Al-Bawaba (http://albawaba.com/en/countries/Egypt)
Major portal site that links to a number of other websites on all the Arab countries.
Up-to-date information on the political, business, social, cultural and religious
aspects of a particular country. Click on the name of the country for information
in English and Arabic.
Amnesty International (http://www.amnesty.org)
‘ Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning movement that works
to promote all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and other international standards.’ The English
language homepage provides articles on human rights questions
and abuses in countries around the globe.
Arab Net (http://www.arab.net/)
Major Arab website that contains information on the government, history, geography,
business, culture, transport, tourism of each country, and provides links to
other relevant websites.
asylumlaw.org (http://www.asylumlaw.org)
"asylumlaw.org, a free website run by an international consortium of agencies
that help asylum seekers in Australia, Canada, the United States,
and several countries in Europe. On this site, asylum seekers can find information
about seeking asylum, including finding an agency or lawyer to help, in 35
countries around the world."
CNS: al-Jihad al-Islami (http://cns.miis.edu/research/wtc01/aljihad.htm)
Overview of the ideology and group ties of the fundamentalists religious group
seeking to establish Islamic rule in Egypt.
Coptic Orphans Support Association (http://www.copticorphans.org/)
Nonprofit organization aiding needy and poverty-stricken Egyptian children providing
food, clothing, medicine, and educational assistance.
Derechos Cafe - A Human Rights Hangout (http://www.derechos.net)
Offers documents, web links arranged by region and country, news reports as well
as a directory of human rights organizations.
Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com)
From the Electronic Library, searching the Encyclopedia.com by country provides
numerous narrative articles on its history, culture, politics.
Ethnologue (http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=EG)
Searching this comprehensive English language ethnological site by country name
will yield lists and articles of the languages and linguistic groups spoken and
read in it.
Fares.net English: (http://www.fares.net/en/) Arabic:
(http://www.fares.net/ar/)
Directory of websites on a wide range of subjects including tourism, entertainment,
culture, the media, news and business in English and Arabic. Search under the
name of the country.
Global IDP
Project (http://www.internal-displacement.org)
Project is an international non-governmental body working for better protection
and assistance of people who have been displaced within their own country by
conflict or because of human rights violations. It seeks to find solutions that
ultimately lead to their safe return or resettlement and reintegration.
Hejleh Egypt Country Study:
The Country and People of Egypt
(http://www.hejleh.com/countries/egypt.html)
Important portal site on Egypt that covers every major aspect of its history,
culture, economy, education, media organizations, political institutions. It
also has links to every major Egyptian city.
Human
Rights News (http://hrw.org/press/2003/02/egypt021903.htm)
“Mass Arrests of Street Children in Egypt, Beatings, Sexual
Abuse Common in Police Custody” (Arabic and English)
Human Rights Watch (http://www.hrw.org/)
“Human Rights Watch is an independent, nongovernmental organization, supported
by contributions from private individuals and foundations worldwide.” Search
its records for reports on the human rights records, abuses,
etc. of any given country.
International Committee of the Red Cross (http://www.icrc.org/eng)
"International Committee of the Red Cross an independent, neutral organization
ensuring humanitarian protection and assistance for victims of
war and armed violence."
International Monetary Fund (http://www.imf.org/)
The IMF is an “organization of 183 member countries, established to promote
international monetary cooperation, exchange stability, and orderly exchange;
to foster economic growth and high levels of employment; and to provide temporary
financial assistance to countries to help ease balance of payments adjustment.” A
search by country will yield reports on the IMF’s initiatives
and programs in it.
Journal of Humanitarian Assistance (http://www.jha.ac/)
Published at the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford,
Bradford, U.K., this site may be searched for articles in the
journal concerning a particular country.
The National Council for
Women (http://www.ncwegypt.com/)
Web site dedicated to recognizing the hard work of Egyptian women
Open
Directory Portal Page on Islam (http://dmoz.org/Society/Religion%5Fand%5FSpirituality/Islam/Quran/)
The Open Directory Projects portal page on Islam offers hundreds
of citations on various aspects of Islam as practiced around
the globe, as well as sites which contain the complete Arabic
and English texts of the Koran.
UNRISD On-Line (U.N. Research Institute for
Social Development) (http://www.unrisd.org/)
“
The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
(UNRISD) is an autonomous UN agency engaging in multidisciplinary
research on the social dimensions of contemporary problems affecting
development. Through its research, UNRISD stimulates dialogue
and contributes to policy debates on key issues of social development
within and outside the United Nations system."
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (http://www.unicef.org/)
“
Works for children's rights, their survival, development and protection, guided
by the Convention on the Rights of the Child." Site offers
reports and information about the status and living situations
of children in many countries.
United Nations ReliefWeb (http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc100?openForm
)
“
ReliefWeb is a project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)... serving the information needs of the humanitarian
relief community” Offers news updates to crisis situations
around the world and includes information about refugee camps
and other relief efforts.
United States. Agency for International Development.
Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC) (http://dec.usaid.gov/ )
“ The Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC) is the largest online
resource for USAID funded, international development documentation.
The purpose of the DEC is to strengthen USAID's development projects, activities,
and programs by making ... development experience documents available to USAID
offices and mission staff, PVO's, NGO's, universities and research institutions,
developing countries, and the public worldwide.”
United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
(USCRI) (http://www.refugees.org/)
Founded in 1958 to complement the UN’s initiative to aid refugees, the
USCR’s site offers brief and detailed reports on refugee
status in and from the various countries of the world.
United States. Department of
State Report on Human Rights Practices (http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/)
This web site lists the reports for 1999-2001.
Water
Poverty (http://balwois.mpl.ird.fr/balwois/administration/full_paper/ffp-490.pdf)
Discusses the effect that lack of potable water has on the health
of Egyptians
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