UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA - AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER
The Middle East-North Africa Internet Resource Guide

The Middle East-North Africa Internet Resource Guide

PART I

VERSION 14 SEPTEMBER 1995

JOSEPH W. ROBERTS

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE -- MIDDLE EAST CENTER
THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
E-MAIL ADDRESS: JOSEPH.ROBERTS@M.CC.UTAH.EDU
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***** TABLE OF CONTENTS *****
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***** SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION AND CONDITIONS OF USE *****
***** SECTION 2: GOPHER SERVERS *****
***** SECTION 3: TELNET SERVERS *****
***** SECTION 4: FTP SERVERS *****
***** SECTION 5: ORGANIZATIONS ONLINE *****
***** SECTION 6: USENET NEWSGROUPS *****
***** SECTION 7: INTERNET CONNECTIVITY *****
***** SECTION 8: BIBLIOGRAPHY *****
***** SECTION 9: WWW SERVERS *****
***** Part II *****
***** SECTION 10: MAILING LISTS *****
***** Academic Discipline Lists - Part III *****
***** Specific Regions/Issues Lists - Part IV *****
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***** SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION AND CONDITIONS OF USE *****

This guide was created to serve the needs of scholars, students, and interested individuals in finding and using internet resources dealing with the Middle East. In this document the Middle East is defined as broadly as possible. It includes:

MAURITANIA IN THE WEST,
PAKISTAN IN THE EAST,
SOMALIA IN THE SOUTH, AND
CENTRAL ASIAN REPUBLICS IN THE NORTH.
This document is correct to the best of my knowledge but there are undoubtedly errors. I would appreciate any corrections. Please send them to me at the above E-Mail address.

In the section on Mailing Lists, now located in Parts II and III of this guide, the reader will note that the descriptions vary from nothing at all to a very detailed description. It is impossible for me to subscribe to all of the mailing lists so I would appreciate it if any subscribers would send me a brief description of the lists that are not described, partially described, or described inaccurately. With your help this resource guide will be useful for everyone.

This guide is Copyright 1995, by Joseph W. Roberts.

This guide may be adapted, within the limits of fair use, provided that a citation is given. Any questionable use should be discussed in advance with the author. This guide may not be sold for profit, in either the original or an adapted form, without permission from the author. Single copies of any document citing this guide would be much appreciated. The suggested citation is:

Roberts, Joseph W. "The Middle East-North Africa Internet Resource Guide, Parts I, II, and III" Version # (Date). The official copy is available via Gopher at University of Utah Middle East Center Gopher (mideast01.hum.utah.edu).

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It is also available from the Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Resource Guides at the University of Michigan (available by Gopher [gopher.lib.umich.edu], FTP [una.hh.lib.umich.edu], or WWW using any of the following URLs:

http://http2.sils.umich.edu/~lou/chhome.html
http://www.lib.umich.edu/chhome.html
gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/11/inetdirs

Every attempt is made to keep the information in this guide up-to-date and correct. Your assistance is greatly appreciated.

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***** SECTION 2: GOPHER SERVERS *****

HUMAN RIGHTS GOPHER serves the human rights community by providing a single depository for human rights information from Amnesty International, Committee to Protect Journalists, Human Rights Watch, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, Physicians for Human Rights, and other monitoring organizations. Newsletters, action alerts, letters to goverment officials, press releases are available in full. Executive Reports and Research Reports are available in summary and are avaialable for ordering online. Access through gopher client to gopher.humanrights.org:5000.

ISLAMIC RESOURCES GOPHER SERVER is available using gopher by selecting the following directory path from your home gopher: Other Gopher Servers/North America/USA/New York/Islamic Resources Gopher. It is available by telnet or gopher client at latif.com 70, login as gopher. There are a number of resources available here and it is growing steadily. Among the items available are this guide, Mas'ood Cajee's Cybermuslim 2.0 Resource guide, the Qur'an, and many other Islamic resources. For more information on the gopher contact Yaakob Abdullah, the system administrator, at yaakob@latif.com.

THE ISLAMIC STUDENT SOCIETY GOPHER is an attempt to link Islamic Student Societies (ISS) on the internet. The gopher lists gophers from around the world dealing with Islamic issues. The emphasis seems to be non-North American gophers. It is available at gopher.aber.ac.uk with the following directory path: UWA Student Services and Information/Information About and From Student Soceites/Islamic Society (ISS).

