Middle East & Islamic Studies Collection

Socio-Cultural/Miscellaneous

Updated: 20 March, 2009

General

• NITLE Arab World Project (online sources for the study of culture and civilization of the Arab World & Islam)
• Islam & Islamic Studies, Arabic, and Religion (Dr. Godlas, University of Georgia)
• Iranian/Persian Culture
• turath.org
• Yullah.com - Your Arab American Event Directory
• Arab Stars
• Darat al Funun, Amman, Jordan
• Arab Art on www
• Beduin weaving
• Yahala, Middle East Internet Directory
• It's Barbie vs. Laila and Sara in Mideast Culture War (NYT June 2, 1999 : CAIRO JOURNAL)
• Spreading Arab Culture, Showbiz Style (Washington Post Foreign Service Saturday , September 23, 2000 ; A16)
• A Brief History of Islamic Glassmaking

Cinema

• Cinema - Mideast
• Egyptian Posters, Egyptian Films
• The Arab Film Society's Home Page
• MIDDLE EAST AND ISLAMIC WORLD FILMOGRAPHY -- (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
• Internet Movie Database
• Arab Cinematic History on the Internet (Sakhr)
• Middle Eastern and North African Cinemas: Culture and Politics in a Transregional World (First Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting March 22 - 26, 2000
• Palestinian Cinema
• August Light Productions (Distributor of films and videos from the Arab world)
• A database of Egyptian films on the WWW. Search by title, actor, year of production, etc.
• Yousssef Chahine
• Misr Company for Studios and Film production
• Sa'idi at the American University
• "Mutahaddirat" / Randah Shahhal (Al Hayat (London) 9 June, 2000: p. 18)
• A Filmaker Without Honor or Outlets in Her Own Land [Chahal] (The New York Times, June 14, 2000)
• The Largest Iranian Movies and CDs Warehouse!
• Iran celebrates 100 years of cinema (Deutsche Presse-Agentur Deutsche Presse-Agentur September 21, 2000)
• Romance of the Chador: An Iranian Exile's Silent Movies (The New York Times, March 25, 2001)
• First Run / Icarus Films
• Film International (Quarterly Magazine from Tehran. It highlights Iranian and international films and television programs. Published in Persian and English)
• ABBAS KIAROSTAMI
• THE FILMS OF ABBAS KIAROSTAMI
• A SURVEY CATALOGUE AND BRIEF CRITICAL HISTORY OF IRANIAN FEATURE FILM (1896-1975)
• CinemaIran
• IranMedia
• The Digital Revolution and The Future Cinema (Samira Makhmalbaf's Address at Cannes Festival, May 9, 2000 )
• 'The Circle': The Taboos and Panic for Women of Iran (NYT, Sept. 26, 2000)
• The Image of Women in Algerian and Tunisian Cinema / LEYLA BOUZID
• Moroccan cinema
• The Ancient Egypt Film Site

Music

• The Arab Music Source
• Some of the more common modes
• MAQAM
• Um Kalthoum
• F a i r o u z
• Farid al-Atrash
• KAREM MAHMOUD
• Simon Shaheen
• Directory-- Maghreb Search Engine
• Beur music
• RAI Music (Cheb Khaled, Algeria)
• Morocco - Sounds of The Maghreb
• Rabih El- Khawli
• Iranian/Persian Music
• World Tour for a Diva Long Banned from Singing [Googoosh] (NYT, Aug. 9, 2000)
• The Turkish Music Home Page
• Farabi (a group of American musicians playing traditional Turkish, Arab, and Greek music)
• Traditional Crossroads - Music from Turkey, Armenia and the middle east
• Biographies of those who have Rendered Services to the Classical Turkish Music and have Prepared the History of the Turkish Music
• ArabicMusical Scores.com
• ARA-MUSIC
• Arabic-Music newsgroup Homepage
• Maqam Arabic Music
• maqam.com
• Aramusic.com

