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Middle East North Africa Internet Resources 1/3

Middle East North Africa Internet Resources 1/3

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    THE MIDDLE EAST-NORTH AFRICA INTERNET RESOURCE GUIDE
                            PART I
                            
                    VERSION 7 SEPTEMBER 1994

                       JOSEPH W. ROBERTS
                     
        MIDDLE EAST CENTER AT 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 and WWW SERVERS               *****
*****       SECTION 3: TELNET SITES                         *****
*****       SECTION 4: FTP SITES                            *****
*****       SECTION 5: ORGANIZATIONS ONLINE                 *****
*****       SECTION 6: USENET NEWSGROUP                     *****
*****       SECTION 7: BIBLIOGRAPHY                         *****
*****       SECTION 8: MAILING LISTS                        *****
*****         Academic Discipline Lists - Part II           *****
*****         Specific Regions/Issues Lists - Part III      *****
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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 by itself in Part II 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 contact 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 may be adapted, within the limits of fair use, provided that a citation is given. 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 and II" Version # (Date). Available 
**  via Gopher at University of Utah Gopher (gopher.cc.utah.edu)
**  or 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 or 
**  http://www.lilb.umich.edu/chhome.html or
**  gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/11/inetdirs 
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. Every attempt is made to keep the information in this guide up-to-date and correct. Your assistance is greatly appreciated.

The official copy will be posted on the University of Utah Gopher regularly.

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*****           SECTION 2: GOPHER and WWW SERVERS           *****

> ISLAMIC RESOURCES GOPHER SERVER is available using through 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 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.

THE JERUSALEM ONE GOPHER SERVER is a very extensive collection of resources (including propoganda) 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. It can be reached through the following directory path from your home gopher: Other Gophers/Middle East/Jerusalem One. It can also be reached at jerusalem1.datasrv.co.il with a gopher client. Jerusalem One contains:

  1. An extensive collection of News Archives from around the world; 
  2. 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; 
  3. A collection of Hebrew Software; 
  4. A very detailed archive on Holocaust history; and 
  5. A detailed listing of Israeli and Jewish Organizations world wide.
The service is maintained by Zvi Lando (lando@jerusalem1.datasrv.co.il).

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 (128.8.10.29 ). 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.

MIDDLE EASTERN WORLD WIDE WEB SYSTEMS are available for Iran, Arabic, the Levant, and Lebanon by using the following Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) in a WWW client like NCSA Mosaic:

    http://tehran.stanford.edu/tehran.html
    http://eurecom27.cica.fr:8080
    http://www.ludvigsen.dhhalden.no/webdoc/levant_servers.html
    http://www.ludvigsen.dhhalden.no/webdoc/elies_pictures.html
    http://www.einet.net/galaxy/community/world-communities/
         middle-east.html
    http://www.cs.cmu.edu:8801/web/people/anwar/kuwait.html

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).

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.

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 you rgopher client to gopherhost.cc.utexas.edu. It is maintained by Elizabeth N. Bouri (bouri@uts.cc.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.

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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:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >   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 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 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)

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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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 complete.

AL-QUDS is a soon to be operational BBS 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.igc.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 mtaylor@igc.apc.org or the public relations office at penny@pr.birzeit.edu. The system administrator can be reached at abdallah@birzeit.edu.

CONFLICTNET can be reached by contacting its director John Helie at jrhelie@igc.apc.org.

DAR AL-ISLAM located in Abiqiui, New Mexico can be reached at rcoburn@igc.apc.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@igc.apc.org.

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

The MIDDLE EAST CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA can be reached by contacting Darlene Jackson at darlene@mec.sas.upenn.edu.

The MIDDLE EAST CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH can be reached by contacting Joseph W. Roberts at Joseph.Roberts@m.cc.utah.edu.

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

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

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

PEACENET MIDEAST can be reached at pnmideast@igc.apc.org.

