Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Global Edge: Saudi Arabia: Introduction
Discover statistics, history, economy, culture, politics, and demographics for the country of Saudi Arabia in the Middle East.
Middle East Policy Council
Mepc: Teach Mideast: Palestine
In an effort to educate on the Middle East and Islam, the MEPC presents this overview of Palestine.
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Global Edge: Jordan: Introduction
Provides statistics, history, economy, culture, politics, and demographics for Jordan located in the Middle East.
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Global Edge: Iraq: Introduction
Provides statistics, history, economy, culture, politics, and demographics for Iraq located in the Middle East.
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Global Edge: Israel: Introduction
Provides statistics, history, economy, culture, politics, and demographics for Israel located in the Middle East.
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Global Edge: Iran: Introduction
Provides statistics, history, economy, culture, politics, and demographics for Iran located in the Middle East.
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International Center for Transitional Justice
This organization "assists countries pursuing accountability for past mass atrocity or human rights abuse." The site describes past and current programs in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Nations Online Project
Nations Online: Yemen
A great country profile that takes you on a virtual trip to Yemen in the Middle East. A background overview is given on its art, culture, people, environment, geography, history, economy, and government. There are numerous links...
Nations Online Project
Nations Online: Bahrain
Great reference directory for finding information on Bahrain in the Middle East. Content includes background details, a country profile, and numerous links to comprehensive information on the nation's culture, history, geography,...
Nations Online Project
Nations Online: Iran
Thorough reference directory for finding information on the Middle East nation of Iran. Content includes background details, a country profile, and numerous links to comprehensive information on this nation's culture, history, geography,...
Nations Online Project
Nations Online: Iraq
Offers a virtual destination guide and country profile of the Middle East nation of Iraq, background details, and numerous links to key information on the nation's culture, history, geography, economy, environment, population, news,...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Sleb Settlements, Sociopolitical Organization, Religion and Expressive Culture
Sleb camps are currently small and scattered, sometimes even consisting of a single family, with one or two tents. In the nineteenth century, however, camps of fifteen to twenty-five tents, with twenty to thirty families per tent, were...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Druze
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Druze people from the Middle East. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Project Visa
A comprehensive internet resource guide to visa and embassy information for all countries around the world. Search by region or view the entire country list. Links to other travel, visa, and immigration sites.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Fipa
The Fipa are a Bantu-speaking people of southwestern Tanzania in East-Central Africa. The name "Fipa" appears to have been bestowed on them by nineteenth-century traders and means "people of the escarpment." It was later adopted by...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Yoruba Cultural Relations
The name "Yoruba" appears to have been applied by neighbors to the Kingdom of Oyo and adopted by missionaries in the mid-nineteenth century to describe a wider, language-sharing family of peoples. These peoples have gradually accepted...
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: Sara
"Sara" is the term employed by outsiders to refer to a group of non-Muslim tribes in southern Chad, all of whom speak mutually intelligible dialects. Each tribe is a distinct geographic, political, and endogamous entity. Major tribes are...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Shahsevan
In various parts of Iran live the remnants of several tribal groups called "Shahsevan," numbering perhaps 300,000 people. Most are now settled villagers or town dwellers who preserve little of their former tribal organization or pastoral...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Palestinians
Palestinians inhabit an area east of the Mediterranean Sea and south of Lebanon. The Jordan River, Lakes Huleh and Tiberias, and the Dead Sea separate Palestine from Jordan. Christians refer to Palestine as "the Holy Land." Today...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Jews of Israel
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,...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Gusii
The Gusii are divided into seven clan clusters: Kitutu (Getutu), North Mugirango, South Mugirango, Majoge, Wanjare (Nchari), Bassi, and Nyaribari. Gusiiland is located in western Kenya, 50 kilometers east of Lake Victoria. Since...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Asians of Africa
The Asian population of Africa is a small but significant minority. Whereas there have been Asians, primarily merchants, who lived on the east coast of Africa for hundreds, if not thousands, of years, a great influx of Asians came to...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Acholi
The name "Acholi" is used for peoples living in the former Acholi District of northern Uganda and the adjoining area of the southern Sudan. The primary language of Acholi today is Luo, a Western Nilotic language spoken by groups...