Abdul Aziz Sadiq http://www.asadiq.net/
Website featuring the artistic works of Abdul Aziz Sadiq; includes: pencil portraits, caricatures, music, photography, and comics. The site written in Arabic but is easy to navigate as “quick navigation” tool uses English.
Art Directory: Qatar http://www.arabsart.com/art/search/Qatar/
Includes links to artists and educational institutions in Qatar.
Art News: Qatar http://art-news-swicki.eurekster.com/Qatar/
Art news search engine, over 40,000 references to Qatar in the art world.
Culture of Qatar http://www.qatar.cmu.edu/testhr/?q=node/36
Article introduces Qatari dress code, social customs, business customs, holidays and cultural “do’s and don’ts”
Customs & Etiquette in Qatar http://www.qatar.alloexpat.com/qatar_information/customs_etiquettes_qatar.php
Tips on how to interact properly with people in Qatar, includes terms of address, greetings, importance of the hands and feet, invitations, and a few helpful pointers
Embassy of Qatar-CULTURE http://www.qatarembassy.net/culture.asp
“The National Council for Culture, Arts and Heritage was established in 1998 to sponsor national culture, arts and heritage affairs…” The departments of council include Culture and Arts, Theatre, Public Libraries, The National Library, and Museums and Archeology.
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.
Islamic philosophy (http://www.muslimphilosophy.com)
It provides an excellent number of scholarly electronic resources on Islamic philosophy in complete texts.
National Council for Culture Arts http://www.nccah.com/
“…The State of Qatar realized the importance of founding an organization which is concerned with culture and its affairs.”
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.
Qatar Photographic Society http://qpsphoto.com/arabic/index.php
Organization that was created to link photographers around the world so that they might share ideas and experiences, includes galleries and publications. (Arabic)
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.
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