Understanding Global Cultures

Maps
- Lonely Planet Map of Egypt
- Imperial History of the Middle East: 5000 Years of History in 90 seconds -- Maps of War
UMD Library Catalogue
- JSTORE
country profiles
- Egypt -- CIA World Factbook
- Egypt -- U.S. Department of State > Africa
- Egypt -- Lonely Planet
- Egypt -- BBC News
- Egypt -- NationMaster.com
- Egypt -- Library of Congress Country Studies
- Egypt -- Wikipedia
- Egypt -- CountryReports.org
- Egypt -- Eldis -- Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
Region > Asia > Europe/Russia > Middle East > Egypt -- Council on Foreign Relations

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general information
- Adminet > World > Middle East > Egypt
- ARAB.NET
timelines
- BBC News timeline: Egypt
- World News Atlas > Middle East > Egypt
holidays
- Holidays in Egypt -- Wikipedia
- Public and Banking Holidays for Egypt -- Q++ Studio
travel
- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt
- Lonely Planet Worldguide > Africa > Egypt
- Tour Egypt
national anthem
- Wikipedia > National anthem > List of national anthems > Egypt > Bilady, Bilady, Bilady (My Homeland, My Homeland, My Homeland)
- national-anthems.net > Africa > Egypt

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newspapers / networks specific to Egypt and its environs
- The Media in Egypt -- BBC News
- AllYouCanRead.com > Newspapers> Africa > Egypt
- The Internet Public Library > Newspapers > Africa > Egypt
- OnlineNewspapers.com > Egypt
- economist.com > countries > Egypt
- GlobalEDGE: International Resource Desk > Country Insights > Egypt
- topix.net > Front Page > World News > Africa > Egypt
newspapers / newsnetworks of regional and North Africa and the Middle East scope
radio
- OneWorld Radio
- The World -- BBC World Service, PRI and WGBH Boston

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government resources
- The Embassy of Egypt in the United States
- The United States Embassy in Cairo, Egypt
- U.S. International Information Programs: Middle East and North Africa -- U.S. policy and issues focusing on the North Africa, the Levant, Iraq and the Persian Gulf region
language
- Arabic Dictionaries
- Arabic Language -- Wikipedia
- Your name in Arabic -- David Harris
- BBC World Service -- Arabic language service
food
- eLook.org > Asian | African
- Egyptian cuisine -- Wikipedia
- World Food Habits: Bibliography -- Robert Dirks
- Egypt -- Anthropology of Food-Food Science
- CliffordAWright.com (Mediterranean)
- World Hearth Circle of International Cooking > Egypt
religion
- Sacred Destinations > Egypt -- Holly Hayes
- The Islamic World to 1600 -- University of Calgary

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the arts
- Timeline of Art History > Egyptian Art > -- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
architecture
- Vernacular Architecture of the World: Great Buildings Online > Mideast > Egypt -- Kevin Matthews and Artifice
- Vernacular Architecture of the World: Great Buildings Online > Africa > Egypt -- Kevin Matthews and Artifice
cities
- Major Cities -- Lonely Planet
- World Heritage Cities > Egypt > Cairo
- Historic Cities > Countries> Egypt
  - Alexandria
  - Cairo
  - Rashîd
- Cities Around the World > Egypt > Cairo | Luxor -- University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

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Other WebSites
- Famous Egyptian People
- The Bedouin Culture in Transition
- The Bedouin Way
- Images of Egypt
- Feminism in Egypt
- Egypt - Bibliography
- RootsWeb > Egypt and Egypt
- UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences
- Al-Islam.org -- Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project (DILP)
- UN News Centre: The Middle East
- Global Voices Online -- Berkman Center for Internet and Society at the Harvard Law School
- H-Net Discussion Networks -- Humanities and Social Sciences ONLINE
  - H-Gender-MidEast -- Gender in the Middle East, North Africa, Turkey, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Western Asia, Iran, and the Mediterranean.
- UNESCO WebWorld Portals >> Observatory Portal on the Information Society >> Regions >> [International] >> Arab States >> Egypt
- Selected Online Resources for Islam -- Pluralism Project, Committee on the Study of Religion, Harvard University
- Observatory of Cultural Policies in Africa
- African Union
- International Council of African Museums > Egypt
- Selections of Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman Calligraphy -- Global Gateway, The Library of Congress
- Travelers in the Middle East Archive
- Egypt Search
- The Middle East in Early Prints and Photographs -- Digital Gallery, New York Public Library
- Ancient Mesopotamia: This History, Our History -- The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
photo gallery

American Geographical Society Digital Photo Archive -- University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Ottoman Empire Map

from Imperial History of the Middle East: 5000 Years of History in 90 seconds -- Maps of War

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