Dr. Ismahane Elouafi, Director General of the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), was the guest of the "30 Minutes" Arabic talk show on Sharjah TV on 8 May 2013. Dr. Elouafi provided a brief about the Center and highlighted some major achievements that ICBA has delivered since its inception in 1999. Ismahane emphasized the positive impact that the research at the Center has had on the UAE in particular and the region in general.