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Culture: Bahrain

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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 African & Middle Eastern Division,
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Al-Bawaba (http://albawaba.com/en/countries/Bahrain)
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.

Bahrain (http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107313.html)
It gives concise guide to the history, geography of the Bahraini people and country.

Bahrain: The Pearl of the Gulf (http://www.golfbahrain.com/)
It is the website of the first international 18 hole grass golf course in Bahrain.

British Council - Bahrain (http://www.britishcouncil.org/me-bahrain.htm)
It features information on arts, events, exhibits, scholarships, literary services, and English language instruction.

Discover Bahrain (http://www.discoverbahrain.com/)
This site gives information about Bahrain includes historical sites, cultural sports, and marks and maps.

Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Bahrain.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.

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.

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.

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://menic.utexas.edu/Countries_and_Regions/Bahrain/)
The Middle East Network Information Center. A public service of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.

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