THE ISRAEL INFORMATION SERVICE is an experimental service from the Information Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem. It is available at israel-info.gov.il by telnet or gopher, login as gopher. The Gopher server includes material and documents from Israeli official and governmental sources. In the future a listserv, E-Mail, and FTP archives will be available. An E-Mail question and answer service is also available, send questions relating to any aspect of Israel to ask@israel- info.gov.il, subject to the volume of questions anwsers may not be immediate.

THE JERUSALEM ONE GOPHER SERVER is a very extensive collection of resources on Israel and the Middle East of varying degrees of quality (some of the material is excellent and some is of poor quality). The material is primarily geared to an Israeli or Jewish audience. Jerusalem One contains: An extensive collection of News Archives from around the world; An extensive collection of E-Conferences that deal with such disparate issues as Touring Israel, the Arab Media, and a Rabinical Question and Answer forum; A collection of Hebrew Software; A very detailed archive on Holocaust history; A detailed listing of Israeli and Jewish Organizations world wide; Information from the Likud Opposition party; and Information from AIPAC, the Pro-Israel Lobby in Washington, D.C. Zvi Lando (lando@jer1.co.il) is the maintainer. It can be reached at gopher.jer1.co.il with a gopher client. The World Wide Web site is located at the URL http://www.jer1.co.il.

THE LESS COMMONLY TAUGHT LANGUAGES GOPHER at the University of Minnesota gopher has information on about 250 languages taught at North American Universities (excluding English, French, German and Spanish). Information on each language includes contact information for each university (including names, addresses, phone and fax numbers, and email addreses, if available). This continually updated site is planning to expand to cover secondary schools and community offerings. It is funded through th Center for Advanced REsearch on Language Acquisition at the University of Minnesota and the Center for International Education, US Department of Education. For more information contact lctl@maroon.tc.umn.edu. It is located at the URL: gopher://lctl.acad.umn.edu

THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND maintains a gopher that also allows searches of the Qur'an. Use the following directory path from your home gopher: Other Gopher Servers/North America/USA/ Maryland/University of Maryland. It is also available by telnet or gopher client to info.umd.edu. The directory path to the Qur'an is: Educational Resources/Reading Room/Religion/Koran.

MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ASSOCIATION maintains a gopher that includes the Tables of Contents and notes on 'research resources' beginning with the December 1992 (Vol. 26, No. 2) issue. Connect by gopher client to gopher.cua.edu. It is located at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Please direct questions to mesabul@cua.edu.

MUSLIM STUDENT ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA maintains a gopher that can be reached by gopher client at cwis.usc.edu. The site contains two translations of the Qur'an, the Sahih Bukhari database and various articles.

THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA GOPHER is available by telnet or gopher client at gopher.upenn.edu 70 or under the following directory path from your home gopher: Other Gophers/North America/USA/Pennsylvania/University of Pennsylvania. The gopher includes Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies information from the University of Pennsylvania's Middle East Center. Select the following directory path: PennInfo via the Gopher->PennInfo Gateway/PennInfo/Interdisciplinary Programs/Middle East Center. It is maintained by Darlene Jackson (darlene@mec.sas.upenn.edu).

NATIONAL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY NETWORK (RNRT) GOPHER links Tunisian research centers, universities, and academic institutes. The goal is of the network is to foster the communication and exchange of scientific and technical research in Tunisia. For more information contact the network administrator Khaled Bouaziz (bouaziz@spiky.rsinet.tn). Access through gopher client to gopher.rnrt.tn or from the World Wide Web at URL http://gophper.rnrt.tn:80/www/root.html

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY maintains an on-line search utility for the Qur'an that is available by the following directory path from your home gopher: Other Gopher Servers/North America/USA/New Jersey/ Rutgers Gopher. It is also available by telnet or gopher client to info.ru tgers.edu (128.6.4.7). The directory path to the Qur'an utility is: Libraries, Information Resources, Reference Material, Publications/Online Dictionary and Other Reference Material.

