The Network of Arab Liberals (NAL) held its first General Assembly in Cairo on July 12, 2008. During this meeting, the delegates adopted the by-laws and elected a new leadership. The delegates unanimously elected Mohamed Tamaldou from Union Constitutionnelle (Morocco) as President of NAL.

Furthermore, the delegates elected the following members to the Executive Board:

Margrit Azer, Democratic Front Party, Wael Nawara, Ghad Party (both Egypt), Monder Thabet, Parti Social Liberal (Tunisia), Dr. Camile Chamoun, National Liberal Party (Lebanon) and Mohamed Arslan (Jordan).

The General Assembly also decided that the Secretariat would be in Cairo following an invitation by the Egyptian Democratic Front Party. Meanwhile the legal ramification would be examined before this decision is fully formalized. The General Assembly discussed the plan of activities for the second half of the year. A workshop dealing with the role of women in Arab political parties is tentatively planned to take place in Tunisia in October 2008 in cooperation with the Parti Social Liberal. The General Assembly also took note of the activities for young Arab liberal activists in Egypt and discussed plans to have a further activity for young Liberals tentatively also in October 2008 and in Lebanon.