Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal Group and Zogby International ink cooperation agreement

Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal Group is a major publishing and conferencing organization in the Arab world.

Its publications include Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal Magazine, the leading Arab business and economics magazine, the Al-Defaiya bi-monthly, which covers the defense industry, the travel and tourism magazine, Middle East Travel, and "Al Hasnaa", the pioneering Arab women's magazine which was first published in 1909.

The Group is also the largest organizer of economic and business conferences and events in the region, with a record of nearly 100 successful conferences and events organized so far across the Arab world and regionally. The Group enjoys an extensive network of contacts in the region, which it places in the service of promoting the Arab economies and the investment opportunities that they offer.

Zogby International based in Utica, NY and Washington DC is a full service market and public opinion research firm founded by John Zogby, a prominent American-Arab personality.

"By providing reliable market research, opinion polls, strategic business information and consulting services to our customers they are in turn able to gain prolific insight into their respective markets and can make sound business decisions based on hard data," said Ashraf Faramawi, Director of Zogby International's Middle East operations. Zogby International is active in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, and provides its services and expertise to a select group of leading corporations and institutions in addition to public authorities, governments, international organizations and other bodies.

The cooperation agreement between Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal Group and Zogby International will be an ideal avenue for expanding and intensifying the role and activities of the two parties in the Middle East and the rest of the world. It will also allow both companies to benefit mutually from their relations and expertise in the MENA/GCC as well as international markets.