AAAS Human Rights Action
Network: Egypt (http://shr.aaas.org/aaashran/country.php?c_id=3)
The American Association for the Advancement of Science provides information
about
minorities
in
the
Egypt
and
their
treatments
by
the Muslims communities.
Aid
to the Church in Need: Religious Freedom in Majority Islamic
Countries
(http://www.internal-displacement.org)
A 1998 report on religious freedom in majority Islamic countries, and information
on the persecution of the Coptic minority.
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.
al-Jihad (http://www.nps.edu/Library/Research/SubjectGuides/SpecialTopics/TerroristProfile/Current/AlJihad.html)
Profile from the US Naval Postgraduate School of the Group of al-Jihad, also
known as the Egyptian Jihad, Egyptian Islamic Jihad; Jihad Groups, Islamic
Jihad.
Americans
in the Egyptian Army: Ismail's Bold Experiment (http://egypt.atomicmartinis.com/)
Recognizes 50 American officers who served in the Egyptian army during the 1870's.
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 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/egypt/index.html)
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.
Arab-Israeli
Wars: The Suez /Sinai War (1956) (http://www.historyguy.com/suez%5Fwar%5F1956.html)
Examines the short, violent clash in the Egyptian regions known as the Suez Canal
and the Sinai Peninsula.
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."
Center for Strategic and International Studies (http://www.csis.org/)
A Washington, DC based think-tank which sponsors seminars and conferences and
issues reports on terrorism, United States foreign policy, and several regions
of the world including the Middle East and Africa.
Chiefs
of State and Cabinet Ministers of Foreign Governments
(https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/world-leaders-e/egypt.html)
Constantly updated lists of important governmental officers and their position
of all the world’s countries; published by the CIA as a part of its website.
CIA
-- The World Factbook (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/eg.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.
ClandestineRadio.com (http://www.clandestineradio.com/intel/)
" ClandestineRadio.com is the only online portal dedicated to the study
of clandestine and subversive radio - a field where politics, diplomacy,
espionage
and broadcast media collide."
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.
The Coptic Network (http://www.coptic.net/CopticWeb/)
Includes 1) The Coptic Web, articles and comprehensive indices of Internet resources
of interest to the Coptic community; 2) The Encyclopedia Coptica ; and 3) Copt-Net
Digest, main form of communication between Copt-Net members.
Coptic Orphans Support
Association (http://www.copticorphans.org/)
Nonprofit organization aiding needy and poverty-stricken Egyptian children
providing
food, clothing, medicine , and educational assistance.
Copts.com (http://www.copts.com)
Site reporting on persecution of and injustices to Copts in Egypt.
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.
The Document Room (http://www.mideastinfo.com/documents/index.html)
The Document Room of the Middle East Information Network includes constitutions,
Amnesty International Country Reports, treaties, historical documents, Israeli-Palestinian
materials, United Nations Resolutions, speeches and special reports relating
to the Middle Eastern countries.
Egypt as United
Arab Republic (1958-1972) (http://www.fotw.net/flags/eg-uar.html)
Site showing the flag of the United Arab Republic (Egypt and Syria). Site also
includes Egyptian coats of arms, seals, presidential standards, and naval ensigns
of the UAR.
Egypt
Daily (http://www.egyptdaily.com/)
A news site containing the latest news, current affairs and information on Egypt.
Egypt State Information Service (http://www.sis.gov.eg/)
Detailed information on politics, culture, history, economy and tourism, as well
as news articles, video and audio broadcasts and daily news updates from the
Egypt State Information Service.
Egypt to Endorse Free Trade
Agreement with United Arab Emirates (http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/990403/1999040316.html)
Egyptian endorsement of free trade agreement with United
Arab Emirates.
Egyptian Mineral Resources Authority (http://www.egsma.gov.eg/)
Geological survey of Egypt (EGSMA), is one of the oldest in the world
and the first to be established in the whole Africa and Middle East,
in the year 1896. Its mission is to geologically map Egypt and to discover; explore
and assess its mineral
wealth for the benefit of the national economy.
