title: List of Arab organizations
text: # List of Arab organizations
  
  Below is a list of Arab organizations by area of interest.
  
  ## Cultural organizations
  
  * Arab States Broadcasting Union
  * Arab Chess Federation
  
  ## Economic organizations
  
  * Arab Industrial Development and Mining Organization
  * Arab Monetary Fund
  * Arab Organization for Industrialization
  * Council of Arab Economic Unity
  * Greater Arab Free Trade Area – a treaty made by several Arab countries to make an Arab Common Market. The treaty was signed in 1997.
  * Gulf Cooperation Council – a minor Arab organization, concerned with economic cooperation, It includes all Arab Persian Gulf states except Iraq. Yemen and Iraq are both possible members of the organization.
  * Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
  
  ## Educational organizations
  
  * Arab Open University
  * Association of Arab Universities
  * Association of Arab and European Universities
  * Fawakih
  
  ## Political organizations
  
  * Arab League – an organization that includes 22 members and 2 observers, and concentrates mainly on Political issues rather than Economical and Social ones.
  * Arab Maghreb Union – a minor Arab organization that includes, Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Libya and Tunisia. The organization was affected greatly in its sufficiency by the ongoing conflict in Western Sahara.
  
  ## Scientific organizations
  
  * Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED)
  
  ## Sports organizations
  
  * Pan Arab Games
  * Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA)
  