Despite internal difficulties and contradictions and external pressure, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), has been able to continue since it was created on 25 May 1981, exactly 28 years ago. Contemporary Arab history is full of many failed unity experiments, some of which died the moment they were born, others carried only snappy slogans without realizing anything on the ground. Examples of these experiments include the Arab League, which has become more of an arena for inter-Arab conflicts rather than unity; the short-lived Egyptian-Syrian unity; The Magrib Union