Arab Net (http://www.arab.net/)
It is a 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.
Ancient History (http://arabic-media.com/iraq_history.htm)
Detailed information about ancient Iraq
Arabic (http://www.adab.com/en/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=18)
History of the Arabic language and its connection to literature, highlights the role that Iraq played in the transformation of the Arabic and Islamic culture
Calligraphy (http://www.sakkal.com/ArtArabicCalligraphy.html)
History of the transformation of Arabic script much of which can be attributed to Kufah, Iraq
Contemporary
Political Timeline (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/737483.stm)
Time line containing political events from 1920 to 2007
The Country and People of Arab Countries (http://www.hejleh.com/countries/)
Arranges links to many web sites by topics.
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/en/)
Site includes a directory and a list of sites on a wide range of subjects including
tourism, entertainment, culture, the media, news and business. Search under
the name of the country. In English and Arabic.
Infoplease (http://www.infoplease.com/)
Part of the electronic Learning Network, this homepage allows searches by country
which yield articles in almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographical works,
etc. Additional reference links are provided as well.
Iraqi
Country and People (http://www.photius.com/wfb2000/countries/iraq/iraq%5Fintroduction.html)
It provides basic data on Iraq from 1992 to the latest available year. It is
useful to those who wish to see a snap shot of Iraq and those interested in time
series analysis.
Iraqi
Defense (http://www.photius.com/wfb2000/countries/iraq/iraq%5Fmilitary.html)
It provides data on military manpower, transnational issues, maps, geography,
history of Iraq.
Quick Info (http://lexicorient.com/e.o/iraq_5.htm)
This
site contains a detailed timeline of Iraq’s history while providing
overviews of topics including Health, Defense, Religion and Ethnic groups.
Thousands of
Years (http://www.angelfire.com/nt/Gilgamesh/history.html)
Each
historical period ranging from 10,000 BCE until 1988AD contains links in order
to “help younger Iraqi generations in Diaspora to maintain a
better knowledge about the History of their Homeland.”
World Statesmen (http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Iraq.htm)
"World Statesmen is an attempt at a comprehensive and accurate list of
the heads of state and heads of government (and, in certain cases, de facto leaders
occupying neither of those formal positions) for all countries and territories,
going back to about 1700 or in some cases earlier. Some go further back, some
only from their creation. Some subdivisions of some countries are present including
native or traditional polities, provinces, or states. This sight also lists the
leaders of international, religious, and governmental organizations." Searchable
by leader or by nation, offers a map of the country, audio and text versions
of the national anthem, and text of the national constitution for most countries. |