Middle East Policy Council
Mepc: Teach Mideast: Lebanon
In an effort to educate on the Middle East, MEPC offers this thorough resource featuring Lebanon.
Middle East Policy Council
Mepc: Teach Mideast: Libya
In an effort to educate on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers this thorough resource featuring Libya.
Middle East Policy Council
Mepc: Teach Mideast: Morocco
In an effort to educate students on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers this thorough resource featuring Morocco.
Middle East Policy Council
Mepc: Teach Mideast: Qatar
In an effort to educate the western world on the Middle East and Islam, the MEPC presents this overview of Qatar.
Middle East Policy Council
Mepc: Teach Mideast: Syria
In an effort to educate students on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers this thorough resource featuring Syria.
Middle East Policy Council
Mepc: Teach Mideast: Tunisia
In an effort to educate students on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers this thorough resource on Tunisia.
Middle East Policy Council
Mepc: Teach Mideast: Yemen
In an effort to educate students on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers this thorough resource on Yemen.
Middle East Policy Council
Mepc: Teach Mideast: Iraq
In an effort to educate on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers this thorough resource featuring Iraq.
Middle East Policy Council
Mepc: Teach Mideast: Algeria
In an effort to educate on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers this thorough resource featuring Algeria.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Bedu
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Bedu, known as the Bedouin to Westerners, people of the Middle East. Gives basic facts about location, language, folklore, foods, social customs, family life,...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Druze
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Druze people in the Middle East. Gives basic facts about location, language, folklore, foods, social customs, family life, education, religion, pastimes, societal...
Other
Al bab.com: An Open Door to the Arab World
This English-language site offers information about all aspects of the Arab world, from material culture to human rights. There are also sections on minority populations living in the Arab Middle East (e.g., the Kurds). Site is entirely...
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American Forum for Global Education
American Forum for Global Education: Spotlight on Muslim Identity [Pdf]
This downloadable booklet is a comprehensive teacher's guide you can use to help students' understand Muslims and their countries and cultures of origin. 100 pages include background information and teaching tips, activities and...
Choices Program, Brown University
Choices: Teaching With the News: Protests, Revolutions, and Democratic Change
Third in a series of lessons on North Africa and the Middle East in which students survey the current political situation, consider the role of the international community and identify the political geography of the region. Multi-media...
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Israel
Click-through facts-and-photo file about Israel's geography, nature, history, people and culture, and government. Includes a map of the country that pinpoints its Middle East location.
Other
Us Gen Net: The Settlers of East Jersey
This site describes the wide variety of settlers who came to East Jersey. They came from many different countries and religions.
Nations Online Project
Nations Online: Syria
Presents a travel guide and country profile of the Middle East country of Syria including a background overview and numerous links to comprehensive information on the country's culture, history, geography, economy, environment,...
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Statement on the Eisenhower Doctrine
Fordham University discusses the address given by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to Congress on the policy of the United States in the Middle East countries.
Curated OER
Countries and Capitals of the Middle East
This site has a puzzle of the countries of the Middle East that you can download and play on your computer. The software is free to download.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Arabs
The Arab world is usually considered to be comprised of the following nineteen countries: Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Chad, Lebanon, Egypt, Sudan, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Jews of Kurdistan
Kurdish Jews, a largely rural people, have lived in the mountains and plains of Kurdistan since time immemorial. They have been geographically isolated throughout much of their history and are thought to have retained some old Jewish...
Library of Congress
Loc: Country Study: Iraq
The Library of Congress provides an exceptionally detailed overview of the country of Iraq. Content includes a country profile, a detailed history of the country, its society and environment, its economy, its government and politics, and...
Library of Congress
Loc: Country Study: Saudi Arabi
An extensive look at the country of Saudi Arabia. This page is a list of links to in-depth information pertaining to Saudi Arabia's history, economy, geography, government, people, and national security.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Maronites
The Maronites are an ancient East Christian sect; the Maronite church was the first Syrian church to join Rome, and thus it became the first Uniate of the East. Maronites today number about 1,300,000. Half a million of them reside in...