Air University Library Publications

MIDDLE EAST

December 1999

INTERNET RESOURCES

Arabia.On.Line.
Available at: http://arabia.com/
A corporate site headquartered in Amman, Jordan that maintains information on current news, business, Arabian life, etc.

Arabist.
Available at: http://www.arabist.com/
Provides links under several subject groupings such as arts, education, society. Also provides an Arabist news section with access to current news articles.

The ArabView Network.
Available at: http://www.arabview.net/
Offers links to newspapers online, marketplace information, arts and culture and the yellow pages. Also provides links grouped by country.

Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs: Regional Information.
Available at: http://www.state.gov/www/regions/nea/index.html
Official site supplies U.S. Department of State publications online such as Background Notes, embassy and travel information, etc. Information is divided into six sections: Country Information, Regional Topics, Peace Process, Official Texts, Press Statements, and Related Links.

CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online.
Available at: http://www.ciaonet.org/
Offers articles and working papers on various subjects. Internal search feature will access information on the Middle East region or individual countries.

The Digital Librarian: Middle East.
Available at: http://www.digital-librarian.com/middle.html
Offers a librarian's choice for the best of the web on the Middle East, everything from Middle East studies to Arab cookbooks, to art and religion.

Foreign Governments: Middle East and North Africa.
Available at: http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/forme.html
University of Michigan Documents Center supplies this list of foreign government web sites grouped by country.

Foreign Military Studies Office: Research Links: Middle East.
Available at: http://call.army.mil/fmso/RESRCHLK.htm#MEast
U.S. Army web site with an extensive list of links, long and thorough.
Also note the FMSO's full-text publications on the Middle East at: http://call.army.mil/fmso/fmsopubs/fmsopubs.htm#Middle

League of Arab States.
Available at: http://www.arableagueonline.org/arableague/index_en.jsp
Supplies information on the Arab League, other organizations, and separate country information.

The Library of Congress: Country Studies/ Area Handbooks.
Available at: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Offers extensive online reports for each country with information on it's history, population, religion, economy, national security, etc.

Links to Resources on the Middle East and Judaica.
Available at: http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Area.Programs/Near.East/NewLinks.html
Provided by the University of Michigan Library's Near East Division.

Middle East Network Information Center.
Available at: http://menic.utexas.edu/menic.html
Provides lists of links arranged both by country and also by subjects such as arts, business, government, maps, news, regional information, society, organizations, etc. Produced by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.

The Middle East North Africa Internet Resource Guide.
Available at: http://www.cc.utah.edu/~jwr9311/MENA.html
Arranges links by such topics as economics, history, Middle Eastern studies, and religious studies. Also provides information and links by individual country and individual religions. Maintained by the University of Utah.

Middle East World Communities.
Available at: http://galaxy.einet.net/galaxy/Community/World-Communities/Middle-East.html
Mixture of official and unofficial sites arranged by country. Also offers sections titled Middle East Studies Resources, The Virtual Tourist, and provides a forum on politics and warfare.

The Online Intelligence Project: Middle East and South Asia.
Available at: http://www.icg.org
Offers Arabic news and several links to information about Israel and Palestine.

WCSU List: World Area Studies Internet Resources: Middle East.
Available at: http://www.wcsu.ctstateu.edu/socialsci/area.html#23
List of Middle East web sites maintained by the West Connecticut State University.

The World Factbook 1999.
Available at: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Produced by the Central Intelligence Agency, this site offers online reports for each country. It also provides information on the United Nations system and several international organizations.

Guide to the MidEast Peace Process.
Available at: http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00ts0
Embassy of Israel site offers access to online reference documents and key speeches by Israeli leaders.

United States. Department of State. Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs: Middle East Peace Process.
Available at: http://www.state.gov/www/current/middle_east/ishome.html
Offers U.S. foreign policy statements and fact sheets on the Middle East peace process. Also offers information on the Middle Eastern countries and links to related sites.

Armed Forces of the World.
Available at: http://wps.cfc.dnd.ca/links/milorg/index.html
Provided by the Canadian Forces College, this site provides armed forces information organized by country. It includes basic information and where available links to official servers and related publications.

IDF.IL (Israel Defense Forces).
Available at: http://www.idf.il/
Official website of the Israeli defense forces.