Middle East

Resources

The Library of Congress Africa & Middle East Research Center and African and Middle East Internet Links

The Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED)

The POMED WIRE (provides links to key blogs, publications, and government-related resources)

Articles

Egypt

Perspectives on a Cultural Divide: Timothy Gutmann writes about being an American studying abroad in Cairo; while Tasneem Chithiwala shares what it was like to study in Cairo as a Muslim-American.

Iraq

FORMING AN IRAQI GOVERNMENT: A profile of International Studies major Lydia Khalil who found herself working in Iraq following the U.S.-led invasion by Sean Smith

Israel

Daily Life in the Middle East by Natanya Epstein

Birthright Israel: It's Shabbat on the Orthodox Jewish farm village near the Sea of Galilee. Outside, in the setting sunlight, girls skip rope in ankle-length skirts. I am wearing one too, but this is a one-weekend deal for me. For the people who live here, it's a way of life. By Susannah Dainow

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