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“How woke are you?”

This week, 16 heads of states from the Arab world are gathered at the Dead Sea in Jordan for the annual Arab Summit.

Muhammad Hamed / Reuters

On the top of the agenda for the summit is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — delegates at the gathering, according to reports, are expected to revive the 15-year-old Arab Peace Initiative.

Leaders from the 22-member confederation are also discussing turmoil and political challenges in Syria, Yemen, Libya, and Iraq. If that wasn't enough, the summit also pledges to address Iran's role in the region — the country's military has been accused of fueling proxy conflicts in many of the embattled countries.

That sounds like a lot of hard work — and may explain why a quarter of the leaders were sleeping during the sessions.

Here’s Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas.

Via Twitter: @LibyanBentBladi

Here’s the President of Yemen, Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi.

Via Twitter: @DrAbbasKadhim

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