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Culture: Western Sahara

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.

Created and maintained by the
 African & Middle Eastern Division,
Collections and Services Directorate

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.

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.

SIBMAS International Directory of Performing Arts Collections and Institutions -- Africa (http://www.sibmas.org/idpac/africa/index.html)
"...lists over 7000 international institutions with material relating to the performing arts (theatre, opera, music, ballet, film, circus, radio, television, cabaret, pantomime). Not only basic information about the institution is provided, but also information about collections found within the institutions."

Sahara Marathon (http://www.saharamarathon.org/)
"Travel to North Africa and live and run in this most difficult yet breathtaking place on earth–The Sahara Desert." Sahara Marathon is a project "which was formed to help the Saharwawi build awareness of the medical and nutritional needs of the Sahwawi children."

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.

Afrika.no: the Index on Africa (The Norwegian Council for Africa) (http://afrika.no/)
Links to news, information, annotated resources on African countries. Sponsored by the Norwegian Council for Africa.

 

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