Arab German Consulting (http://www.arab.de/links.htm)
Major portal site on the Arab countries. Includes up-to-date information on the
government, history, economy, education systems.
Arab Net (http://www.arab.net/)
It is a major Arab website that contains information on the government, history,
geography, business, culture, transport, tourism of each country, and provides
links to other relevant websites.
The Country and People of Arab Countries (http://www.hejleh.com/countries/)
Arranges links to many web sites by topics.
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.
Fares.net (http://www.fares.net)
Site includes a directory and a list of sites on a wide range of subjects including
tourism, entertainment, culture, the media, news and business in English and
Arabic. Search under the name of the country.
History of Yemen (http://www.worldrover.com/history/yemen%5Fhistory.html)
gives the history of Yemen as one of the oldest centers of civilization in the
Near East.
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.
Makeda, Queen of Sheba (http://www.windweaver.com/sheba/Shebahome.htm)
It gives the story behind the legend as revealed through everyday from the kingdom
of Yemen.
Official website of H.E. Ali Abd Allah
Salih (http://www.presidentsaleh.ye/)
It gives information about Ali Abd Allah Salih, president of the Republic of
Yemen.
The Oriental Institute
Museum (http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/PA/OI%5FPA.html)
The Museum of the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute offers on
this page photographs of monuments in ancient Iran, Iraq, Sudan, and Egypt. Links
to related sites are also provided.
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.
Republic of Yemen Parliament (http://www.parliament.gov.ye/)
It provides information about Shoura history, Parliament Committees and activities
Shibam Online (http://www.yemeninfo.gov.ye/ENGLISH/CULTURE/shibam.htm)
It gives information about the former Hadrami capital. It provides data on the
history, songs, pictures about the local architecture.
UCLA Library
Collections & Internet Resources (http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/url/colls/mideast/)
The University of California Library Collections and Internet Resources in Middle
Eastern, Arab, Islamic, Armenian and Central Asian studies.
University of Birmingham Virtual Manuscript Room (http://www.vmr.bham.ac.uk/)
The University of Birmingham website contains over 50,000 digital images of Middle Eastern manuscripts from its Mingana Collection accessible to users online.
United States. Library of Congress Country
Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/)
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 Texas Middle
East Website (http://link.lanic.utexas.edu/menic/countries/)
Excellent website on the government, politics, news and media, education and
the social sciences in the Middle East.
World Statesmen (http://www.worldstatesmen.org)
"World Statesmen is an attempt at a comprehensive and accurate list of
the heads of state and heads of government (and, in certain cases, de facto leaders
occupying neither of those formal positions) for all countries and territories,
going back to about 1700 or in some cases earlier. Some go further back, some
only from their creation. Some subdivisions of some countries are present including
native or traditional polities, provinces, or states. This sight also lists the
leaders of international, religious, and governmental organizations." Searchable
by leader or by nation, offers a map of the country, audio and text versions
of the national anthem, and text of the national constitution for most countries.
Yemen Country Analysis
Brief (http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/yemen.html)
It concerns about security and project risk in Yemen. |