The ACRPS held the First Annual Conference on the Social Sciences and Humanities from March 24-26, 2012 in Doha, Qatar. Around 100 researchers and participants attended from across the Arab countries and the generations. The Conference had two tracks: “From Hampered Growth to Sustainable Development: Which Socioeconomic Policies for Arab Countries?” which comprised 29 papers; and “Identity and Language in the Arab Homeland”, which included 36 papers. The conference provided the opportunity for new research to be presented and offered a platform for the Arab academic community to meet and interact, by exchanging expertise and knowledge and forming links between the older and younger generation of scholars.