List of Arab organizations
# 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)
