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The latest brief from Abu Dhabi Gallup Center examines public perceptions leading up to the first regional uprising. Against the backdrop of a rising GDP, Tunisian life evaluation plummeted, setting the first sparks of the Arab Spring. The ...

Of the nine nations surveyed in the 2002 Gallup Poll of the Islamic World, Lebanon is by far the most religiously diverse. A total of 1,050 Lebanese adults were interviewed in 140 different sampling locations throughout the country. Of these, ...

A majority in all but one of eight predominantly Islamic countries included in a recent Gallup World Poll analysis agree that women should be allowed to hold leadership positions, but majority levels range widely, from 54% to 91%. Only in Saudi ...

Investor optimism reached a new low point for the year in July, according to the latest UBS/Gallup Index of Investor Optimism. More importantly, investors turned pessimistic about the overall economic outlook for the first time since late fall ...

Although a minority practice, the taking of multiple wives is permitted within the Islamic faith -- on the explicit, and formidable, condition that the husband is capable of treating each wife justly and equitably. Gallup's recent poll of nine ...

In possibly the most challenging project in Gallup's history, 10,000 people in nine predominantly Islamic countries were interviewed in December 2001 and January 2002. Researchers conducted hour-long, in-person interviews in Saudi Arabia, Iran, ...

Ahead of World Water Day, Gallup reveals that people in sub-Saharan Africa are the least likely of the world’s citizens to express satisfaction with the water quality in their communities.

Gallup analysis suggests that one's religious identity and level of devotion have little to do with one's views about targeting civilians. According to the largest global study of its kind, covering 131 countries, it is human development and ...

In most of the countries surveyed for Gallup's poll of the Islamic world, a plurality of respondents rate both the United States and Great Britain unfavorably, while France is rated more favorably.

As the world witnesses the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the U.S.-led "war on terror" begins its seventh year, hard questions must be asked about the core assumptions that are guiding policy in this battle. Are they ...