MANAMA, APR. 27, (BNA)--THE 18TH SESSION OF THE THREE-DAY NATIONAL ARAB CONFERENCE WILL KICK START IN BAHRAIN TOMORROW WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF 600 PROMINENT POLITICAL AND INTELLECTUAL ARAB PERSONALITIES.

THE CONFERENCE, TO BE HELD UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF AKHBAR AL KHALEEJ DAILY, WILL DISCUSS ARAB ISSUES THROUGH AN ANNUAL REPORT AND A SCIENTIFIC DRAFT PAPERWORK PREPARED BY A NUMBER OF ARAB INTELLECTUALS REGARDING A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

THE STATE OF THE NATION REPORT DEALS WITH A NUMBER OF ISSUES TOUCHING ON THE ARAB NATION IN LIGHT OF THE GLOBAL CHANGES INCLUDING THE PROBLEM OF DEMOCRACY IN THE ARAB WORLD, THE PALESTINIAN CAUSE, THE LEBANESE CRISIS, THE SITUATION IN SOMALIA AND AN EVALUATION OF THE ARAB COUNTRIES ECONOMIC PERFORMANCES LAST YEAR.

CONCERNING THE ARAB DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, IT WILL BE DISCUSSED FROM DIFFERENT ANGLED PERTAINING TO VARIOUS ISSUES.

AMONG THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPANTS AT THE CONFERENCE ARE FORMER LEBANESE PRIME MINISTERS DR.

SALEEM AL HIS AND RASHEED AL SOLEH, FORMER ALGERIAN PRIME MINISTER ABDUL HAMID AL IBRAHIMI, ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE ALGERIAN REVOLUTION AND FORMER SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE ALGERIAN LIBERATION FRONT PARTY ABDUL HAMID MEHRI, IRAQI MUSLIM SCHOLARS AUTHORITY PRESIDENT SHEIKH HARITH AL DHARI, DR.

AZMI BSHARA AND OTHER MILITARY EXPERTS AND ARAB INTELLECTUALS.

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