Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Jews of Yemen
Jews have lived in Yemen, a large and rugged country in the southwest part of the Arabian Peninsula, for at least 1,500 years. They identify themselves and are identified by others, as part of the widespread Jewish people. They...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Syriacs
Syriac is a branch of the Aramaic family of languages and was the lingua franca of the eastern Roman Empire at the beginning of the Christian era. It is also spoken extensively in the regions farther east. It became the language of...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Emirians
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Emirians in the United Arab Emirates. Gives basic facts about location, language, folklore, foods, social customs, family life, education, religion, pastimes, societal...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Jews of Kurdistan
Kurdish Jews, a largely rural people, have lived in the mountains and plains of Kurdistan since time immemorial. They have been geographically isolated throughout much of their history and are thought to have retained some old Jewish...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Berbers of Morocco
"Berber" refers to any native speaker of a dialect of the Berber language, although many Arabic speakers in North Africa are also Berber by descent, even if they have lost the language. Especially in Morocco, "Imazighen" is today the...
Bible Study Tools
Bible Study Tools: Parallel Bible
Study selected verses of scripture in parallel columns that compare different versions of the Bible in different languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Russian. Not only a useful tool for students learning another...
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Algeria: People
You can read about the relatively homogenous population of Algeria in this information from the CIA World Fact Book. Find out about the education levels, languages, and religion.
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Tds: Chad: People
A brief discussion of the people of Chad accompanied by a chart that gives information about the population, ethnic group percentages, languages, and religions. From the CIA World Fact Book.
Middle East Policy Council
Middle East Policy Council: Teach Mideast
TeachMideast, a comprehensive instructional portal home to a variety of resources on the Middle East and Islam, considers this region of the world from seven thematic perspectives: stereotypes, geography, history, language, religion,...
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Al Mashriq: Naguib Mahfouz
Article describes Mahfouz and his acceptance of the Nobel Prize in 1989. Includes pictures and links to related information.
Phonecian Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia Phoeniciana: The Phoenician Alphabet
Both fun and informative, this rich site from the Encyclopedia Phoeniciana explains the importance of the Phoenician alphabet for the development of world languages. Download a Phoenician font for yourself!
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Ammar Khammash: Architecture and Artwork From Jordan
Jordanian artist and architect Ammar Khammash displays his work and the work of his firm on this site, along with articles that he has written for the English-language "Jordan Times" on places of interest in the Middle East. Opens eyes...
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Al Bab: The Berbers
General information about the Berbers, their country, and their languages. Author is the Middle East editor of a major British newspaper.
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Watching America: What the World Thinks About America
A collection of articles from foreign newspapers about America and American policies, translated into English from their languages of origin. These articles give readers a view of America from abroad. Site includes both English...
BBC
Bbc News: Afrique
This French-language section of the BBC Web site includes all of the site's information about Africa: up-to-the-minute newes, radio feeds and in-depth country coverage. Duplicated in French, English, Arabic, Hausa, Portuguese, Somali and...
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Royal Aal Al Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought: Al Tafsir
A huge repository of Qur'anic texts, commentaries and interpretations, in both English and Arabic. Many materials explaining the meanings of passages in the Quran have been translated into twenty-four languages. Audio recitations of...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Samaritans
The Samaritans are a sect numbering about 500 who currently reside in Nablus, on the west bank of the Jordan River in Israeli-occupied Jordan, and in Holon, south of Tel Aviv, on the Mediterranean coast of Israel. The Samaritans call...
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Saudi Aramco World: Keyboard Calligraphy
In a recent exhibition on Ottoman culture held in Amsterdam's Nieuwe Kerk was an unimpressive-looking little 18th-century book, a printed version of a manuscript produced 150 years earlier. Usually a manuscript is more rare than a...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Peripatetics of the Maghreb
Very little is known of peripatetic communities in the Maghreb. It is known, however, that in Morocco the Bez Carne were known to others as Beni Bacchar and consisted of four subgroups. The community that called itself Romani was known...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Middle East
Wikipedia offers detailed information on the Middle East, an area that extends from the southeastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf.
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Kenya: History
Read this interesting account of Kenyan history over the last 4,000 years. There is much discussion about its recent history. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Algerian Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Algerian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Egyptian Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Egyptian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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