Middle East

Sub-headings:

Middle East Travel & Tourism

Middle Eastern History

Resources in this category:

Al-Bawaba
http://www.albawaba.com/

"Al-Bawaba, The Gateway in Arabic, is a comprehensive Middle Eastern portal on the Internet. It provides information on the Middle Eastern economy and business sectors, along with politics, tourism, culture, legal issues, health, entertainment and sports. News items, in-depth reports and analysis on all these topics are undertaken daily. Includes a keyword search facility." The site is available in Arabic and English, along with a Business section in French.

Arab Culture and Civilization
http://arabworld.nitle.org/

Offers original texts and audio and video files about the language, culture and history of the Arab world.

Arab Decision
http://www.arabdecision.org/

Government, economic, legislative, education, civil society, and press information in English and Arabic on Egypt, Jordan, Saudia Arabia, Syria, Lebanon, and the United Arab Emirates. Includes a search function by country or name.

Azerbaijan International
http://azer.com/

"Azerbaijan International is an independent magazine published since 1993 and committed to the discussion of issues related to Azerbaijanis around the world." In addition to magazine articles, this site contains information on other topics of interest, including music, art, and international business. Also contains personal accounts written by Azerbaijanis.

Digital Egypt for Universities
http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/Welcome.html

A learning and teaching resource for higher education aimed to assist teaching across all disciplines. Contains 3000 pages created by Wolfram Grajetzki; 300 pages by Stephen Quirke and invited contributors; 3d reconstructions of 14 archaeological sites by Narushige Shiode.

The Egyptian Presidency
http://www.presidency.gov.eg/

Learn about Egypt, its government, and its current president. You can also take a virtual tour of Abdeen Palace, the official office of the Egyptian president.

Encyclopaedia of the Orient
http://i-cias.com/e.o/index.htm

A reference tool allowing searches on anything concerning the Arabic World, "built on the idea that improved knowledge between the Muslim world and the countries of Europe and North America was extremely important both for the people suffering from misunderstandings and artificial distance, and for helping to avoid the crisis predicted by scholars for the decades to come." Has frames.

Iraq Information Center, Andy Holt Virtual Library
http://www.utm.edu/vlibrary/iraq.shtml

Operated by the Andy Holt Virtual Library at the University of Tennessee-Martin, the Iraq Information Center provides links to online information about the country of iraq. Categories include general demographic information, governments and embassies affiliated with Iraq, language, history, cultural heritage, maps and other geographic resources, news sites, Iraqi weapons and military, and information about the post-invasion "crisis." Note that many of the links are broken.

Islamic Republic News Agency
http://www.irna.ir/

The official news agency of Iran "offers its news services online and a guide to all online news agencies and newswires." In English, Persian and Arabic.

Middle East Research and Information Project
http://www.merip.org/

MERIP has been active since 1971. It is a non-profit NGO based in Washington D.C. centered around media outreach, public education, and providing non-mainstream information and analysis on events in the Middle East. The site includes Middle East Report Online, a web-exclusive collection of analysis and commentary about current events affecting the region.

Middle East Virtual Library
http://ssgdoc.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/vlib/html/

"An information portal for Middle East and Islamic Studies. It provides access to online information and to digital records of printed and other offline media and thus supports the concept of a hybrid library for Middle East and Islamic Studies." Featured are the following types of resources: * Special Subject Guide for electronic resources relevant for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies * Current Contents Services for scholarly journals * Virtual Catalogue Middle East * Database for dissertations * Database for conferences."

Pars Times
http://www.parstimes.com/

This site in intended to provide information on the Middle East generally and Iran more specifically. It is indexed by topic and includes sections on Middle Eastern and world news, business, weather, and webguides, on sports and travel. There is a special section devoted to Iran that covers topics such as arts, history, media, news, travel, business, geography, culture, government, and reference materials.

Uysal-Walker Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative
http://aton.ttu.edu/

This site gives users access to the Archive of Turkish Narrative created by its three founders, located in the Special Collections section of Texas Tech University Library. It includes audio-taped narratives of the citizens of the Turkish Republic, guides, images, translations and music.