Radio & TV

• Oriental Dance: Myth and Reality, the Harem Slaves
• BBC Arabic Service
• Independent TV Gives Arabs A New Perspective on the News (Washington Post Foreign Service Tuesday , November 7, 2000 ; Page A22)
• Al Jezira, la télé qui réveille le monde arabe (Le Monde, France, March, 2000)
• A Little U.S. Pop-aganda for Arabs At New VOA Radio Station, Music Is Light and So Is the News (Washington Post, Friday, July 26, 2002; Page A24)
• Al-Tahrir
• Iranian Television
• IRTV Iranian Television
• Jordan Radio & TV
• Manar Resistance Television, Lebanon
• MED-TV - Kurdish television
• Mokhtar, Lebanon
• Tawhid Islamic Movement.
• Murr TV, Lebanon
• The Sultanate of Oman Radio and Sultanate of Oman Television Live Broadcast
• Radio Islam
• Daily News from Radio Kuwait
• Radio Maroc/Casablanca
• Showtime Arabia
• Radio Tunis
• Tunisian Radio & TV
• Tunisian Radio

Dance

• A Glossary Of Belly Dance Terms / by Shira
• Tummy Trouble in Cairo (Los Angeles Times. Wednesday, August 2, 2000 : Home Edition, Section: Part A, Page: A-1)
• as-Sayf Dance Group
• FTP Archive from the Mailing List Med-Dance
• JJ's Place, Los Angeles
• New York Belly Dancer

Recipes, Food and Drinks

• The New Neighborhood Butcher in an Old-Fashioned Way [halal meat] (NYT June 2, 1999)
• An Anonymous Andalusian Cookbook of the 13th Century / Translated by Charles Perry
• Middle Eastern Recipes Searchable Online Archive of Recipes (SOAR) at UC Berkeley
• Middle Eastern Recipes - compiled by Christina Al-Sudairy
• How To's from Arab Culture
• An Islamic Dinner
• The Middle Eastern Cook Book (Sabria Toma)
• Greek/Middle Eastern Cuisine
• Recipes from Algeria
• Algerian green beans with almonds
• The Moroccan Cuisine
• Morocco: Menus & Recipes
• Persian Recipes
• Persian speciality food stores and Persian restaurants
• America Discovers the Turkish Mosaic The NYT, (November 10, 1999)

Local Times/Calendar

• Time
• Khayam: A Persian Calendar Program
• The World Clock
• U.S. Naval Observatory Master Clock
• One-World Global Calendar (Thousands of holidays and celebrations from all religions and cultures)

Banks & Fianancial Institutions

• Directory of Arabian Banks In The US
• Iranian Banks
• The Central Bank of Lebanon
• The Central Bank of Jordan
• Misr Exterior Bank S.A.E., an Eyptian-Spanish bank
• National Bank of Kuwait
• Palestinian Monetary Authority (PMA)
• Banks Yellow Pages, Lebanon
• Bank Al Saudi Al Fransi
• Al Baraka Group
• Al-Ahli Bank, Bahrain
• Arab Bank
• Fuji-Bank; Europe & Middle East
• The "Full" Universal Currency Converter™

Freight Forwarders

• Directory of US Freight Forwarders to the Middle East By State
• Shipping Experts Who Cater to Students

U.S Embassies in the Middle East

• USA Embassies In Arab Countries

Middle Eastern Embassies in the USA

• Arab Embassies in the USA
• Iranian Interest Section in USA

Travel

• Tips for travelers to The Middle East and North Africa
• Fresh Eyes Find Timeless Magic Within the Desert's Sand
• Travel Guide to the Arab World On-line
• Caravan-Serai Tours Inc.
• Cape To Cairo consolidator rates to Africa and the Middle East
• Middle East Airlines: News, discussion, and links related to Middle East
• Zohny Travel
• Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheets

Middle East & Islamic Studies, http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/mideast/

Ali Houissa, The Middle East & Islamic Studies Bibliographer.