Proposed to be established and hosted by the United Arab Emirates with its facilities hub located in the UAE with distributed faculties across the region. An Arabic university dedicated to development for the MENA region through generating and sustaining research centers of excellence to global standards and providing International and domestic trade and vocational education and training through unique teaching faculties in the region as well as distance education utilizing ICT and requiring minimum entry requirements. The plans have attracted wide attention through the region and also by the African Union.