American Univesity of Beirut

​The following links concern water and sanitation in the Arab world

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Centers, Institutes and Networks

• InterWATER Middle East and North Africa  (contains lists of organizations working on water issues in the Arab world)
  
• Middle East & North Africa Network of Water Centers of Excellence (MENA-NWC)
  
• National Institute of Hygiene (Rabat, Morocco)
  
• National Water Research Center (NWRC) (Egypt)
  

Conferences

• Near East & North Africa Land and Water Days, 29 April - 02 May 2013 (Cairo, Egypt)
  
• Water Security For Sustainable Development, 18-21 october 2015 (Amman, Jordan)
  

Data 

• Sanitation - Middle East and North Africa (Childinfo)
  
• UNICEF - Water & Sanitation
  
• UNICEF statistics (variety of topics): Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Syria, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  

Desalination

• MENA Regional Water Outlook: Part II Desalination Using Renewable Energy, 2011 - New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute
  
• Renewable Energy Desalination. An Emerging Solution to Close the Water Gap in the Middle East and North Africa, a book by the World Bank 
  
• The Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC)
  
• Water Desalination and Reuse Center, King Abdulla University of Science and Technology
  

Projects

• Water and Energy Linkages in the Middle East – Regional Collaboration Opportunities (Stockholm Water Institute (SIWI)
• Water Centers of Excellence in the Middle East and North Africa (WCE MENA) - USAID
• World Bank Water Projects
• Water and Sanitation in the Middle East and North Africa (World Bank)
• Water Resources Management in MENA (World Bank) 
• World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) - UNESCO