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Recent Gallup Polls reveal the extent to which cell phones and home Internet connections are present throughout the Middle East and North Africa. In some areas, however, these tools remain less common among rural residents.

Iraqis' views of their health are the worst in the Middle East and North Africa. The country's score on Gallup's Physical Well-Being Index is nearly half those of the UAE and Kuwait, two of the region's wealthier, more stable nations.

Gallup's global well-being surveys from 2010 reveal that a median of 21% across 124 countries were "thriving" last year, based on how people rated their lives at the current time and in the next five years. The percentage who were thriving ...

In its first report on Arab youth, Gallup Poll findings reveal that many young Arabs who don’t already own businesses plan to start one in the next year.

Gallup finds minorities of young people across many Arab League countries surveyed, except in the Gulf region, satisfied with job creation. Young Arabs perceive obstacles to entering the job market relating to lack of economic, selection system, ...

Global approval of U.S. leadership in 2010 topped that of China, Russia, Japan, France, the United Kingdom, and Germany -- continuing a shift first seen in 2009 after President Barack Obama took office.

The image of U.S. leadership is showing some cracks worldwide in the third year of President Barack Obama's presidency, with approval ratings remaining static or declining in many countries.

At the Obama administration's halfway mark, approval of U.S. leadership worldwide is still higher than during the Bush administration's last years. Across 116 countries, median approval of U.S. leadership in 2010 stood at 47% -- relatively ...

"The Silatech Index: Voices of Young Arabs" report reveals widespread entrepreneurial ambitions among Arabs aged 15 to 29. Across 20 Arab League countries surveyed, a median 27% of young Arabs who were not already business owners said they ...

Gallup surveys show the economic situation on the ground in Yemen is one of the most dismal in the Middle East and North Africa and many Yemenis expect it to deteriorate. Half of Yemenis are finding it difficult to get by on their incomes and ...