A diverse range of musical styles can be found around the world. Music from Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East all have their own unique musical features and instruments. One of the most influential types of music-making in...

Enhance student geography knowledge of the Middle East and North Africa with this two or three day lesson plan.

Test your geography knowledge by taking this interactive quiz over the countries of the Middle East.

This lesson plan relates the opera Aida to current events in the Middle East for a music or art class. Contains links with information, assessment ideas, extensions and more.

Learning with scholars online video, students consider the impact of Osama bin Laden's death on different groups of people. and explore the status and future of U.S. counterterrorism policy.

Lesson with multimedia resources for young scholars learning about political change in Egypt and the Middle East, second in the series. Lesson includes videos, handouts and primary source material from which students make their analysis...

Many women in the Middle East no longer want to wear the headscarf called a hijab. Read about the women in Iran who are defying a 35 year old law by going without a hijab.

Third in a series of lessons on North Africa and the Middle East in which young scholars survey the current political situation, consider the role of the international community and identify the political geography of the region....

In an effort to educate on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC presents this overview of Oman.

In an effort to educate students on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers this thorough resource on Yemen.

In an effort to educate on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers a thorough resource featuring Afghanistan.

In an effort to educate on the Middle East and Islam, MEPC offers this thorough resource featuring Algeria.

In an effort to educate the western world on the Middle East and Islam, the MEPC presents this overview of Qatar.

Synopsis of the geography of the Arabian Peninsula - the heart of Islam. Describes the area as a bleak and desolate desert, but also very photogenic. Includes a brief description of the various political divisions located on the Arabian...

Discover statistics, history, economy, culture, politics, and demographics for the country of Saudi Arabia in the Middle East.

This site focuses on the importance of the concentration of oil in the Middle East to world politics. Read the backgrounder by Charles Krause before reading this transcript of Online Newshour.

In March 2007, collaborative artists Lyndell Brown and Charles Green travelled for six weeks through the Middle East, Afghanistan, and the Persian Gulf as the Australian War Memorial's official war artists. Their works of art record the...

The U.S. invasion of Iraq was ten years ago this week. This article describes the impact that the war has had on both the U.S. and Iraq, as well as other countries in the region.

Learning module with multi-media lesson and resources in which students work in small groups to analyze the issues that frame the debate around U.S. policy.

Lesson in which students use a video, handouts, and other reading material to investigate events in Egypt, identify the causes of the demonstrations, and consider the U.S. response to these events.

Read about the course of World War I on both the eastern and western fronts. See how the upheaval in the world brought about attempts at revolution in several countries.

Provides historical background on the Golan Heights with emphasis on the conflict between Syria and Israel. Includes a map and links to recent news articles. Updated January 2008.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource provides up-to-the-minute reports on ongoing conflicts and other news in Pakistan with an emphasis on major events and public reaction.

A report on the historic Iraqi election held in January, 2005. Here are opinions of people around the world. People from Iraq have also commented.