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- Saudi Arabia -- The CIA World Factbook
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- Saudi Arabia -- Eldis -- Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
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general information
- Adminet > World > Middle East > Saudi Arabia
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holidays
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travel
- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia
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national anthem
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newspapers / networks specific to Saudia Arabia and its environs
- The Media in Saudia Arabia -- BBC News
- AllYouCanRead.com > Newspapers > Asia > Saudi Arabia
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- OnlineNewspapers.com > Saudi Arabia
- economist.com > countries > Saudi Arabia
newspapers / newsnetworks of regional and Middle East scope
radio
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government resources
- The Embassy of Saudi Arabia in the United States
- The United States Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- 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
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food
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- Arab cuisine -- Wikipedia
- World Food Habits: Bibliography -- Robert Dirks
- Saudi Arabia -- Anthropology of Food-Food Science
- World Hearth Circle of International Cooking > Middle Eastern
- Food in Saudi Arabia -- Food in Every Country
- Zubaida, Sami and Richard Tapper (Eds.). A Taste of Thyme: Culinary Cultures of the Middle East. NY: Tauris, 2001.
religion
- Sacred Destinations > Saudi Arabia -- Holly Hayes
- The Islamic World to 1600 -- University of Calgary
- Sacred -- British Library
- Islamic Calligraphy -- Asia Society
the arts
- Timeline of Art History > West Asia, Arabian Peninsula > -- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
architecture
- Vernacular Architecture of the World: Great Buildings Online > Mideast > Saudi Arabia -- Kevin Matthews and Artifice
cities

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Other WebSites
- Famous Saudi Arabian People
- The Bedouin Culture in Transition
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- Images of Saudia Arabia
- Feminism in Saudi Arabia
- Saudi Arabian Information Resources
- Saudi Arabia - Bibliography
- Saudi ArabianGenWeb
- 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 >> Saudi Arabia
- Selected Online Resources for Islam -- Pluralism Project, Committee on the Study of Religion, Harvard University
- Echoes of Africa -- musical clips and information about musical instruments across Africa -- BBC
- Observatory of Cultural Policies in Africa
- African Union
- International Council of African Museums
- Selections of Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman Calligraphy -- Global Gateway, The Library of Congress
- Travelers in the Middle East Archive
- Middle East -- British Museum
Saudia Arabia Slides

Ottoman Empire Map

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

The 90 second synopsis includes . . .

Note the recapitulation in about 3.5 seconds

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