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العالم العربي;

The Arab World

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- Arab World -- Eldis -- Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
Region > Asia > Europe/Russia > Middle East > Gulf States > Arab World -- Council on Foreign Relations

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general information
- Adminet > World > Middle East > Arab World
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timelines
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holidays
- Holidays in the Arab World -- Wikipedia
- Public and Banking Holidays for the Arab World -- Q++ Studio
travel
- Lonely Planet Worldguide > Middle East > Arab World
national anthem
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newspapers / networks specific to Saudia Arabia and its environs
- The Media in the Arab World -- BBC News
- AllYouCanRead.com > Newspapers > Asia > Arab World
- The Internet Public Library > Newspapers > Middle East > Arab World
- OnlineNewspapers.com > Arab World
- economist.com > countries > Arab World
- GlobalEDGE: International Resource Desk > Country Insights > Arab World
- topix.net > Front Page > World News > Middle East > Arab World
newspapers / newsnetworks of regional and Middle East scope
radio
- OneWorld Radio
- The World -- BBC World Service, PRI and WGBH Boston

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government resources
- U.S. International Information Programs: Middle East and North Africa -- U.S. policy and issues focusing on the North Africa, the Levant, Iraq and the Persian Gulf region
language
- Arabic Dictionaries
- Arabic Language -- Wikipedia
- Your name in Arabic -- David Harris
- What is unique in the brain of an Arabic speaker? -- EurekAlert (04 November 2009)
food
- eLook.org > Asian >
- Arab cuisine -- Wikipedia
  - Cookbook: Arab cuisine
- World Food Habits: Bibliography -- Robert Dirks
- Arab World -- Anthropology of Food-Food Science
- World Hearth Circle of International Cooking > Middle Eastern
- Islamic dietary laws -- Wikipedia
- Andrew M. Watson (1974), "The Arab Agricultural Revolution and Its Diffusion, 700–1100", The Journal of Economic History 34 (1), pp. 8–35
- Michael Decker: "Plants and Progress: Rethinking the Islamic Agricultural Revolution", Journal of World History, Vol. 20, No. 2 (2009), pp. 187-206
religion
- Sacred Destinations > Arab World -- Holly Hayes
- The Islamic World to 1600 -- University of Calgary
- Sacred -- British Library
- Islamic dietary laws -- Wikipedia
the arts
- Timeline of Art History > West Asia, Arabian Peninsula > -- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Arabic Script: Mightier than the Sword -- The British Museum
architecture
- Vernacular Architecture of the World: Great Buildings Online > Mideast > Arab World -- Kevin Matthews and Artifice
cities

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Other WebSites
- Famous Arab World People
- UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences
- Al-Islam.org -- Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project (DILP)
- UN News Centre: The Middle East
- Global Voices Online -- Berkman Center for Internet and Society at the Harvard Law School
- H-Net Discussion Networks -- Humanities and Social Sciences ONLINE
  - H-Gender-MidEast -- Gender in the Middle East, North Africa, Turkey, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Western Asia, Iran, and the Mediterranean.
- UNESCO WebWorld Portals >> Observatory Portal on the Information Society >> Regions >> [International] >> Arab States >>
- Selected Online Resources for Islam -- Pluralism Project, Committee on the Study of Religion, Harvard University
- Echoes of Africa -- musical clips and information about musical instruments across Africa -- BBC
- Observatory of Cultural Policies in Africa
- African Union
- International Council of African Museums
- Selections of Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman Calligraphy -- Global Gateway, The Library of Congress
- Travelers in the Middle East Archive
- From Arabick Roots to the Arab Spring -- Guardian (25 July 2011)

Ottoman Empire Map

from Imperial History of the Middle East: 5000 Years of History in 90 seconds -- Maps of War

The 90 second synopsis includes . . .

Note the recapitulation in about 3.5 seconds

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