General Resources: Bahrain

Bahrain is an island country in the Arabian Gulf in southwest Asia. Bahrain has about the same area as Chicago. Bahrain has been a major center area of trade and communications in the Arabian Gulf region for many centuries. The country remained underdeveloped until the discovery of oil in 1932. Today, the nation has one of the highest standards of living in the Gulf area. Manamah is the capital, largest city, and chief commercial center. Bahrain is headed by king. The king appoints a Council of Ministers that actually runs the government. The Council consists of 12 members plus prime minister who heads the group. Arabs make up about ninety percent of the population. About all the people are Muslims, and Islam is the national religion. Bahraini government has broadened the economy by developing commerce in the Gulf region.

For Library of Congress contact information and materials, consult the Bahrain Country page of the Near East Section of the African and Middle Eastern Division or the Library of Congress Online Catalog. To track bills and other Congressional materials having to do with the topic, consult the Library's Thomas Legislative Information page.

These sites have been chosen for their utility in providing information, directories and portals on all aspects of Bahrain life and culture. As the links to Bahrain are sometimes inactive, we recommend that you try again if you are not successful the first time.

AdmiNet - Bahrain (http://www.adminet.com/world/bh/)
It provides information on top government individual of Bahrain. The State of Bahrain top links with other countries.

Al-Bab.com (http://www.al-bab.com/arab/countries/bahrain.htm)
Provides a quick briefing via links to other sites including information on travel and cites recent publications about Jordan.

Al-Bawaba (http://albawaba.com/en/countries/Bahrain)
It is a major portal site that links a number of other websites on all the Arab countries. It contains up-to-date information on the political, business, social, cultural and religious aspects of a particular country. Just click on the name of the country for information in English and Arabic.

American Bahraini Friendship Society (http://www.bahrainsociety.org/)
The Society was founded in 1990 by a group of American friends who had lived in Bahrain in connection with U. S. diplomatic, military or business affiliations and had developed affection for the country and its people.

Arab Fund for Economic & Social Development (http://www.arabfund.org/)
Search for information on projects funded throughout the Arab world

Arab German Consulting (http://www.arab.de/links.htm)
Major portal site on the Arab countries. Includes up-to-date information on the government, history, economy, education systems.

Arab Net (http://www.arab.net/bahrain/index.html)
It is a 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.

Arabian business and Cultural Guide (http://www.traderscity.com/abcg/culture.htm)
It is a guide to understanding the social, business, culture, and how to trade and export to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait , U.A.E., and Bahrain.

Bahrain 2001 - Introduction Geography, People, Government, Economy (http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/bahrain/index.html)
It gives information about Bahraini people, government, and economy of the country.

Bahrain Center for Studies and Research Site (http://www.bcsr.gov.bh/)
It gives information abut the stability of the center's organizational structure facilitates and gradual growth.

Bahrain Radio and Television Corporation (http://www.gna.gov.bh/brtc/radio.html)
It is considered the first broadcasts in the Arab Gulf Region when it went on air in 1941 during the second world War l.

Bahrain This Month (http://www.bahrainthismonth.com/index.php)
A monthly magazine that targets the youth. It provides topics on fashion, health, sports, beauty, cinema, and various other topics.

Bahrain Tribune (http://www.bahraintribune.com/)
It is the site of al-Ayam's English language sister paper.

CIA -- The World Factbook (https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ba.html)
An annual publication of the CIA, contains up-to-date information on all aspects of the political, social and military history of a particular country.

The Country and People of Bahrain (http://www.hejleh.com/countries/bahrain.html)
It links to sites in Bahrain and Bahrain related sites.

Development Gateway Country Overview
(http://www.developmentgateway.org/cg/country-gateways/country.do~country=bh~iso3=BHR)
"The Development Gateway helps communities, organizations, and individuals build partnerships, share ideas, and work together to reduce poverty." Search by development projects as well as by country to identify additional web sites and documents.

Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com/SearchResults.aspx?Q=Bahrain)
From the Electronic Library, searching the Encyclopedia.com by country provides numerous narrative articles on its history, culture, politics.

Fares.net (http://www.fares.net)
Site includes a directory and a list of sites 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.

Governments on the www.:Bahrain (http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/bh.html)
It provides links to national institutions, country guides, and to other directories.

