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History: United Arab Emirates

May include timelines, chronologies, biographical dictionaries, auxiliary studies (e.g. stamps and coins).

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Arab Net (http://www.arab.net/)
Provides current news and links to information about each of the countries in the Arab world. Within each country section, information is provided in the following categories: overview, history, geography, business, culture, government, transport, and a tour guide, along with sites related to the country. Links to Arabic language sites are provided. The site also offers a special features category, with topics such as: Internet Service Providers in the Arab world, opinions, and e-mail service.

Arabic German Consulting (http://www.arab.de/arabinfo/emirates-goverment.htm)
Major portal site on the Arab countries. Includes up-to-date information on the government, history, economy, education system of the UAE. Has links to other major websites on Arab countries.

Princeton University Library's Digital Islamic Manuscript Collection (http://diglib.princeton.edu/xquery?_xq=getCollection&_xsl=collection&_pid=islamic)
Princeton University Library holds approximately 9,500 Islamic manuscripts in Arabic, Persian, Ottoman Turkish and other languages of the Muslim world written in Arabic script. The manuscripts date from the 9th to the 19th centuries. 200 of these manuscripts are being digitized for their digital library.

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