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♦ Background: The viability of home peritoneal dialysis (HPD) is being debated in Arab countries. We therefore undertook the present study to assess the viability of HPD in the Arab culture. ♦ Patients and Methods: A total of 100 patients with end-stage renal failure were treated with HPD during the pe-riod January 1996 to October 2001. ♦ Results: Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) was performed in 81 patients (81%), and nightly intermittent peritoneal dialysis (NIPD) in 19 patients (19%). The patient group included 54 men (54%) and 46 women (46%) with a mean age of 54.94 ± 14.58 years. They were followed for a total of 2118.3 patient–treatment months and had a mean dialysis duration of 21.2 ± 9.97 months. Peritonitis occurred at the rates of 1 episode every 18.5 pa-tient–treatment months (Bieffe L3 double-bag system: Bieffe Medital, Grosotto, Italy), 1 episode every 22.5 pa-tient–treatment months (ANDY Plus system: Freseniu