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK-BUFFALO MUSLIM STUDENT ASSOCIATION operates a gopher that includes information about the MSA, various Islamic texts and resources, information on Muslims, information on activism, and internet information. The site also contains the M. H. Shakir, M. Marmaduke Pickthal, and A. Yusuf Ali translations of the Qur'an. There are also links to others including a Turkish, Indonesian, Malay and a transliterated version. The site serves as the archive site for MSANEWS (described below) and the WORLD OF ISLAM PROJECT (WORLD OF ISLAM DIRECTORY and WORLD OF ISLAM RESOURCE GUIDE). The site can be reached by gopher at wings.buffalo.edu or at the following URL: gopher://wings.buffalo.edu/hh/student/life/sa/muslim

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MIDDLE EAST NETWORK INFORMATION CENTER (MENIC) is a new gopher that lists a great deal of information on the Middle East including links to other gophers, on-line databases, and other items including this guide. It is available from the following directory path from you home gopher: Other Gopher Servers/North America/USA/Texas/University of Texas/Colleges, Departments, Projects or by pointing your gopher client to menic.utexas.edu. It is maintained by Elizabeth N. Bouri (bouri@link.lanic.utexas.edu).

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH MIDDLE EAST CENTER GOPHER is currently under construction. It can be reached by gopher client to mideast01.hum.utah.edu (that is zero one) or from the University of Utah gopher through the following directory path Academic Organizations/Middle East Center. If you would like to see any information placed on the gopher site please mail it to me at Joseph.Roberts@m.cc.utah.edu.

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN AFRICAN STUDIES OUTREACH PROGRAM offers files on various topics including grants, address lists, newsletters, conference programs, and publications for scholars and K-12 educators. It can be reached by gopher client to gopher.doit.wisc.edu under the directory path Courses, Programs, Registration Information/ African Studies. It is maintained by Patricia S. Kuntz (kuntz@macc.wisc.edu).

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THE BIRON SYSTEM: THE ESRC'S ONLINE CATALOGUE AND SUBJECT INDEX is a search tool that prompts you to enter a topic for which you are seeking data. Your term is matched against a list of several thousand descriptive terms arranged in associated groups. If an exact match is found, you are told how many datasets have been indexed with the matching term and are offered other associated terms which might assist you in focusing your search. If no exact match is found, lists of similarly spelled words are offered for your selection and the process of matching is repeated. The data in the archive cover most areas of social and economic life including:

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> Agriculture and rural development
> Child development and child rearing
> Computer programs, teaching packages and reference sources
> Economic behavior
> Education
> Elites and leadership
> Ethnic minorities and race relations
> Health, health services and medical care
> Housing, enviromnent and town planning
> Industrial relations
> International systems, linkages, relationships and events
> Language and linguistics
> Management and organization studies
> Mass political behavior and attitudes
> Media studies
> National characteristics and policies
> Population studies and censuses
> Social issues and values
> Social structure and social stratification
> Social welfare: use and provision of social services
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To access telnet to solb1.essex.ac.uk (155.245.10.133) or biron.essex.ac.uk, login as biron. The password is norib. Datasets may be ordered by sending an E-Mail message to archive@essex.ac.uk with the data set number. For more information contact sheil@erssex.ac.uk or alan@essex.ac.uk.

THE CATALOGUE OF PROJECTS IN ELECTRONIC TEXT (CPET) is a database compiled by the Center for Text and Technology (CTT) at Georgetown University. The database provides references to more than 350 projects worldwide including projects dealing with archaeology, Islamic studies, language and literature of more than 40 languages. Contact Paul Mangiafico,the CPET Project Assistant (pmangiafico@guvax3.georgetown.edu), and Michael Neuman, Director of CTT (neuman@guvax.georgetown.edu), for more information. The site is available by telnet to guvax3.geowgetown.edu, login as cpet. A digest is also available by gopher at gopher.georgetown.edu.

THE CLEVELAND FREENET maintains an Islamic School that provides introductory information on Islam, the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH), and other frequently asked questions. Telnet to freenet-in-a.cwru.edu (129.22.8.21). Select Visitor from the main menu, then select Explore. At the menu type "go islam" to enter the Islamic School. I was unable to test this because the service is extremely busy. The maintainers of the Islamic school are: Sysop Eusat Mercan (aa722@freenet-in- a.cwru.edu); Co-Sysop Sukru Gultop (sxg12@freenet-in-a.cwru.edu) ; Co-Sysop Mesut Sahin (mxs44@freenet-in- a.cwru.edu).

