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Culture: Yemen

Includes performing and visual arts, film, music, museums, theater, folklore. Check sites listed under 'General' for more information and under 'Search Engines' for more sites.

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Al-Bawaba (http://albawaba.com/.ie.php3?lang=e)
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.

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 (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.

Living in Yemen (http://www.gildedserpent.com/)
It provides information about the life style and culture of Yemeni people.

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://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/PA/OI%5FPA.html)
The Museum of the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute offers on this page 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.

Shibam Online (http://www.yemeninfo.gov.ye/ENGLISH/CULTURE/shibam.htm)
It gives information about the former Hadrami capital. It provides data on the history, songs, pictures about the local architecture.

SongSearch Has Yemen CDS (http://www.songsearch.net)
It is the web site of the online music store. It gives information about the Yemeni music and songs.

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.

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 Website (http://link.lanic.utexas.edu/menic/countries/)
Excellent website on the government, politics, news and media, education and the social sciences in the Middle East.

Virtually in Yemen (http://www.ohmygosh.on.ca/stamps/yemen/ylinks.htm)
It is a web site gives ideas about their services.

Yemen Mocha (http://www.yemenmocha.com/Mocha.html)
It shows that Yemen as the world oldest, most famous coffee comes from Yemen. It was a small port in Yemen on the Red Sea.

Yemenite Yemen singles, personals, Connections, Dates, Matches (http://www.yemenitesingles.com)
It provides information for meeting local singles and making friends, find a new love, or just having fun.

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