Miscellaneous 

• AL-BAB
  Information about the Arab world, with country guides, news, and articles on society and culture, current events, and travel.
• Al Jazeera English
  English-language version of prominent Middle East television news organization, originally broadcasting in Arabic.
• Arab Democracy Reference and Live Feeds
  Quick links to reference materials and live Twitter feeds about Middle Eastern countries.
• CNN: The Middle East
  Current news and archived articles about the Middle East, its countries, and its peoples
• CS Monitor: Middle East
  Current news and analysis.
• Global Connections: The Middle East
  Resources about the politics, history, religion, and culture of the Middle East from PBS.
• History in the News: Middle East
  From SUNY Albany, a site covering the history, society, economics, religion, and culture of the Middle East.

 Afghanistan 

• Afghanistan and the US
  Subject-organized information and news.
• CIA World Factbook: Afghanistan
  "The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues..."
• LoC Country Guides
  A guide to the history, geography, and people of Afghanistan from the Library of Congress.
• RAWA (Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan)
  News and information especially about the condition of women and children in Afghanistan.

 Egypt 

• Ancient Egypt
  • The British Museum: Ancient Egypt
    Ancient Egyptian life, geography, religion, writing, and more.
  • Virtual Egypt
    "An educational resource about ancient Egypt. Learn about pyramids, hieroglyphics, mummys, view articles, photos and multimedia. Come on in today and learn more about Egyptian history."
• Modern Egypt
  • BBC News: Egypt: Country Profile
    History, geography, politics, and cultural information.
  • CIA World Factbook: Egypt
    "The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues..."
  • Egypt: After the Revolution
    Video documentary from March 2011.
  • Egypt Daily News
    News from Egypt.
  • Egypt Revolution 2011: A Complete Guide to the Unrest
    Articles and links, with biographical background on prominent figures, photos, and video.
  • Eternal Egypt
    "Welcome to Eternal Egypt, which brings to light over five thousand years of Egyptian civilization. Eternal Egypt is a living record of a land rich in art and history, people and places, myths and religions."
  • New York Times: Egypt
    Timeline and special coverage of the spring 2011 Egyptian revolution, general information, analyses, and current events.

 Iraq 

• BBC News: The Struggle for Iraq
  Background information, analyses, and current news about Iraq.
• CIA World Factbook: Iraq
  "The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues..."
• Inside Iraq
  " 'Inside Iraq' is a blog updated by Iraqi journalists working for McClatchy Newspapers. They are based in Baghdad and outlying provinces. These are firsthand accounts of their experiences."
• Political Issues in Iraq
  Article from the Global Policy Forum of the UN Security Council.
• Iraq Maps
  Historical, thematic, geographic, and satellite maps from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection at the University of Texas.
• LOC Country Study: Irag
  A guide to the history, geography, and people of Iraq from the Library of Congress.
• LOC: Iraq War Web Archive
  "Included in the web archive are U.S. government sites, foreign government sites, public policy and political advocacy groups, educational organizations, religious organizations, support groups for military personnel, anti-war groups, sites that target children, and news sources."
• War on Terrorism Resource Guides
  "The resources listed below ... provide selected links on various aspects of the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks and subsequent war on terrorism."

 Iran 

• BBC News: Iran: Country Profile
  History, geography, politics, and cultural information.
• BBC News: Iran Crisis
  Current Iran news, backgrounders, highlights.
• CIA World Factbook: Iran
  "The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues..."
• NY Times: Iran News
  Background information and current news.

 Israel and Palestinians 

• BBC News: Middle East Crisis
  News stories, analysis, timeline, maps, documents, biographies, photojournal, Q&A section, web links and more from the BBC.
• CIA World Factbook: Israel
  "The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues..."
• Haaretz.com
  Independent Israeli newspaper.
• Israel at 60
  BBC News special report with history, maps, pictures, charts, analysis, and news stories.
• Israeli-Palestinian ProCon.org
  "This site presents in a simple, nonpartisan pro-con format, responses to the core question 'What are the solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?' " Organized by topic.
• New York Times: Israel
  Background information and current news.

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