THE MIDDLE EAST DOCUMENTATION UNIT (MEDUSA) of the University of Durham is now available on-line. This is a collection of almost a quarter of a million official government reports, statistical publications, development plans, and special reports of international and domestic agencies and political parties, etc. Internet access is avaialable by telnet to melib.durham.ac.uk (login and password: melib) or info.durham.ac.uk (login and password: melib). It is also available from the MESA Bulletin Gopher.

THE MUSLIM STUDENT ASSOCIATION AT SUNY-BUFFALO operates a WWW homepage at gopher://wings.buffalo.edu/hh/student-life/sa/muslim Information on MSA, various Islamic texts and resources, information on Muslims, information on activism, and Internet information are contained on the site. It is also available by gopher at wings.buffalo.edu (choose the directory path Student Life and Services/Undergraduate Student Association/The Muslim Student Association.

THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS maintains a site to browse documents relating to the former Soviet Union. All fifteen republics are represented. Telnet to ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu (129.237.33.1). Login as either history or ex-ussr. The ex-ussr login provides lists of political parties and individuals within the republics. The history login provides historical and other information about the republics.

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The following FTP sites allow you to download the Qur'an. FTP to them and login as anonymous with your e-mail address as the password. The majority of these sites use the M. H. Shakir translation. The sites preceded and followed by ***** carry either the A. Yusuf Ali or M. Marmaduke Pickthall translations. Directories are given in parentheses and are case sensitive the / indicates a new directory.

ARIEL.UNM.EDU                   (/PUB/MISC)
***** CS.BU.EDU ***** (/AMASS/QURAN)
CS.UBC.CA (/MIRROR1/NEXT/LITERATURE/WORKING)
ETLPORT.ETL.GO.JP (/PUB/NEXT/LITERATURE/WORKING)
FTP.UU.NET (/DOC/LITERARY/OBI/RELIGION)
GATEKEEPER.DEC.COM (/.8/MISC/SCRIPTURE/QURAN)
NOVA.CC. PURDUE.EDU (/PUB/NEXT/LITERATURE/WORKING)
OCF.BERKELEY.EDU (/PUB/RELIGION/QURAN)
PHOENIX.OULU.FI (/PUB/QURAN)
PINUS.SLU.SE (/PUB/ETEXT/MISC)
PRINCETON.EDU (/PUB/QURAN.TAR.Z)
ROXETTE.MTY.ITESM.MX (/PUB/NEXT/LITERATURE/WORKING)
SLOPOKE.MLB.SEMI.HARRIS.COM (/PUBS/DOCS/BOOKS/RELIGIOUS)
SONATA.CC.PURDUE.EDU (/PUBS/DOCS/BOOKS/RELIGIOUS)
UNIX.HENSA.AC.UK (/PUB/UUNET/DOC/LITERARY/OBI/RELIGION)
UXC.CSO.UIUC.EDU (/PUB/QURAN.TAR.Z)
The following sites have other software, sounds, graphics, and documents available to be downloaded. A general description of the material and the general directory will be included in parentheses.

CS.ARIZONA.EDU (QuranRef:/pub/icon/)

CS.BU.EDU (ArabTeX, Macintosh software, sounds, American-Arab Scientific Society Newsletter (AMASS the owner of the archive): /amass/). This is one of the best collections.

CS.UBC.CA (ArabTeX: /pub/local/arabtex)

CSD4.CSD.UWM.EDU (Arabic and Islamic software, graphics: /pub/bashar/)

FTP.BWC.ORG (Bahai writings: /bahai)

FTP.CSE.PSU.EDU or 130.203.2.11 (Tunisian Scientific Society information and documents: /pub/jamoussi/TSS)

FTP.DHHALDEN.NO (158.36.33.3) (Information on the Levant: pub/levant).

