It is obvious that the Arab world has the human and natural resources,
the know-how and the money to make it a great power able to Compete with
the USA, the USSR, Western Europe, Japan or China. This is not, however,
the case for the simple reason that the countries of the Arab world remain
disunited and do not complement each other economically: The Arab world,
in fact, still imports what is basic to its immediate needs, and is dependent
of foreign countries even for its food and the like, in spite of its 250
million acres of arable land that has not been exploited yet. Of these
250 million acres; 100 millions are in the Sudan, 40 millions in Morocco,
25 millions in Irak, 14 millions in Algeria, 12 millions in Syria, 11 millions
in Saudi Arabia, 9 millions in Tunisia, 8 millions in Egypt, 7 millions
in Jordan, etc.