Guide to Bahrain (http://www.bahrainguide.org/BG3/artists.html)
Provides information on the history and traditions of Bahrain. It also gives information on museums and artistic galleries for visitors. Simply, it is a trip planner for visitors to Bahrain.

The Gulf / 2000 Project - SIPA - Columbia University (http://gulf2000.columbia.edu/)
This site was developed by the Gulf/2000 Project at the School of International and Public Affairs of Columbia University in New York City. It is designed to make available in a single location a wealth of information on the eight countries of the Persian Gulf region--Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Click on a flag above to visit one of these countries.

Inet Home (http://www.inet.com.bh/)
It is the web site for an internet service offers web design, history and domain registration services.

Infoplease (http://www.infoplease.com/search?fr=iptn&query=bahrain&in=all)
Part of the electronic Learning Network, this homepage allows searches by country which yield articles in almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographical works, etc. Additional reference links are provided as well.

Islamic Calendar Converter (http://www.oriold.unizh.ch/static/hegira.html )
This English language website not only converts the present Gregorian date, in common use in the West, to its modern Hijra equivalent (in common use in the Islamic World), it also provides a mechanism, based on software developed by Waleed A. Muhanna, to convert all past dates from Gregorian-Hijra or Hijra-Gregorian.

Lonely Planet - Destinations (http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/middle-east/bahrain)
Search by country to find information on travel, attractions, history, culture, and environment. of that location.

Middle East – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (http://www.carnegieendowment.org/programs/global/index.cfm?fa=proj&id=107&proj=zme)
The main feature of the Carnegie Arabic Web Portal is the Arabic-language version of the Arab Reform Bulletin, an online monthly journal on the latest political reform developments from Arab and Western perspectives. Also included are Arabic translations of select Carnegie Papers, commentaries on the Middle East and related subjects such as nuclear nonproliferation, as well as writings originally published in Arabic.

Ministry of Information (http://www.gna.gov.bh/)
It is the site of the Ministry of Information. It provides information about the government and country links and information.

Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (http://www.bah-molsa.com/)
It explains government's policy of enhancing the living standards of Bahraini people through measures aimed at contributing to sustaining workforces stability, higher work productivity.

OneWorld.net (http://us.oneworld.net/article/searchswitch/?SearchText=bahrain)
Searchable by country, regions and topics. Includes current headlines and special reports.

Princeton University Library: Near Eastern Studies Resources (http://www.princeton.edu/%7Epressman/neareast.htm)
Princeton Library's site dedicated to Near Eastern Studies provides not only invaluable information about Princeton's programs and collections, but also extensive links to sites (libraries, universities, institutes, think tanks, directories, gateways, newspapers, etc.) around the world concerning all aspects of the discipline.

State of Bahrain (https://www.e.gov.bh/pub/wps/portal)
It is a gateway to Bahrain sites. It gives information about government's offices web sites of Bahrain.

United Nations (http://www.un.org)
The official site of the United Nations provides articles, reports, etc. in several languages on all aspects of the initiatives and mission of that organization as well as on the contemporary life, culture, society, international relations, etc. of all the countries and peoples of the world.

United Nations ReliefWeb (http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc104?OpenForm&rc=3&cc=bhr)
"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/index.cfm?p=search.getSQLResults&CFID=88620&CFTOKEN=73198017)
"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. Department of State (http://www.state.gov/p/nea/ci/c3219.htm)
Numerous documents concerning diplomatic and international relations, travel advice and warnings relating to the countries of the world are available on the State Department's official site by searching under a particular country's name.

United States. Library of Congress Country Studies (http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/bhtoc.html)
A series published by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Studies Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army.

United States. Library of Congress. Virtual Reference Shelf (http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html)
The Library of Congress has mounted this useful site on its home page to give scholars and researchers access to common online sources which are excellent for initial stages of research. These online tools are organized by subject and format, e.g., "Almanacs and Fast Facts," "Directories," "Libraries," etc.

University of Texas Middle East Website (http://menic.utexas.edu/Countries_and_Regions/Bahrain/)
Excellent website on the government, politics, news and media, education and the social sciences in the Middle East.

World Desk Reference (http://www.phschool.com/curriculum_support/online_world_desk_reference/BH/index.htm)
Searchable by country, this is the online version of the handbook with more than 5000 illustrations and maps.