The Egyptian Presidency (http://www.presidency.gov.eg/)
Information about the president, a profile of Egypt, and a news archive.
Egyptian Reform:
The Time for Action is Now! (http://www.serageldin.com/SpeechDetail.aspx?SID=13)
Ismail Serageldin, Director, Library of Alexandria, has published over 50 books
and monographs and over 200 papers on a variety of topics including biotechnology,
rural development, sustainability, and the value of science to society.
Egyptian Shoura Assembly: Arabic - (http://www.shoura.gov.eg/) English -
(http://www.shoura.gov.eg/shoura_en/index.asp)
This is the official site for the Egyptian assembly.
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.
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.
Federation of American Scientists (http://www.fas.org)
The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) “is the oldest organization
dedicated to ending the worldwide arms race, achieving complete nuclear disarmament,
and avoiding the use of nuclear weapons for any purpose.” Whatever one’s
views are on its goals, a search of the site yields valuable information on a
country’s armament found only with difficulty elsewhere.
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.
Governments on the WWW: The
Government of Egypt (http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/eg.html)
Comprehensive database of governmental institutions on the World Wide Web: parliaments,
ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, city councils, public broadcasting
corporations, central banks, multi-governmental institutions etc. Includes also
political parties.
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.
Historical Society of Jews from Egypt (http://www.hsje.org/)
Site designed to gather and provide historical and current information on the
Jews from Egypt.
Hosni Mubarak (http://www.presidency.gov.eg/html/the_president.html)
Brief biography of the Egyptian president.
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.
Human Rights Watch Reports
on Egypt, 1993-2005 (http://hrw.org/doc/?t=mideast&c=egypt)
It provides information about many cases happened in Egypt against minorities.
INCORE: Conflict
Data Service: Regional Internet Guides (http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/services/cds/countries/index.html)
Founded in 1993, INCORE (Initiative in Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity) offers
a number of publications and services, including internet guides to particular
countries involved in conflict. “Each guide lists sources which have
unique, relevant and preferably substantive content relating to ethnicity and/or
conflict
in the country/region concerned.”
Information and Decision Support
Center: Egypt's Government Service Portal
(http://www.idsc.gov.eg/)
Information about the Egyptian government. It is designed to forecast
and observe the performance of the center. In Arabic and English.
International Foundation for Election Systems (http://www.ifes.org)
The IFES “provides professional advice and technical assistance in promoting
democracy and serves as an information clearinghouse on democratic development.” The
sites offers reports on anticipated and past elections and progress towards
democracy around the world.
Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty (http://www.mfa.gov.eg/mfa_portal/ar-EG/)
From the navbar on the left side of the page, select "Peace Process," "Reference
Documents," then " Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt, March 26,
1979" to see the complete text of the treaty which Carter witnessed
in March 26, 1979.
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.
MEMRI: The Middle East Media Research Institute (http://www.memri.org/)
Founded in 1998, the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) ‘explores
the Middle East through the region's media. MEMRI bridges the language gap
which exists between the West and the Middle East, providing timely translations
of
Arabic, Farsi, and Hebrew media, as well as original analysis of political,
ideological, intellectual, social, cultural, and religious trends in the
Middle East.’
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.
The
Middle East Dilemma: The Politics and Economic of Arab Integration
(http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/catalog/data/023111/023111138X.HTM)
Review of a Columbia University Press book edited by Michael C. Hudson.
Military
Analysis Network Suez Crisis (http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/docs/970100-jb.htm)
A military crisis occurred July 26, 1956, when Egypt’s president Nasser
nationalized the Suez Canal. (Scroll down to the heading "Suez-1956.")
Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Arab Republic
of Egypt (http://www.mfa.gov.eg/)
News, press releases, Foreign Affairs Ministry, consular services, foreign
policy.
Ministry of Foreign
Trade: Arab Republic of Egypt (http://www.mfti.gov.eg/english/english.asp)
It gives an overview of the ministry, social indicators, and details of recent
change in economic legislation and decrees.
In Arabic and English.
Ministry of Manpower and Emigration (http://www.araboo.com/site/egypt-emigration-gov-eg-14005)
Official site with contact details, news, and information about the services
of the ministry.
