Repercussions of the COVID-19 Crisis on the Sustainable Development Goals: New Challenges for Arab Countries

This study aims to highlight the current standing of Arab countries on the sustainable development index, and to explain the main challenges to sustainable development due to the outbreak of the (COVID-19) pandemic. Thus, formulating a proposed model that supports the achievement of sustainable development goals in the Arab region. To achieve its objectives;the study employed a qualitative analysis approach for a set of international indicators regarding the anticipation of the effects of the ability of Arab countries to achieve sustainable development goals because of the outbreak of the (COVID-19) pandemic. This study reached a set of results, the most prominent of which was that development policies in Arab countries are still fragmented, poverty and inequality rates are constantly increasing, weak frameworks for participation in the implementation of sustainable development goals, as well as the poor sustainability of production and economic structures.