FTP.INFORMATIK.UNI-STUTTGART.DE (ArabTeX: /pub/arabtex)

FTP.SHSU.EDU (Coordinated TeX Archive Network: tex-archive)

FTP.TECHNION.AC.IL (Israeli archive)

FTP.TEX.AC.UK (Coordinated TeX Archive Network: pub/archive)

FTP.UGSC.CAL TECH.EDU (Islamic articles: /pub/cms and Pakistan
information, graphics, and documents: /pub/gifs/Pakistan)

FTP.UNI-STUTTGART.DE (Coordinated TeX Archive Network: soft/tex)

ISRAEL.NYSERNET.ORG (Israeli and Jewish archive: /pub/)

LIASUN3.EPFL.CH (ArabTeX: /pub/tex and Kaaba, Hajj, Lebanon, Syria, Arab music, graphics, and sounds: /users/choueiri). This is also one of the best collections.

ONEWORLD.WA.COM (Baha'i writings: /pub/bwc)

OSTMVSA.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU (Images of Islamic and Arabic Art, Architecture, Design, and Calligraphy: /'kalmub') You must use the single quotation marks to enter the directory.

PHAROS.BU.EDU (Coptic Christianity)

PITT-MANAGER.MIT.EDU (Documents about the state of Israel and the Middle East. Includes the Israeli "Declaration of Independence," articles about the PLO, and political relations in the Middle East: /pub/israel)

RAMA.POLY.EDU (128.238.10.212) (various shareware and freeware software programs: pub/reader)

RTFM.MIT.EDU (Internet information guides and frequently asked question guides (FAQs): various sub-directories)

SUNSITE.UNC.EDU (Internet information guides and frequently asked question guides (FAQs): various sub-directories)

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***** SECTION 5: ORGANIZATIONS ONLINE *****
NOTE: Any information about the organizations listed here would be greatly appreciated. Please send me a few lines describing the service or organization so that the listing will be more complete.

ASSOCIATION OF ARAB-AMERICAN UNIVERSITY GRADUATES can be reached at aaug@igc.apc.org.

AL-QUDS is a BBS and WWW site that will deal with Palestinian issues. The domain name will be alquds.org. It can be reached by pointing your gopher client to alquds.org. Yaser K. Doleh (doleh@alquds.org) is the maintainer of this site.

The AMERICAN-ARAB ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE is an organization similar to the NAACP that focuses on Arab-Americans. It can be reached at adcnatl@igc.apc.org.

The ARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE is a Washington D.C. based lobbying organization on issues of concern to Arab- Americans, specifically, and Arabs, generally. It can be reached at aii@igc.apc.org.

ARAB WORLD AND ISLAMIC RESOURCES (AWAIR) is a non-profit organization whose goal is to increase the undertanding of Arab and Islamic issues and culture. They give seminars to educators and others with this goal in mind. Audrey Shabbas is the founder and head of AWAIR. It is based in Berkeley, California and publishes a quarterly on-line newsletter MIDDLE EAST RESOURCES for pre-collegiate educators. Other informational mailings are also common. Contact awair@igc.apc.org for more information.

BARAKA, a Palestinian Bulletin Board System can be reached at support@baraka.gn.apc.org. This system is for the support of Non-Governmental Organizations that includes the Alternative Information Center, the Jerusalem Media and Communication Center, and the Mandela Institute for Political Prisoners.

BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY has a domain name of birzeit.edu is located in the West Bank and can be contacted through the System Administrator (mtarazi@admin.birzeit.edu) or the Public Relations Department (pr@admin.birzeit.edu). Birzeit sends out human rights action requests and press releases and a human rights newsletter among other articles and information. For information on human rights contact hrap@admin.birzeit.edu. For information on the Women's Studies program contact pjohnson@ws.birzeit.edu. A listserv and WWW system are being designed and will be running soon.

CONFLICTNET is a network of people dedicated to the constructive resolution of conflict. ConflictNet enhances the work of conflict resolution groups and individuals, and links the worldwide conflict relosution community. ConflictNet offers current information on conflict resolution, including facilitated topical discussions on critical issues in the field, current legislation, and conference and training activity. The director is John Helie (jrhelie@igc.apc.org). ConflictNet operates a World Wide Web Server at the following URL: http://www.igc.apc.org/conflictnet/

DAR AL-ISLAM is located in Abiqiui, New Mexico and serves as a meeting place for education and community building among Muslims. It sponsors a yearly conference and can be reached at rcoburn@igc.apc.org.

