Website of the Week

ArabNet, http://www.arab.net/

Sponsored by the Saudi Research and Marketing Group, ArabNet offers a vast array of English-language information about more than 20 countries in the region, including:

• Algeria
• Egypt
• Iraq
• Jordan
• Libya
• Morocco
• Palestine
• Saudi Arabia
• Syria
• Yemen

Country data includes information on history, geography, business, culture, government, transportation, tourism, and links to related websites. Arab News is an English-language newspaper published in Saudi Arabia. Visitors may sign up for an email newsletter.

For other resources on these countries, consider the following sources:

• Academic Info's Area & Country Studies Gateway, http://www.academicinfo.net/subarea.html 
• CIA's World Factbook, http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ 
• Georgetown Univerity's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, http://www.ccasonline.org/ 
• Library of Congress Country Studies, http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/csquery.html 
• Middle East News, http://www.middleeastnews.com/ArabWorld.html 
• National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education, Arab Culture and Civilization, http://www.nitle.org/arabworld/ 
• University of Texas at Austin, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Middle East Network Information Center, http://menic.utexas.edu/menic/