Middle East&Africa Astronomical Society (MEAAS)

The MEARIM-Meeting participants from 40 countries agreed to initiate a new Middle East&Africa Astronomical Society  (MEAAS) and to be a working group at IAU.

Such socity would be useful in developing education and astronomy in MEA.

Driven by MEA delegates – request Ahmed Hady from Egypt as first chair, and Philip A. Charles from South Africa as a co-chair.

The members of the  office of MEAAS  will be as follows:

1-     Ali Hussain Abdullah (Kuwait )

2-     Ajabshirizadeh Ali (Tabriz, Iran)

3-     H. M. K. Alnaimiy (UAE),

4-     Athem W Alsabti ( UK, Iraq )

5-     Salman Jabor Althani (Qatar )

6-     Abdel latif Amine(  Tunisia )

7-     Walid J. Azzam (Baihran )

8-     Shafi Nebiha Bedru, (Ethiopian)

9-     Segun  Olawale   Bolaji (Nigeria)

10-   Noah Brosch ( Israel )

11-   Kevin Govender (South Africa )

12-   Ocker C de Jager (South Africa)

13-   Susan Murabona Oduori (Kenya )

More Detail about the Society will appear soon.