Web archives produced by the Library’s web archiving team and Asian Division subject specialists are presented as a separate category. These archives include websites by political parties, pro-democracy groups, human rights organizations, foreign NGOs, news agencies, and minority groups, and cover a wide range of political, economic, and social topics in contemporary Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia.
Web Archives
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CollectionAfghanistan Web Archive The Afghanistan Web Archive is comprised primarily of websites produced by the Afghan government, specifically the executive branch. Also included are a selection of sites from statistical reporting agencies, banking institutions, universities, U.S. Embassy and critical NGOs supporting democratic and human rights initiatives. The date range of the collection overlaps with the country's presidential (2009) and parliamentary (2009) elections, which were the second national…- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division
- Date: 2009
Collection Items: View 22 Items
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CollectionAfghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Tajikistan Government Web Archive This collection consists of official government websites for Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Tajikistan and provides an overview of the political, economic, administrative and social situation in these four countries. Several of these governmental websites contain information in English, Urdu, Persian (Farsi and Dari dialects), Pashto, Tajik and Russian languages. The depth of information is best for the Urdu, Persian, Pashto and Tajik languages, so…- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division
- Date: 2015
Collection Items: View 402 Items
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CollectionAfghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, and Tajikistan Elections Web Archive The Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Tajikistan Elections Web Archive includes campaign sites archived during these countries’ election seasons since 2014. This archive collection includes websites for government bodies, political parties, presidential candidates, election observers and political commentators which offer significant information related to presidential and general elections in Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Tajikistan. Pertinent social media channels are also included in this collection in…- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division
- Date: 2014
Collection Items: View 183 Items
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CollectionAfrican Government Web Archive The African Government Web Archive provides links to information from key African government ministries, institutions and organizations for the 51 countries in Africa south of the Sahara. This will ensure that the Library of Congress and the United States Congress have ongoing access to information from Africa and to official 'born digital' government publications from African nations. The digital initiative adds to the Library’s…- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division
- Date: 2014
Collection Items: View 181 Items
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CollectionAzerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan Government Web Archive The countries of Central Asia represent a key geographic area of strategic interest for the United States and other major world powers, including China, the European Union, India, Iran, Russia and Turkey. In recent years, several geo-political events, such as the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan (2021) and Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine (2022), have intensified this interest.Collection Items: View 361 Items
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CollectionChina-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) 2018-2021 Web Archive The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is part of China’s “One Belt, One Road (OBOR)” initiative. OBOR’s vision encompasses a geographical region that extends from the Baltics in Europe to Southeast Asia and from China to Africa. The focus of CPEC is on a series of energy and infrastructure projects. Through CPEC, Pakistan is situated to become one of the most strategically important countries in…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Asian Division - Library of Congress - Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division
- Date: 2018
Collection Items: View 71 Items
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CollectionCrisis in Darfur 2006 Web Archive Described by the United Nations as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, the current conflict in Sudan’s western region of Darfur began in early 2003, when rebels attacked government targets and then expanded to the widespread killing of civilians and the destruction of villages. These attacks have led to more than two million people being displaced and thousands killed.- Contributor: Library of Congress
- Date: 2006
Collection Items: View 220 Items
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CollectionEgypt 2008 Web Archive In 2008 Egypt witnessed a remarkable experience rich in political and democratic practices, and the sites captured back then should be revisited in the context of current events. In Spring 2008 the April 6 Youth Movement, an Egyptian activist group established to support the workers in an industrial town, appeared in local politics as an active force. It was followed by other opposition movements…- Date: 2008
Collection Items: View 38 Items
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CollectionEgyptian Elections Web Archive In 2012, Egypt inaugurated, what was considered by many, one of its first truly free and fair elections, following the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. This revolution, part of the larger movement known as the Arab Spring in the West, resulted in the downfall of the Mubarak regime. Hosni Mubarak had ruled Egypt following the assassination of Egyptian president Anwar al-Sadat in 1981, thereby rendering…- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division
- Date: 2012
Collection Items: View 42 Items
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CollectionGender Issues in Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Tajikistan Web Archive Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, and Tajikistan are low-income countries where the status of women is far lower than that of women in neighboring countries. Women are frequently deprived of opportunities in education, adequate health services, proper nutrition, and access to public resources. They are also routinely excluded from decision-making processes within the family, the community, and the nation state.Collection Items: View 285 Items
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CollectionMiddle East/North Africa Government Institutions Web Archive An increasing number of government organizations from countries of the Middle East and North Africa are relying on their official websites to disseminate their publications that would have otherwise been available in print format. Anecdotal evidence suggests that this is being done for both ease of use, not to mention increased costs of print and production. The core collection websites, coming from Bahrain, Mauritania,…- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division
- Date: 2014
Collection Items: View 13 Items
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CollectionPolitical Islam Web Archive The Political Islam Web Archive is a collection of websites from Islamic political parties and political Islamist organizations. In Afghanistan, Egypt, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Pakistan and Turkey, Islamic religious parties already, or increasingly, have a strong influence within the existing political structure. On the other hand, political Islamists, defined as fundamentalist Islamic religious organizations working outside the political and social mainstream, hold strong influence…- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division
- Date: 2013
Collection Items: View 109 Items