General Resources : Qatar

The State of Qatar is a country of eastern Arabia on a peninsula in the southwest Persian Gulf. The State of Qatar is a sovereign and independent state ruled by Al Thani. Doha is its capital and the largest city. Islam is the official religion of the country. Qatar is an important oil producing country, and it is a member of the OPEC organization. It is also a member of the Arab League. Oil and natural gas revenues enable Qatar to have a high per capita income and place it among the rich countries.

Country Reports about ...  (http://www.countryreports.org//)
Offers links to sites about many countries by such subjects as government, the military, economy, the weather, etc.

Development Gateway Country Overview  (http://www.developmentgateway.org/)
“The Development Gateway helps communities, organizations, and individuals build partnerships, share ideas, and work together to reduce poverty.” Search by development projects as well as by country to identify additional web sites and documents.

Encyclopedia.com  (http://www.encyclopedia.com)
From the Electronic Library, searching the Encyclopedia.com by country provides numerous narrative articles on its history, culture, politics.

The Gulf / 2000 Project - SIPA - Columbia University (http://gulf2000.columbia.edu/)
This site was developed by the Gulf/2000 Project at the School of International and Public Affairs of Columbia University in New York City. It is designed to make available in a single location a wealth of information on the eight countries of the Persian Gulf region--Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Click on a flag above to visit one of these countries.

Infoplease  (http://www.infoplease.com/)
Part of the electronic Learning Network, this homepage allows searches by country which yield articles in almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographical works, etc. Additional reference links are provided as well.

Islamic Calendar Converter  (http://www.oriold.unizh.ch/static/hegira.html )
This English language website not only converts the present Gregorian date, in common use in the West, to its modern Hijra equivalent (in common use in the Islamic World), it also provides a mechanism, based on software developed by Waleed A. Muhanna, to convert all past dates from Gregorian-Hijra or Hijra-Gregorian.

Lonely Planet - Destinations  (http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/)
Search by country to find information on travel, attractions, history, culture, and environment. of that location.

Middle East – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (http://www.carnegieendowment.org/programs/global/index.cfm?fa=proj&id=107&proj=zme)
The main feature of the Carnegie Arabic Web Portal is the Arabic-language version of the Arab Reform Bulletin, an online monthly journal on the latest political reform developments from Arab and Western perspectives. Also included are Arabic translations of select Carnegie Papers, commentaries on the Middle East and related subjects such as nuclear nonproliferation, as well as writings originally published in Arabic.

OneWorld.net  (http://us.oneworld.net/)
Searchable by country, regions and topics. Includes current headlines and special reports.

Qatar (http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/qatar.htm)
“Destination Qatar, a virtual travel guide to the Kingdom in the Gulf Region. This page aims to give you a broad overview of Qatar's art, culture, people, environment, geography, history, economy and government.”

Qatar-Info Magazine (http://www.qatar-info.com/)
Web site gives general information about the royal family, amusement parks in Qatar, and the experiences of Qatar from a non-Qatari perspective

Qatar Internet Pages  (http://www.middle-east-pages.com/Qatar/)
A major portal site that links a number of other websites on all Arab countries.

Qatari Links (http://www.qnaol.com/english/sites.htm)
Links to Qatari sites that deal with government, industry, education, religion, organizations, and IT companies Links to Qatari sites that deal with government, industry, education, religion, organizations, and IT companies.

U.S. Agency for International Development. Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC)  (http://dec.usaid.gov/)
“The purpose of the DEC is to strengthen USAID's development projects, activities, and programs by making ... development experience documents available to USAID offices and mission staff, PVO's, NGO's, universities and research institutions, developing countries, and the public worldwide.”

U.S. Department of State  (http://state.gov/)
Numerous documents concerning diplomatic and international relations, travel advice and warnings relating to the countries of the world are available on the State Department’s official site by searching under a particular country’s name.

United Nations  (http://www.un.org)
The official site of the United Nations provides articles, reports, etc. in several languages on all aspects of the initiatives and mission of that organization as well as on the contemporary life, culture, society, international relations, etc. of all the countries and peoples of the world.

United Nations ReliefWeb  (http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc100?openForm)
“ReliefWeb is a project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)... serving the information needs of the humanitarian relief community” Offers news updates to crisis situations around the world and includes information about refugee camps and other relief efforts.

United States. Library of Congress Country Studies  (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/qatoc.html)
A series published by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Studies Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army.

University of Qatar  (http://www.qu.edu.qa)
Excellent wibsite about higher education and research centers.

World Desk Reference  (http://www.dorlingkindersley-uk.co.uk/)
Searchable by country, this is the online version of the handbook with more than 5000 illustrations and maps.