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Arab Culture and History

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Ummayad mosque in Damascus, SyriaCulture

NITLE Arab Culture Project - Go to the Main Menu for a great library of multimedia resources on all aspects of the Arab World

Arabic Culture Lesson Plans for Kids. Read about various topics in Arabic culture.

Bedouins - Traditional Arab nomads

Art & Architecture

Early Arab architecture

Music

Aramusic.com - Download clips from current popular Arab music

Fairouz.com - Listen to music by the famous Lebanese singer, Fairouz

Calligraphy

Arabic Calligraphy gives a short, easy intro. to Arabic calligraphy with examples and links to three of the top Arabic calligraphy sites on the Internet.

Literature

The Place of Poetry: Arabic poems in English with links to Arabic poems in the original.

Naguib Mahfouz: the Arab world's first Nobel Laureate in Literature. See also A Nobel for the Arab Nation.

History

A Tour through Egyptian History for Kids including detailed information on Pharaonic (ancient), Greco-Roman, Coptic Christian and Islamic Egypt. With pictures.

Religion

The Koran - An online text version with search engine.

Islamic Civilization - an overview

The Islamic Foundation of the Renaissance article by Hugh Bibbs from Medieval History.net

Islamic Fundamentalism Q&A from the Christian Science Monitor

Islam 101 - Religious site about Islam

Islamic Fundamentalism's War Against Women from Vanity Fair 1993

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