The Multinational Force
and Observers (http://www.iaw.on.ca/%7Eawoolley/mfo.html)
Unofficial web site for an international, non-UN military peace keeping force
in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.
Nasser and Arab Unity (http://www.mrdowling.com/608-nasser.html)
A short essay on Nasser's attempts to create a unified pan-Arab nation.
Nations of the World (http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/egypt.html)
Guide to legal materials of all types gathered by the Law Library of the
U.S. Congress. Searchable by country name.
Permanent Missions To The United Nations (http://www.un.int/)
This English language home page offers statements of mission, policy, articles,
and other vital information relating to individual countries’ missions
to the United Nations.
Political Resources on the Net (http://www.politicalresources.net)
Website covers all aspects of government, the ministries, the political parties,
elections, as well as the news media.
Pope Shenoda III (http://www.copticpope.org/)
Official site of H.H. Pope Shenouda III, the Coptic Pope of Alexandria, Egypt.
President
Nasser: Denouncement of the Proposal for a Canal Users' Association, 1956
(http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1956Nasser-suez1.html)
Speech by President Nasser of the UAR on September 15, 1956 in the Modern
History Sourcebook at Fordham University.
Suez
and the End of an Empire (http://politics.guardian.co.uk/politicspast/story/0,9061,451936,00.html)
" In the decade after the second world war, as Britain struggled to square
its diminishing empire with belt-tightening measures at home, it found time to
get involved in a war in Egypt." According to this article in the Guardian
Unlimited, "there is little doubt that the end of the imperial era was
greatly accelerated by the squalid little war in Egypt."
Suez-Sinai War (http://lexicorient.com/e.o/suezsinw.htm)
Provides background on the 1956 war between Egypt on one side,
and Israel , Britain, and France on the other side.
UCLA
Library Collections & Internet Resources in Middle Eastern, Armenian
and Central Asian Studies
(http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/url/colls/mideast/)
Covers Central Asia, Turkey, Assyria, the Arab World, Middle Eastern Studies,
Afghanistan, Kurdistan, Islam, Armenia, Iran
UNRISD On-Line (U.N. Research Institute for
Social Development) (http://www.unrisd.org/)
“ The UNRISD
carries out research on the social dimensions of contemporary problems
affecting development. Through its research, UNRISD stimulates dialogue
and contributes to policy debates within and outside the United Nations
system."
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 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. Library
of Congress Country Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/egtoc.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.
U.S. Department of State (http://www.state.gov/)
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. 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.
U.S.
State Department Central Files: Egypt: Internal Affairs and Foreign Affairs,
1945–1963
(http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/2upa/Imes/sdCentralEgypt1.asp)
The Lexis/Nexis site selling the Central Files on Egypt from 1945 to 1959,
which document the concurrent rise of modern Egyptian nationalism and the fall
of British
control over the Suez Canal and the Sudan. Modern Egyptian history is closely
tied to the volatile history of the Suez Canal; the State Department files
offer substantial documentation of the canal’s role in Egypt’s
national and international affairs during these crucial postwar years.
University of Texas
Middle East Website (http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cmes/)
Excellent website on the government, politics, news and media, education
and the social sciences in the Middle East.
Washington Institute for Near East
Policy (http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/)
“ Founded in 1985, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy is a public
educational foundation dedicated to scholarly research and informed debate
on U.S. interests in the Middle East.”
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.
The World Bank (http://www.worldbank.org)
A search by country yields numerous English language reports on the economic
development of regions of the world and the World Bank's advice,
initiatives and warnings concerning them.
Worldwide Governments
on the WWW (http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/world.html)
Provides links to governmental institutions and political parties around
the world.
World Statesmen (http://www.worldstatesmen.org)
“ World
Statesmen.org is an encyclopedia of nations, dependencies, international
organizations
and religious groups. Maps, chronologies, anthems, flags,
and indexes will enhance your exploration of world history.
World Trade Organization (http://www.wto.org/)
The official site of the WHO offers text in English, French or Spanish
on its mission and health initiatives, programs and warnings world wide.
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