al-Ahram (http://www.ahram.org.eg/)
The most important Arabic newspaper in the Arab world and particularly
for Egypt.
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.
Aldokkan (http://aldokkan.com/)
“Aldokkan is dedicated for students and beginners desiring an elementary study of ancient Egypt on a comparative method; by this approach students may better understand the Egyptian Civilization by comparing the main aspects of each chronological period.”
ArabsArt.com (http://www.arabsart.com/art/search/Egypt/)
This Arab art directory offers links searchable by country.
Arab Art Gallery (http://www.arabartgallery.com/)
Categories include Islamic paintings, Islamic prints, Oriental, realism, abstract,
symbolic, Jerusalem.
Arts of the
Islamic World (Freer and Sackler Galleries) (http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/islamicHome.htm)
The phrases “arts of the Islamic World” and “Islamic art” refer
to a variety of artistic traditions that have flourished since
the advent of Islam in the late seventh century across a vast geographic
area.... While different regions developed their own distinctive
styles, the resulting artwork
shared several characteristics inspired by their common religion,
such as the use of calligraphy to transform simple objects into
works of art and the use of abstract geometric designs to decorate
the Koran, the holy text of Islam.
Egypt
Centre [The
Museum of Egyptian Antiquities] (http://www.swan.ac.uk/egypt/)
The Egypt Centre consists of part of the collection of the pharmacist Sir Henry
Wellcome from the turn of the 20th century. It has been in the keeping of University
of Wales, Swansea, since the early 1970s.
Egypt Daily (http://www.egyptdaily.com/)
"Latest news from the World News Network." A news site
containing the latest news,
current
affairs
and
information
on
Egypt.
The
Egyptian Castle (http://www.egyptiancastle.com/movies/current.htm)
As cinema is such a huge part of modern Egypt, this website
gives access to new Egyptian movies each month. This
web site also gives access to Egyptian Theatre if you have
Real Audio and Real Video capabilities.
Egyptian Marriages ( http://islam.about.com/od/marriage/a/worldweddings.htm)
Explanation and pictures of weddings in Egypt, touches upon the change of customs through time and weddings in Upper Egypt
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.
Epidemiology of Female
Sexual Castration in Cairo, Egypt (http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/first/badawi.html)
A paper presented at the First International Symposium on Circumcision,
Anaheim, California, March 1-2, 1989.
A group of 350 Egyptian women were selected to
self report on their recall of their castration.
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.
Gypsies
and non-Gypsies in Egypt (http://www.domresearchcenter.com/journal/13/ghagar13.html)
A paper on largely ignored ethnic groups in Egypt with the
intent on widening “the knowledge available about those
groups of people in the world whom one could broadly identify
as being members of marginal or "pariah" communities.”
The
Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology (http://academic.memphis.edu/egypt/)
Dedicated to the study of the art and cultures of ancient Egypt
through teaching, research, exhibition.
Life in Ancient
Egypt (http://www.carnegiemnh.org/exhibits/egypt/guide.htm)
"Teacher's Guide
to The Walton Hall of Ancient Egypt" at the Carnegie Museum
of Natural History.
Examination of every day life in ancient Egypt through artifacts
on display at the museum.
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.
The Oriental Institute
Museum (http://oi.uchicago.edu/museum/collections/pa/ )
The Museum of the University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute
offers an archive of photographs of monuments in ancient Iran,
Iraq, Sudan, and Egypt. Links to related sites are also provided.
RecipeSource (http://www.recipesource.com/)
A search by country in RecipeSource, the new website of SOAR: The
Searchable Online Archive of Recipes, yields traditional recipes
in English from countries around the world.
UCLA
Library Collections & Internet Resources (http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/url/colls/mideast/)
The University of California Library Collections and Internet Resources
in Middle Eastern, Arab, Islamic, Armenian and Central Asian studies.
Umm
Kulthum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umm_Kulthum_%28singer%29)
“More than three decades after her death, she is still
recognized as the Arab world's most famous and distinguished
singer of the 20th Century.”
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.
University of Texas
Middle East Network Information Center: Egypt (http://menic.utexas.edu/Countries_and_Regions/Egypt/))
Egypt-centric resources on an excellent Middle East website on
mideast government, politics, news and media, education and the
social sciences.
Women
and Gender in Ancient Egypt from Prehistory to Late Antiquity
(http://www.umich.edu/~kelseydb/Exhibits/WomenandGender/title.html)
Online version of a Kelsey Museum exhibition mounted from March
14 through June 15, 1997, and curated by Terry G. Wilfong. which
uses Egyptian artifacts to highlight roles, lives of women in
ancient Egypt.
Women
in the Middle East (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/women.html)
A page from the World Wide Web Virtual Library hosted by Columbia
University Library offering articles on women in the Ancient
Middle East, Afghani Women, Arab Women, Armenian Women, Assyrian
Women, Iranian Women, Israeli/Jewish Women, Kurdish Women,Maltese
Women, Maltese Women, and Turkish Women.
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