Ethnicity and Identity

Links

This web site aims to bring a wide variety of resources on Arab culture and civilization to your computer, but there is much more online. This list includes a number of other sites that you may wish to visit. For additional print resources, consult the supplemental bibliography.

Arab Identity

Who Are the Arabs?
A pdf article by Steve Tamari from the web site of the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown.

A is for Arab
An alphabetical listing of Arab contributions to world civilization by George Rafael

Armenians

Armenians in the Holy Land
Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem Support Organization

The Armenian Genocide
A Flash intensive site on the atrocities committed against the Armenians by the Ottomans during World War I

Armenians in Anjar, Lebanon
Website devoted to this community in Lebanon

Assyrians

History Page
Assyrian Information Medium Exchange (Articles by Assyrian historians and writers)

History of the Assyrians
by Peter BetBasoo

Assyrian International News Agency
Current events relating to the Assyrian community

Bet-Nahrain Web Site
"Bet-Nahrain is an Assyrian educational and cultural organization dedicated to the national aspirations and well being of the Assyrian people."

Historical Documents
A list of publications assembled on this web page from the Assyrian Information Medium Exchange

Assyrian Academic Society
A Chicago based society which endeavors to promote social, literary, cultural awareness among the members of the Assyrian community there

Chaldeans

Chaldeans OnLine
A comprehensive site made by members of the Chaldean community, including information on Chaldean history and a discussion forum.

The Chaldean Church
A webpage on the Chaldean Church in Iraq, as part of a larger website by the Byzantine Catholic Church.

Chaldean American Students Association, U of M - Dearborn
Dearborn is home to one of the largest Chaldean populations in America.

Copts

An Overview of the Coptic Christians of Egypt

The Coptic Christians of Egypt
A web site on this Egyptian community of Christians.

Egyptian Copts
News and such related to the Coptic community. Labels itself as the "Home of the Persecuted Copts in Egypt"

Druze

The Druze
A collection of links on the Druze from the The Middle East Information Network

Institute of Druze Studies
A Califronia based research organization

Druze Society in Transistion
A web site from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

Greeks

Greek Orthodox Community of Jerusalem
Website made by community members, with a brief history and guide to community resources.

Imazighen

"Berbers" from Encyclopedia.com
An introductory article from Encyclopedia.com

Mondeberbere.com
An excellent collection of resources on the Amazigh communities of North Africa

Jews

The Contribution of Yemenite Jewish Writings to Yemenite History
An article from the website of the American Institute for Yememi Studies by Yosef Tobi of Haifa University

Harissa.com: the Web of Tunisian Jews
A site by the Harissa foundation, a non-profit based in America with the purpose of promoting the welfare of the North African Jewish Community

Historical Society of the Jews of Egypt
Devoted to preserving the culture of Egyptian Jews, based in New York.

Jewish Communities of Algeria
From the Am Yisrael website

The Last Jews of Libya
A web site assembled by Vivienne Roumani-Denn

Jewish Communities of Tunisia
Am Yisrael

Interview: Jews of Iraq
An interview with Naeim Giladi, and Iraqi Jew

Sephardic Moroccan Jews
Web site dedicated to the Jewish community in Morocco.

Babylonian Jewish Heritage Center
Based in Israel

Jewish Morocco
A web page by Rick Gold, a Jewish-American US Foreign Service Officer who lived in Morocco.

Jewish Roots in Sudan
William Levi Ochan Ajjugo

Jews of Egypt
An article by Mitchell Bard from the Jewish Virtual Library, a project of the American_Israeli Cooperative Enterprise, an organization established in 1993 to strengthen the U.S.-Israel relationship.

Jews of Iraq
Article by Mitchell Bard from the Jewish Virtual Library

Jews of Lebanon
An article by Mitchell Bard from the Jewish Virtual Library

Popular Arabic Literature of the Jews
A list of works compiled and translated by Alan Corré

Jews of Morocco
Article by Mitchell Bard from the Jewish virtual Library

Jews of Syria
Article by Mitchell Bard from the Jewish Virtual Library

Jews of Tunisia
An article by Mitchell Bard

Jews of Yemen
Article by Mitchell Bard from the Jewish Virtual Library

Kurds

The Arab World and the Kurds
An article, in pdf format, by Michael Collins Dunn.

MERIA Research Guide: Kurdish Studies
A guide form the Middle East Review of International Affairs compiled by Hamit Bozarslan

akaKURDISTAN
Described by its creators as, "a borderless space" that "provides the opportunity to build a collective memory with a people who have no national archive."

Bibliography of the Kurdish Question in the Middle East
From the Middle East Review of International Affairs, compiled by Engin I. Erdem

Kurdish Culture Network
Kurdish Library and Documentation Center

Kurdish Human Rights Project
From the website :"Kurdish Human Rights Project is an independent, non-political human rights organisation dedicated to the promotion and protection of the human rights of all persons in the Kurdish regions of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria and elsewhere. It is a registered charity founded in London in 1992 working with its partner organisations in the regions."

Kurdish Information Network
A website by Kendall, Dilan, Henk and Kocero

A Political map of Turkey and Kurdistan
A website explaining the political conflict surrounding the Kurdish people in Turkey.

Washington Kurdish Institute
A research and educational institute based in Washington, DC

Kurdish Regional Government
Web page for the authority that governs "much of the liberated area of Iraqi Kurdistan."

KDP: Kurdistan Democratic Party (Iraq)
Web page for this political party

Who are the Kurds?
A dossier on the Kurds from the Washington Post

Kurds and Kurdistan: Facts and Figures
Web page assembled by the International Journal of Kurdish Studies

PUK: Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
Web page for this political party

Kurdish Literature
Bibliography from the Department of Middle East and Jewish Studies of Columbia University

Maltese

Maronites

St. Anthony's Maronite Church in Virginia

The Maronite Patriarchal Site
Includes a history, bibliography, and links.

International Maronite Foundation
Web site from this Christain community whose origins are in present day Labanon and Syria.

General

The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America
Website for this religious community.

Minorities in the Middle East
An excellent list of academic links from the Middle East and Jewish Studies Program of Columbia University