Al-Bawaba (http://albawaba.com/en/countries/Tunisia)
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.
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/arabinfo/tunisia.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/tunisia/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.
Asslama Yatounes (http://www.fairkess.com/tn/index.html)
A major Tunisian portal on everything from business, media, tourist and other
sites.
Bab- el-Web (http://www.babelweb.com.tn/home/BEW-index)
Tunisian website that covers all facets of contemporary Tunisian life.
CIA -- The
World Factbook (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ts.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.
Development Gateway Country Overview
(http://www.developmentgateway.org/cg/country-gateways/country.do?country=tn&iso3=TUN)
"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/doc/1E1-Tunisia.html)
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.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( http://www.fao.org/countryProfiles/index.asp?lang=en&iso3=TUN)
Country profile and mapping information system for Tunisia.
Infoplease (http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108050.html)
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.rabiah.com/convert/)
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/tunisia/)
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.
Middle East Partnership Initiative ( http://www.medregion.mepi.state.gov/tunisia.html)
US Department of State Program that promotes democracy throughout the Middle East.
Middle East Policy Council ( http://www.mepc.org/resources_links/Tunisia.asp#AC)
A non-profit educational organization that covers cultural, economic, political aspects of Algeria as well as many online newspapers.
OneWorld.net (http://www.oneworld.net/)
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.
Radio-Tunis (http://www.radiotunis.com)
Audio site for the most widely broadcast national radio station in Tunisia.
Theodora.com (http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/tunisia/index.html)
Historical events as well as current information about the economy, government, and politics of Tunisia.
Tunisia Consular information sheet (http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1045.html)
This is a continuously updated site by the US Department of State concerning
travel to Tunisia, economic, political and health conditions, as well as travel
requirements for US citizens.
Tunisia Online (http://www.tunisiaonline.com/)
News and information on the country's history, government, society and culture,
and more.
Tunisia Page (http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Country_Specific/Tunisia.html)
Website created by the Norwegian Council on Africa. Search under Tunisia for
information on the history, archaeology, geography, languages of Tunisia. This
site is important for all the countries of Africa and the Mediterranean.
U.S. Agency for International Development. Development
Experience Clearinghouse
(DEC) (http://www.dec.org)
"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."
U.S. Department of State (http://www.state.gov/p/nea/ci/c2421.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 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 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://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cmes/?path[0]=cmes)
Excellent website on the government, politics, news and media, education and
the social sciences in the Middle East.
World Desk Reference (http://dev.prenhall.com/divisions/hss/worldreference/TN/introduction.html)
Searchable by country, this is the online version of the handbook with more than
5000 illustrations and maps. |