MIDDLE EAST & CENTRAL ASIA  LINKS   This webpage contains a variety of links about the Middle East and Central Asia. It is by no means exhaustive, nor is it a specific endorsement of any of the sites. You can use this page to find out information on a variety of topics and to search for specific kinds of webpages about the region.     Daniel Martin Varisco Director, MECA Program at Hofstra   Last Update 9/10 Suggestions of links are welcomed.

INDEX

• General Information • Links Sites • Middle East Centers • Study Abroad in the Middle East • Institutes and Research Centers • Advocacy Organizations •Online Newspapers, News Sources and Magazines • Photos and Images • Book Sellers and Publishers

Check out a blog     • e-cards • Middle Eastern Food and Recipes

 

General Information

Albawaba http://www.albawaba.com/

[General "Yahoo"-like site, also called "The Middle East Gateway"]

 

CIA World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

[Up to date information from the U.S. government.]

 

Looklex Encyclopaedia http://looklex.com/contact/about.htm

 

Al-Mashriq: The Levant http://almashriq.hiof.no/

Tabsir: Insight on Islam and the Middle East http://www.tabsir.net

 

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

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Links Sites

 

 

Islam Links http://people.hofstra.edu/faculty/daniel_m_varisco/islamlink.html

 

 

Islamic Studies Pathways http://www.lamp.ac.uk/cis/pathways/

 

Middle East Network Information Center http://menic.utexas.edu/mes.html
 

The Middle East North Africa Internet Resource Guide http://www.cc.utah.edu/~jwr9311/MENA.html

Middle East Studies Association Links http://www.mesa.arizona.edu/resources/links.htm

World Wide Web Virtual Library: Middle East http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/area/MiddleEast/index.html

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Middle East Centers

 

 

Bergen (University of) Centre for Arabic and Islamic Studies http://www.smi.uib.no/links/international.html
[Contains list of Middle East centers worldwide]

 

Directory of Middle East Scholars http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/directory.html

 

Georgetown University Center for Contemporary Arab Studies http://ccas.georgetown.edu/

 

Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/program/neareast

 

Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Study http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/

 

Outreach World http://www.outreachworld.org/index.asp

 

University of Chicago Center for Middle Eastern Studies http://www.cmes.uchicago.edu/

 

University of Pennsylvania Middle East Center http://mec.sas.upenn.edu/

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Study Abroad in the Middle East

 

American University in Cairo
http://www.aucegypt.edu/Pages/default.aspx

American University in Dubai
http://www.aud.edu/

American University of Beirut
http://www.aub.edu.lb/

American University of Sharjah
http://www.aus.edu/

Damascus University Arabic Language Center
http://www.arabicindamascus.edu.sy/English.html

Amideast
http://www.amideast.org/

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Institutes and Research Centers

 

 

 

The American Academic Research Institute in Iraq http://www.taarii.org/

American Institute for Yemeni Studies http://www.aiys.org

 

The American Research Center in Egypt http://www.arce.org

Association for Middle East Women's Studies (AMEWS) http://www.amews.org/

European Association for Middle East Studies http://www.hf.uib.no/smi/eurames/

 

Institute for Palestine Studies http://www.palestine-studies.org/

 

The Middle East Institute http://www.themiddleeastinstitute.org/

 

Middle "East Librarians Group (MELCOM) http://www.ex.ac.uk/MELCOM/

 

Middle East Studies Association http://mesa.wns.ccit.arizona.edu/

 

Middle East Medievalists http://www.MiddleEastMedievalists.org/

Oman Studies Centre http://www.oman.org/

SOTA (Research Centre for Turkestan and Azerbaijan) http://www.turkiye.net/sota/sota.html

 

The Turkish Studies Association http://www.h-net.org/~thetsa/

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Advocacy Organizations

 

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee http://www.adc.org/

 

American Iranian Council http://www.American-Iranian.Org/

 

American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) http://www.aipac.org/

 

American Kurdish Information Network http://www.kurdistan.org/

 

AMIDEAST http://www.amideast.org/

 

Arab American Institute http://www.aaiusa.org/

 

Arabian Wildlife On Line http://www.arabianwildlife.com/

Ornithological Society of the Middle East http://www.osme.org/index.html

  

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Online Newspapers, News Sources and Magazines

 

 

al-Hayat http://www.alhayat.com/

[Based in London]

 

Al Jadid -- A Record of Arab Culture and Arts http://www.aljadid.com/

[Essays and features on Arab arts and music]

 

Arabic News.Com http://www.arabicnews.com/

 

Arabic On-Line Publications (list) http://www.arabic2000.com/index/online.html

 

BBC Arabic Service http://www.bbc.co.uk/arabic/

 

Beirut Times http://www.beiruttimes.com/

 

Gulf Times http://www.gulf-times.com/

 

Haaretz http://www.haaretz.com/

The Jerusalem Post http://www.jpost.co.il/

 

Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies http://www.uib.no/jais/jais.htm

MERIP http://www.merip.org/

 

Middle East Studies Association Bulletin http://fp.arizona.edu/mesassoc/Bulletin/welcome.htm

 

Sudanic Africa http://www.hf.uib.no/i/smi/sa/sahome.html

 

Tingis (A Moroccan-American Magazine) http://www.tingismagazine.com/

 

Washington Report on Middle East Affairs http://www.wrmea.com/

 

Yemen Update http://www.aiys.org/webdate/update.html

[Online Bulletin of the American Institute for Yemeni Studies]

 

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Photos and Images

 

Images of Marrakesh (1995 Marrakesh Folk Festival) http://www.bioch.ox.ac.uk/~jr/gallery/

Karem Ben Khelifa http://www.karimbenkhelifa.com

Middle East Photo Archive http://www.lib.uchicago.edu:80/LibInfo/SourcesBySubject/MiddleEast/PhotoArchive.html

Fondation Arabe pour l'Image http://www.fai.org.lb/home.aspx

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Book Sellers and Publishers

 

 

Boustany's Publishing House http://www.boustanys.com/

 

Interlink Publishing http://www.interlinkbooks.com

 

The On-Line Islamic Bookstore http://www.sharaaz.com/

 

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E-cards

Ancient Egyptian http://www.discoveringegypt.co.uk/ecards/

Eid Cars http://www.eidgreetings.com/

 

 

Middle Eastern Food and Recipes

 

 

 

Food (albab) http://www.al-bab.com/arab/food.htm

 

Food from the Arab World http://almashriq.hiof.no/general/600/640/641/khayat/title.html

 

An Islamic Dinner http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cariadoc/islamic_dinner.html

 

Middle Eastern Links http://www.goodcooking.com/mideast.htm

 

Recipes (Arabic News) http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Recipes/RecipesDB.html