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."
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.
Committee to Protect Journalists (http://www.cpj.org/)
"An independent non-profit organization dedicated to protecting press
freedom worldwide."
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.
Development Gateway (http://www.developmentgateway.org/)
“The Development Gateway helps communities, organizations, and individuals
build
partnerships, share ideas, and work together to reduce poverty.” The
Development Gateway is an independent not-for-profit organization
initially developed in the World Bank. Search by development
projects as well as by country to identify additional web sites
and documents.
Directory of Development Organizations (http://www.devdir.org/)
“
The Directory is a compilation of contact data of the main sources of assistance
available for private sector development (micro, small and medium-sized enterprises)
and poverty-reduction. A wide range of organizations is included in the directory:
international organizations, government ministries, private sector institutions,
development agencies, universities, research and training institutes, NGOs/PDOs,
grantmakers, banks, microfinance institutions, and development consulting firms.” Searchable
by keyword.
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.
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.
Human Rights
Watch (http://hrw.org/reports/2003/egypt0203/)
Summarizes the abuses children face from police officers as well
as from older convicts in Egyptian jails
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.
International Center for Biosaline
Agriculture (ICBA) (http://www.biosaline.org/)
"...ICBA arose from the realization that fresh water resources are overexploited
in much of the developing world and that other sources of water
must be made use of for further agricultural expansion....one source of such
water is saline water which has not been optimally utilized for irrigated agriculture.
ICBA was thus established to generate new knowledge
and technology in saline irrigated agriculture [and]
contribute to increased food and feed production...."
International Committee of the Red Cross (http://www.icrc.org/eng)
"International Committee of the Red Cross
an independent, neutral organization ensuring humanitarian protection
and assistance for victims of war and armed violence."
Lions Club of Egypt (http://www.lions-egypt.org/)
International service and community building organization in several
Egyptian cities
Middle East Studies Association (MESA) (http://mesa.wns.ccit.arizona.edu/)
MESA’s website provides news, descriptions of activities,
lists of members, dates of conferences and other relevant information
concerning this United States-based organization dedicated to
the study of all aspects of the countries, regions and peoples
of the Middle East.
SFD Egypt: Egypt's Social Fund for Development (http://www.sfdegypt.org/)
The fund is intended to assist, in the short term, low-income
population groups most directly affected by the economic reform
measures.
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.
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