LibGuides: Middle East Complexities: Culture and Conflict: Country Profiles: History & Background

Overviews - Countries and Cultures

Centre for Learning in Intercultural Effectiveness
Country/cultural overviews; “cultural interpreters”
Global Voices
International bloggers; uncensored news and commentary.
BBC Country Profiles
Includes audio/video clips. Provides a clickable map of the countries of North Africa and the Middle East. Each country listed has a profile that reports on the current situation.
CIA World Factbook
"Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities."
Culture Grams
All aspects of culture; national anthems; graphs; brief history. Login required from off-campus.
More resources from the Global Studies Guide

The Library of Congress is a treasure trove of information for researchers. Explore the links below:

Country Profiles
Briefer than the country studies, these profiles of 50 foreign nations offer a summary of each country’s history, government and politics, geography, transportation and communication, society, and economy. Besides being current they are updated annually or as developments dictate.
Country Studies
The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.
Near East Collections
From this site, an illustrated Guide to the Near East, you can choose such topics as The Middle East and Religion, The Arab World, The Iranian World, and Turkey. Illustrations are of pages of books in the LOC collections.

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