Top Arab Cities 2010
By Trends • Jun 1st, 2010Top Arab Cities in Security & Human Rights
Doha came 16th worldwide in the indexes of safety and stability according to Vision of Humanity’s Report and ranked first among Arab cities in the sectors of security and human rights. Dubai moved to the second position this year after having ranked seventh in 2009 because of its good performance in the following indexes: freedom of the press, safety, war risk, and reliability of police services.
Abu Dhabi moved to the third position, followed by Muscat which ranked fourth and then Kuwait (which ranked first in the freedom of the press index and second in the women’s development index). Manama registered good results in road accidents mortality and women’s development indexes, placing it in the sixth position before Amman.
Casablanca and Rabat held the eighth and ninth positions respectively as they registered a decreasing number of premeditated murders. Tunis ranked tenth because of its bad record in murder crimes, freedom of the press, organized crime and road accident mortality. Beirut ranked 11th followed by Damascus and Aleppo, while Jeddah and Riyadh ranked 14th and 15th after holding the last position in the previous report. Khartoum moved to the 16th position, followed by Alexandria, then Cairo, and finally Algiers, which ranked 110th worldwide in the safety index.
