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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Jordanian Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Jordanian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Lebanese Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Lebanese Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Moroccan Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Moroccan Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Palestinian Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Palestinian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Saudi Arabian Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Saudi Arabian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Syrian Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Syrian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current and does not reflect the recent war in Syria.)
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Al bab.com: An Open Door to the Arab World

For Students 9th - 10th
This English-language site offers information about all aspects of the Arab world, from material culture to human rights. There are also sections on minority populations living in the Arab Middle East (e.g., the Kurds). Site is entirely...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Jews of Israel

For Students 9th - 10th
The state of Israel came into formal existence on 14 May 1948. The United States recognized the new state on the same day, and the Soviet Union followed on 18 May. On 15 May 1948 the new state was invaded by the armies of Egypt, Iraq,...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Syriacs

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Jews of Kurdistan

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Peripatetics of the Maghreb

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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eLanguage

E Language: Arabic Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief introduction to the unifying elements of Arabic culture--language and religion--in a collection of images from around the Arabic world.
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Nezar: Stories, Articles, and News in Arabic

For Students 3rd - 8th
Though most of the short stories here are incomplete (to be completed at a later date), the articles are complete. The author has also included some links to Arabic-language news sites, as well as his own lessons on learning French....
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Travel Document Systems

Tds: Chad: People

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Travel Document Systems

Tds: Morocco: People

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the people of Morocco, their languages, religion, education, and their cities. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
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Middle East Policy Council

Middle East Policy Council: Teach Mideast

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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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Art of Arabic Calligraphy: The Language and the Script

For Students 9th - 10th
A four part essay by Mamoun Sakkal regarding the history and use of the Arabic Alphabet. The site has intriguing articles about the evolution of the alphabet.
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Travel Document Systems

Tds: Algeria: People

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Watching America: What the World Thinks About America

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Ammar Khammash: Architecture and Artwork From Jordan

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Saudi Aramco World: Keyboard Calligraphy

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Al Mashriq: Naguib Mahfouz

For Students 9th - 10th
Article describes Mahfouz and his acceptance of the Nobel Prize in 1989. Includes pictures and links to related information.