Middle East Resources

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Middle East Studies:

  • University of Michigan, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies
  • University of Pennsylvania, see also African Studies Home Page
  • University of Texas at Austin, Center for Middle Eastern Studies (World Wide Web) | (Gopher)
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • University of Chicago, Center for Middle Eastern Studies | Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (NELC) | Middle East Documentation Center (MEDOC) | Oriental Institute
  • Middle East Economic Survey
  • University of Bergen - Norway, Center for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
  • University of Denver, Center for Judaic Studies and Institute for Islamic-Judaic Studies
  • Netherlands Institute for the Near East (NINO)
  • University of Exeter (UK), Center for Arab Gulf Studies
  • University of Memphis, Institute of Art and Archeology
  • University of Utah
  • Harvard University, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
  • University of Toronto (Canada)
  • Durham University,(UK) Middle East Documentation Unit

    Islamic Resources:

  • American Council for Public Affairs
  • Books and Video on Islam
  • DUNYA, (CYBERMUSLIM)
  • Islamic Web Resources (Safi's Home Page)
  • Islamic WWW Server
  • Hadith and Sunnah (MSA Univ. of Southern California)
  • Muslim Students Association (The California Institute of Technology)
  • Muslim Students Association (Univ. of Southern California)
  • Muslim Students Association (Univ. of Texas at Austin)
  • The Quran (Yusuf Ali's translation)
  • International List of Muslim Periodicals, (by C.R. Sulaiman)
  • Islamic Gopher Resources
  • Muslim Students Association (State University of New York)
  • The Quran (E.H. Palmer's translation)
  • The Quran (Pickthall's translation)
  • The Quran (M.H. Shakir's translation)
  • Sufism Home Page
  • Sufism Bibliography (Collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris)
  • bit.listserv.muslims FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

    Jewish Resources:

  • Introduction to Judaism (Virtual Classroom by Bruce Rosenstock)
  • Judaism and Jewish Resources
  • Scrolls From the Dead Sea: The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship (University of North Carolina)

    Country Info/Data Sheets:

  • Amnesty International Country Reports: Middle East and North Africa 1994
  • Area Handbook Program, Library of Congress
  • CIA Publications and Handbooks
  • International Affairs Resources
  • United Nations
  • U.S. State Department Background Notes
  • U.S. State Department Human Rights Country Reports 1993 | 1994
  • U.S. State Department Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade practices
  • U.S. State Department Travel Advisories
  • CIA Atlas of the Middle East
  • Maps of the Middle East
  • Maps of Africa
  • World City Maps
  • World Maps and more maps
  • CIA Map of the Middle East
  • City Net Virtual Tourist World Map
  • City Net Virtual Tourist Middle East Map
  • City.Net Middle East Map (Virtual Tourist II)
  • Clickable Map of Tunis (from RNRT)

    PICTURES

  • Aleppo, Syria (Levant Cultural Multimedia Server
  • Colour Tour of Egypt
  • Egyptian Gallery
  • Egypt Scenery (African Studies, Penn Univ.)
  • Kuwait Gallery
  • Lebanon (from Soc.Culture Lebanon)
  • Lebanon and the Levant (from Al- Mashriq-Levant Cultural Multimedia Servers)
  • Mouad Marakichi's WWW Home Page
  • Moroccan Picture Gallery
  • Museums and Exhibitions in Israel
  • Palestine's Home Page
  • Pictures from Iraq (Suhaib Mohammed)
  • Pictures from Jerusalem and more (Israel Information Service)
  • Pictures from Palestine (General Union of Palestine Students (UK))
  • Pictures of Mosques
  • Pyramid Area
  • Resources on Iraq (International Action Center)
  • Saudi Arabia Ministry of Information-Foreign Relations
  • Turkey in Pictures
  • View of Africa and Saudi Arabia from Apollo 17
  • Virtual Tour of Israel
  • Visit Egypt
  • Visit Cairo

    CULTURE AND LANGUAGE

  • Al-Mashriq (Levant Cultural Multimedia Server)
  • Arabic and Islamic Home Page
  • Languages (from The Ethnologue Database)
  • Map of Semitic Languages (from Al Mashriq)

    CINEMA

  • Arab Film Society Home Page
  • Arab Film Distribution Home Page

    MUSIC and SONGS

  • Al-Mashriq Music and Songs (Levant Cultural Multimedia Server)
  • Fairuz (Lebanese Club at MIT)
  • RAI Music (Cheb Khaled, Algeria)
  • Moroccan Music
  • Music of Ziad Rahbani (Lebanese Club at MIT)

    POETRY

  • Issam Lakkis (Lebanese Club at MIT)
  • Nizar Kabbani (Lebanese Club at MIT)
  • Mahmoud Darwish (Lebanese Club at MIT)
  • Persian Poetry (Global Publishing Group)
  • Turkish Poetry HomePage

    RECIPES

  • Food and Recipes (Levant Cultural Multimedia Server)
  • Kuwaiti recipes
  • Lebanese Cuisine
  • Moroccan Cuisine
  • Turkish Cuisine