LEBANON 
Kabakian-Khasholian T. and M. Najem. "Alf Mabrouk." 2001. [Illustrated booklet for women on postpartum health published in Arabic].


EGYPT 
Khalil K, Sholkamy H, Hassanein N, Cherine M, Elnoury A, Mohsen L, Breebaart M, Farahat Z, Todd K, and Shoubary A. Hospital practices for normal labor: an observational study. The relationship of observed practices to evidence-based medicine. Study report. Cairo: The Population Council.

Protocol for normal labor. Developed in collaboration with the Galaa Hospital staff. Disseminated at Galaa Hospital.

Sholkamy H, Khalil K, Cherine M, Elnoury A, Breebaart M, and Hassanein N. An Observation Checklist for Facility-Based Normal Labor and Delivery Practices: The Galaa Study. Cairo: Population Council. 2003. [Monographs in Reproductive Health No.5]. Read the monograph here.


OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
Arasoughly A. Birth at the Checkpoint. Ramallah: Ministry of Health and UNFPA, 2002. [Video].

Hassan S, Wick L. Needs Assessment of Maternity Services at Ramallah Hospital. Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University [Report].

Institute of Community and Public Health. "Mabruk maa ajakum - Building skills for midwifery care during the period of childbirth and the postpartum." Palestine: Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University, 2003. [Booklet published in Arabic distributed as a guide for midwives in the West Bank and Gaza].

Institute of Community and Public Health. "Childbirth under siege." Palestine: Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University, 2003. [Illustrated booklet published in Arabic for women on home birth distributed in the West Bank and Gaza].

Wick L, Mikki N. Normal Labor and Birth Practices at Maqassed Hospital, Jerusalem, 2004-2005. Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University, 2006. [Report].

Wick L, Mikki N. "Childbirth in Palestine: Reported practices and evidence-based guidelines." Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University. June 2004. [Study Report].

Wick L. "Traditional Birth Attendants in the West Bank: An Assessment of System Building and Training Needs." Palestine: ICPH and Women's Health and Development Directorate. 1999. [Report]. 


SYRIA
Bashour, H., Abdulsalam, A., Al-Faisal, W., & Cheikha, S. (2008). The patterns and determinants of maternity care in Damascus, Syria. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 14(3), 595-604. [Research Brief]. Read the research brief here.

Bashour H, Kharouf M, AbdulSalam A, El Asmar K, Tabbaa M, Cheikha S. (2008)Effect of postnatal home visits on maternal/infant outcomes in Syria: a randomized controlled trial. Public Health Nursing, 25(2):115-125. [Research Brief]. Read the research brief here.

Cheikha S, Abdulsalam A, Al-Faisal W, Bashour H. Routine obstetrical practices in Syria in the light of Evidence-based Medicine. [Proceedings of 45th Science Week of the Supreme Council of Science; Damascus, November 2005].