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Abstract

The present issue marked the end of 11 years of age of Ibnosina Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (IJMBS). The current issue has a variety of articles that reflects the interests of readership of the journal. The narrative review of the acute-and long-term effects of water pipe smoking on the respiratory system and the accompanying commentary eluding to the recent position statement on the impact of water pipe smoking on the cardiovascular system touch on a rising problem in many parts of the world. [1] Being seen as a social function in the Middle East and North Africa allows water pipe smoking to grow among the young and the educated including health-care professions. The viewpoint on the implication of 2023 ECFMG policy changes on medical education in developing countries, sends a wakeup call to academics and other health professional undergraduate education worldwide. [2] Those leading undergraduate institutions have a duty of ensuring that their graduates are enabled to undertake further specialist training in advanced countries before they return home or seek their fortunes worldwide.