing Global Issues (2000) - In 2000, the leadership of the National Academies accepted an invitation from the leadership of the Iranian Academy of Sciences and the Iranian...

Water for the Future: The West Bank and Gaza Strip, Israel, and Jordan (1999) - This book is the result of a joint research effort led by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and involving the Royal Scientific Society of Jordan,...