ERITREAN NETWORK INFORMATION CENTER (ENIC) operates a World Wide Web site (URL: http://www.cs.uwm.edu/public/beshir) to share information about Eritrea. The E-mail address is info@eritrea.org. The administrator of ENIC is Ibrahim Beshir (beshir@eritrea.org).

The FOUNDATION FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE publishes a bi-weelky newsletter entitled "Report on Israeli Settlement Activities in the Occupied Territories." This newsletter is available by sending a one line message with no subject to majordomo@gdn.org. The text of the message should read "subscribe settlements-l" without the quotes. Previous issues are archived at gopher.gdn.org or at the following URL http://www.gdn.org

The ISLAMIC AMATEUR ASTRONOMERS ASSOCIATION located in New York City can be reached through Mohib Durrani at mnd@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu.

The ISLAMIC ASSEMBLY OF NORTH AMERICA located in Chicago can be reached at iana@mcimail.com.

The ISRAEL/PALESTINE CENTER FOR RESEARCH can be reached at ipcri@zeus.datasrv.co.il. There is also IPCRI LONDON located at ipcri@demon.co.uk.

The JEWISH ARAB DIALOGUE IN EUROPE is a UN affiliated Non-Governmental Organization located at jade@jade.demon.co.uk.

The MESSAGE MAGAZINE located in Jamaica, New York can be reached at 5577178@mcimail.com

Microstate Communications is a discussion forum for the technical, political, and legal aspects of information technology in small states. A World Wide Web server is running at URL: http://www.microstate.com/pub/micros/ Mitch Leventhal is the director of the forum and can be reached at mitchlev@microstate.com.

The MIDDLE EAST CHILDRENS ALLIANCE is a Berkeley, California based charitable and peace activist organization that can be reached at meca@igc.apa.org.

The MIDDLE EAST JUSTICE NETWORK can be reached at mejn@igc.apc.org.

MIDDLE EAST ON-LINE INFORMATION can be reached through Fayez Abu-Hilal at mideastdesk@igc.apc.org.

The MIDDLE EAST WATER INFORMATION NETWORK (MEWIN) at the University of Pennsylvania operates a World Wide Web page on all water issues in the Middle East. MEWIN can be reached by e-mail at mewin@ssc.upenn.edu. The URL is http://www.ssc.upen.edu/~mewin/

The MUSLIM PUBLIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL located in Los Angeles can be reached at shahed@igc.apc.org.

The NEAR EASTERN ALLIANCE is a non-profit public benefit corportation whose purpose is to promote and facilitate charitable, educational and other public benefit services to the Near Eastern communities of California. Contact Sarah Yeraka (trh@netcom.com).

The PAKISTAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION in Norway can be reached by contacting Shazia Mushtaq at shaziam@ifi.uio.no.

PAK BOOKS is a non-profit online bookshop devoted to the dissemination of quality information about Islam. It is staffed entirely by Muslim volunteers. Pak is derived from the Sanskrit word for pure and the goal of Pak Books is to provide pure information about Islam. The catalog, which includes new and used books, is available by ftp from ftp.telematrix.com in the directory /pub/pak/pakcat.txt

The PALESTINE SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE located in Chicago can be reached at abster@igc.apc.org.

PEACENET MIDEAST is a subnetwork of PeaceNet. PeaceNet Mideast can be reached at pnmideast@igc.apc.org. PeaceNet helps the peace, social justice, and human rights communities throughout the world communicate and cooperate more effectively. It is a repository of current information on disarmament, economic justice, human rights, news and analysis of events around the world. PeaceNet operates a World Wide Web server at URL http://www.peacenet.apc.org/peacenet/

PEACE OPERATION SOMALIA can be reached at pos@igc.apc.org.

RELCOM located in Tashkent, Uzbekistan can be reached at vladimir@igc.apc.org.

The SEATTLE-TASHKENT SISTER CITY ASSOCIATION can be reached at rhawkins@igc.apc.org.

The SOCIETY OF PALESTINIAN ENGINEERS can be reached at foweis@igc.apc.org.

UNICEF AMMAN located in Amman, Jordan can be reached at elannert@igc.apc.org.

The UNION OF PALESTINIAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA can be reached at upwana@igc.apc.org.

The WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, Geneva, Switzerland can be contacted through Mr. Shunichi Akazawa, Network Manager (manager@who.arcom.ch), Mr. David Berg, Director, Information Technology office (berg@who.arcom.ch), Mr. Jim Duppenthaler, Dissemination of Health Statistics (duppenthaler@who.arcom.ch), or Dr. K. Hata, Information Manager, Tropical Diseases Research (hata@who.arcom.ch or
hata@unicc.bitnet).

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SPECIAL NOTE

There are over 114 Jewish or Israeli organizations online online. Obviously there are far too many to list here. Please consult the JERUSALEM ONE GOPHER SERVER described above for information on these.

There is an equally vast number of Islamic organizations online as well. The WORLD OF ISLAM DIRECTORY and THE WORLD OF ISLAM RESOURCE GUIDE, both published online by the Editors of the MSANEWS, provide the most complete directory of organizations and material focused on Islam and Muslims throughout the world. Both are available at the STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK-BUFFALO GOPHER SERVER described above.
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The following newsgroups deal with issues of concern to the geographical boundaries that I have set for this resource guide. These are the newsgroups that are in my news resource file at the present time. I am sure I missed some of the groups (out of more than 10,000) that deal with the region. Please send me the names of the ones that I missed. These are also the groups with world-wide distribution. There may be many other newsgroups that deal might deal with the region in local heirarchies. I will not list any of these here because they will only benefit those who have access to the particular local heirarchy.

To access any of these you must use a Newsreader such as tin, rn, trn, or nn. Have your program subscribe to the newsgroup (usually by typing: g newsgroup name). The listing here lists the newsgroup name in lowercase letters on the left and a description in uppercase letters on the right.

alt.culture.egyptian                EGYPT
alt.culture.kuwait KUWAIT
alt.current-events.somalia SOMALIA
alt.politics.un.org UNITED NATIONS
alt.religion.islam ISLAMIC RELIGION
alt.sect.ahmadiyya AHMADIYYA MOVEMENT
misc.activism.progressive ALTERNATIVE NEWS
misc.news.rferl-rfe RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY
soc.culture.afghanistan AFGHANI ISSUES AND CULTURE
soc.culture.algeria ALGERIAN ISSUES AND CULTURE
soc.culture.arabic ARAB AND MIDDLE EASTERN ISSUES
soc.culture.berber AMAZIGH (BERBER) CULTURE
soc.culture.egyptian EGYPTIAN ISSUES AND CULTURE
soc.culture.iranian IRAN AND PERSIAN ISSUES
soc.culture.iraq IRAQI ISSUES AND CULTURE
soc.culture.israel ISRAELI ISSUES AND CULTURE
soc.culture.jewish INTERNATIONAL JEWISH CULTURE
soc.culture.jordan JORDANIAN CULTURAL ISSUES
soc.culture.kuwait KUWAITI ISSUES AND CULTURE
soc.culture.lebanon LEBANESE ISSUES AND CULTURE
soc.culture.maghreb COUNTRIES OF NORTH AFRICA
soc.culture.pakistan PAKISTANI ISSUES AND CULTURE
soc.culture.palestine PALESTINIAN ISSUES AND CULTURE
soc.culture.syria SYRIAN ISSUES AND CULTURE
soc.culture.turkish TURKISH ISSUES AND CULTURE
soc.religion.bahai BAHAI RELIGION (MODERATED)
soc.religion.christian CHRISTIAN RELIGION (MODERATED)
soc.religion.islam ISLAMIC RELIGION (MODERATED)
talk.politics.mideast MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS
talk.politics.soviet SOVIET AND CENTRAL ASIAN
POLITICS

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***** SECTION 7: INTERNET CONNECTIVITY *****

Internet connectivity takes many forms. Below I have relied on the International Connectivity Table. Copyright 1995 Lawrence H. Landweber and the Internet Society. He provides the following definintions of connection types and information on the table that follows.

