COVID-19 has disrupted livelihoods and economies across the world, changing consumption patterns of all different types of products and services, including digital media. The Arab World is no exception, though perhaps the transformation in digital media consumption has been accelerated by the pandemic outbreak. The Arab world has witnessed a steady increase in both internet usage and social media penetration,…
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PEER REVIEW: Arab Barometer
The Arab Barometer is a nonpartisan research network, hosted at Princeton University, which provides insight into the social, political, and economic attitudes and values of people across the Arab world. They have been conducting high quality and reliable public opinion surveys in the MENA region since 2006 and make the data publicly available (free of charge) on their website. The Arab Barometer is currently updating…
Foreign Affairs: Arab Public Opinion Constrains Normalization with Israel
For Immediate Release **Please credit Arab Barometer and Foreign Affairs Magazine** A new Foreign Affairs article analyzes Arab Barometer’s latest wave of surveys, revealing a sharp decline in support for normalization with Israel—and in favorability toward its Western allies—across the Middle East and North Africa following Israel’s war in Gaza post-October 7. Public opposition has halted normalization efforts, constraining regional governments’…
International Relations and the Middle East: US, China, and Regional Powers
A series of panels discussing the Sixth Wave of the Arab Barometer. The Middle East Institute (MEI) is pleased to announce a four-part series in cooperation with Arab Barometer, on the occasion of the publication of Arab Barometer’s findings from the sixth wave of its surveys. This most recent poll was conducted in the wake of the outbreak of Covid-19,…
Iraq Public Opinion Report 2024
If uncertainty was the key theme reverberating through Arab Barometer’s 2022 seventh wave findings in Iraq, emergent stability—however slight—is the main one echoing its eighth wave, at least with respect to domestic politics. To be sure, the country still faces many challenges, and protests over corruption, elections, women’s rights, climate change-induced power outages, among other issues have continued to episodically…
Egyptian Public Opinion Factsheet 2026
Background Egyptians are navigating a period marked by rising economic pressures, regional instability, and intensifying conflict across the Middle East. Against this backdrop, the ninth wave of Arab Barometer surveyed Egyptians on their views of economic conditions, governance, political reform, regional affairs, and media use. This factsheet highlights selected key findings from Arab Barometer’s public opinion survey in Egypt. How…
Views From the Ground: Perceptions of Domestic Conditions in MENA
A series of panels discussing the Sixth Wave of the Arab Barometer. The Middle East Institute (MEI) is pleased to hold the third event in a four-part series in cooperation with Arab Barometer, on the occasion of the publication of Arab Barometer’s findings from the sixth wave of its surveys. This most recent poll was conducted in the wake of…
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Tunisian Public Opinion Factsheet 2025
Background Six years after the election of President Kais Saied, Tunisian public opinion has largely stabilized. Tunisians are navigating persistent economic hardship, a shrinking public sphere, and a regional landscape reshaped by the war in Gaza. Against this backdrop, the ninth wave of Arab Barometer surveyed Tunisians on their views of economic conditions, trust in institutions, government performance, migration, gender…
Russia’s strategy in MENA garners marginal returns in public opinion
Russia’s attempts to reestablish its footing in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) over the past decade have engendered few changes in regional public opinion towards the country. Findings from Arab Barometer’s latest wave of data (2023-2024) reveal that MENA publics’ attitudes towards Russia have been unaltered by its invasion of Ukraine, though outright majorities of citizens in surveyed…
Lebanon Migration Insights: 2024 Public Opinion Factsheet
In the eighth wave of Arab Barometer, we interviewed 2,400 Lebanese citizens between February and April 2024 to help shed light on their migration preferences. This survey provides a snapshot of how current economic, political, and security challenges—including the escalating tensions between Israel and Hezbollah—are shaping these migration aspirations. About AB Wave VIII Survey This factsheet highlights key findings from…
How the Gaza War is Shaping MENA Public’s Support for the Two-State Solution
The War in Gaza has had dramatic effects on views of publics across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), as Arab Barometer findings have revealed. Unsurprisingly, views of how the Palestinian-Israeli conflict should be resolved have also been affected. Given the images coming out of Gaza, it might be expected that views toward the peace process would have hardened…
MOROCCO: GENDER ATTITUDES AT A GLANCE
Key Findings from Arab Barometer Wave IX (2025) Background Morocco’s King Mohammed VI appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as the country’s first woman prime minister on September 29, following parliamentary elections. Her appointment marks a historic moment for Morocco and makes El Mansouri the third woman to serve as prime minister in the Arab world. Against this backdrop, Arab Barometer’s 2025…
MENA citizens to their governments: “Health before wealth”
“Health cannot be bought at the supermarket,” Hans Rosling once reminded audiences in 2006 when discussing health data and development in countries in the Arab region, among others. The famed physician and former professor of international health at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute continued, “You have to invest in health. You have to get kids into schooling. You have to train health…
Citizen priorities on the environment and climate change in MENA
This piece is part of a four-part series published by the Middle East Institute in cooperation with Arab Barometer analyzing the results of the seventh wave of the Arab Barometer surveys. The results of the seventh wave survey from Arab Barometer, a non-partisan research network that provides insight into Arab citizen views, shed light on regional perspectives on issues of climate change, water resources,…