Document Type : Research Paper

Author

• Bahram Najafpour

Member of Faculty, Payam Noor University of Firuz Abad

Abstract

Middle East is an area in Southeastern Asia and Northeastern Africa which includes Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, countries of Arabic Peninsula as well as Egypt and Sudan. Some also consider Afghanistan and Pakistan as belonging to the Middle East. The term “Middle East” became customary by the British Army during the Second World War, and this area is of great importance in strategic and geopolitical terms.
This article is a summary of the report of a travel in the Middle East countries for study of water crisis, which, considering its great attention to different aspects of the issue, can be of great value.