About 2,000 live and work in Egypt. While Arab psychologists follow developments in Western psychology, most of their own studies are done in their native languages and are not translated into English. As a result, few Western psychologists read or hear about their findings. In addition, almost all of the 10 most used psychological tests in the United States have been translated and adapted to the Arab world, but there hasn t been a corresponding development of indigenous tests in Arab countries. Ahmed predicted it will take Arab psychologists 20 to 40 years to overcome this problem.
Psychologists are little understood in Arab countries.
Most people in Arab countries don t know what psychologists do and have a poor understanding of the psychology field. Psychologists themselves lack a clear identity. Arab psychologists don t have a united focus on the goals of their profession and what they are working to achieve. Arab researchers work often centers on instruments. Arab psychologists rarely conduct studies on problems they ve identified.