BITNET Col. 1 (Entities with international BITNET links. "BITNET" is used generically to refer to BITNET plus similar networks around the world (e.g., EARN, NETNORTH, GULFNET, etc.)). b: minimal, one to five domestic BITNET sites B: widespread, more than five domestic BITNET sites

IP INTERNET Col. 2 (Entities with international IP Internet links.) I: = operational, accessible from entire open IP Internet

UUCP Col. 3 (Entities with domestic UUCP sites which are connected to the Global Multiprotocol Open Internet.) u: minimal, one to five domestic UUCP sites U: widespread, more than five domestic UUCP sites

FIDONET Col. 4 (Entities with domestic FIDONET sites which are connected to the Global Multiprotocol Open Internet) f: minimal, one to five domestic FIDONET sites F: widespread, more than five domestic FIDONET sites

An entity is a geographical area that has an ISO two letter country code (ISO 3166). These country codes are included in the Table below for each entity (Cols 8-9). Note that the ISO codes do not always agree with the top level DNS (Domain Name) code(s) used for a particular entity.

Middle Eastern and North African Internet Connectivity Table

----  AF    Afghanistan (Islamic Republic of)
-I-- DZ Algeria (People's Democratic Republic of)
-IU- AM Armenia
b-U- AZ Azerbaijan
b--- BH Bahrain (State of)
bI-f CY Cyprus (Republic of)
---- DJ Djibouti (Republic of)
bIU- EG Egypt (Arab Republic of)
---f ER Eritrea
---f ET Ethiopia (People's Democratic Republic of)
bI-- IR Iran (Islamic Republic of)
---- IQ Iraq (Republic of)
BIUF IL Israel (State of)
---f JO Jordan (Hashemite Kingdom of)
-IUF KZ Kazakhstan
-I-- KW Kuwait (State of)
--U- KG Kyrgyz Republic
--U- LB Lebanon (Lebanese Republic)
---- LY Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
---- MR Mauritania (Islamic Republic of)
--Uf MA Morocco (Kingdom of)
---- OM Oman (Sultanate of)
--U- PK Pakistan (Islamic Republic of)
---- QA Qatar (State of)
B--- SA Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of)
---- SO Somalia (Somali Democratic Republic)
---- SD Sudan (Democratic Republic of the)
---- SY Syria (Syrian Arab Republic)
--uf TJ Tajikistan
-IUf TN Tunisia
BI-F TR Turkey (Republic of)
--u- TM Turkmenistan
-I-- AE United Arab Emirates
-IUF UZ Uzbekistan
---- EH Western Sahara
---- YE Yemen (Republic of)

An additional source of information is the Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC) operated by PSGNet. The NSRC can be reached by gopher client to gopher.psg.com. An e-mail service also exists that will provide more detailed information by country; send a message to server@gopher.psg.com with the body of the message reading: "send country/country- code" without the quotes. An example would be "send country/YE" to receive information on connectivity in Yemen.

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***** SECTION 8: BIBLIOGRAPHY *****
Cajee, Mas'ood. "CyberMuslim: A Guide to Islamic Resources on the Internet" (1994). Available by anonymous FTP at cs.bu.edu.

Hashem, Basil. "Islamic Computing Resource Guide" (1994). It is available by anonymous FTP at cs.bu.edu.

Kehoe, Brendan P. " Zen and the Art of the Internet: A Beginner's Guide to the Internet," (February 1992). It is available by anonymous FTP from ftp.cs.widener.edu

Klass, Gary et al. "The Political Science List of Lists, Version 5.07," (September 1994). Available by gopher at Illinois State University (ilstu.edu) under "Information About Colleges and Departments".

Kovacs, Diane. "ACADLISTS, 7th Revision" (1993) Available by anonymous FTP from mcs.kent.edu.

Landweber, Larry. "International Connectivity" Vol. 14 (June 15, 1995) can be obtained by anonymous ftp from ftp.cs.wisc.edu in the connectivity_table directory.

"Middle East Studies Association Bulletin" Each issue contains a listing of 10 to 15 resources that are available on the internet. It has been an excellent source of information about internet resources.

Winer, Dov. "Global Jewish Networking Handbook." It is available by contacting Dov Winer at viner@bguvm.bgu.ac.il or admin@jewishnet.net. It is also available on the World Wide Web at URL http://jewishnet.net/

Yanoff, Scott. "Special Internet Connections: Internet Services List" (May 1994). It is available in alt.internet.services newsgroup or by anonymous FTP drom csd4.csd.uwm.edu.

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