What does MENA mean in News & Media?

MENA

The term MENA, for "Middle East and North Africa", is an acronym often used in academic, military planning, disaster relief, and business writing. Due to the geographic ambiguity and Eurocentric nature of the term "Middle East", many people prefer use of the term WANA or the less common NAWA. The term covers an extensive region, extending from Morocco to Iran, including the majority of both the Middle Eastern and Maghreb countries. The term is roughly synonymous with the term the Greater Middle East. The population of the MENA region at its least extent is about 381 million people, about 6% of the total world population Bahrain – 1,235,000, Egypt – 79,090,000, Iran – 76,923,000, Iraq – 31,234,000, Israel – 7,654,000, Jordan – 6,407,000, Kuwait – 3,566,000, Lebanon – 4,224,000, Libya – 6,420,000, Morocco – 32,200,000, Oman – 2,845,000, Gaza Strip – 1,657,000, West Bank – 2,515,000, Qatar – 1,697,000, Saudi Arabia – 27,137,000, Syria – 22,505,000, Tunisia – 10,433,000, UAE – 4,976,000, Yemen – 23,580,000 At its greatest extent, its population is roughly 523 million. Swedish neo-Nazis will often refer to all Muslims as "MENA".

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