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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***   There are over 114 Jewish or Israeli organizations      ***
***   online. Obviously there are far too many to list here.  ***
***   Please consult the JERUSALEM ONE GOPHER SERVER          ***
***   described above.                                        ***
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*****       SECTION 6: USENET NEWSGROUPS                    *****

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 3000) 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 with the region from a local point of view. I will not include those here because they have only limited benefit.

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.current-events.somalia          SOMALIA
alt.desert-storm                    OPERATION DESERT STORM
alt.desert-storm.facts              OPERATION DESERT STORM
alt.desert-thekurds                 OPERATION PROVIDE COMFORT
alt.politics.un.org                 UNITED NATIONS
alt.sect.ahmadiyya                  AHMADIYYA MOVEMENT
misc.activism.progressive           ALTERNATIVE NEWS
misc.news.rferl-rfe                 CENTRAL ASIA AND BALKAN NEWS FROM
                                    RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY
soc.culture.afghanistan             AFGHANISTAN
soc.culture.african                 AFRICA
soc.culture.arabic                  ARAB AND MIDDLE EASTERN ISSUES
soc.culture.iranian                 IRAN AND PERSIAN ISSUES
soc.culture.israel                  ISRAEL
soc.culture.jewish                  INTERNATIONAL JEWISH CULTURE
soc.culture.lebanon                 LEBANON
soc.culture.maghreb                 COUNTRIES OF NORTH AFRICA
soc.culture.pakistan                PAKISTAN
soc.culture.palestine               PALESTINE
soc.culture.turkish                 TURKEY
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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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 anonymouys FTP from mcs.kent.edu.

"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 one of the following addresses:

    dovw@vms.huji.ac.il
    viener@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
    viner@bguvm.bgu.ac.il
    rdinfo@matimop.org.il

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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    THE MIDDLE EAST-NORTH AFRICA INTERNET RESOURCE GUIDE
                            PART II
     
                    VERSION 7 SEPTEMBER 1994

                       JOSEPH W. ROBERTS
                     
        MIDDLE EAST CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH 
        E-MAIL ADDRESS: JOSEPH.ROBERTS@M.CC.UTAH.EDU
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*****       SECTION 8: MAILING LISTS                        *****

The Mailing Lists are broken down by subject area to make it easier to find resources in specific areas. The categories are my own and I am open to suggestions for alternative categories.

    
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**  folowing one line e-mail message, making sure that the subject
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*****   A:  ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES LISTS                      *****
*****       LISTS FOR ACADEMIC SUBJECT AREAS OF CONCERN TO  *****
*****       SCHOLARS OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA    *****
*****           i.     ANTHROPOLOGY                         *****
*****           ii.    DATA ANALYSIS/SOURCES                *****
*****           iii.   ECONOMICS                            *****
*****           iv.    HISTORY                              *****
*****           v.     PHILOSOPHY                           *****
*****           vi.    POLITICAL SCIENCE                    *****
*****           vii.   SOCIOLOGY                            *****
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*****   NOTE:  SECTIONS B THROUGH N OF THE MAILING LISTS    *****
*****          FOLLOW IN PART IIIOF THIS RESOURCE GUIDE     *****
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*****       LISTS FOR ACADEMIC SUBJECT AREAS OF CONCERN     *****
*****     TO SCHOLARS OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA   *****

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**  NOTE:  There are a number of new lists in this part of     **
**  the Guide that do not have descriptions. I encourage any   **
**  subscribers to these lists to relay a short synopsis of    **
**  the list to me so that I can pass this information along   **
**  in future versions of the Guide.                           **
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Oral Traditions List. ORTRAD-L seeks to provide an interdisciplinary forum for open disc ussion and exchange of resources in the general field of studies in oral tradition. All those interested in the world's living oral traditions (e.g., African, Hispanic, Native American, etc.) or in texts with roots in oral tradition (e.g., the Old and New Testaments, the Mahabharata, the Iliad and Odyssey, Beowulf, etc.) are invited to join the conversation. This e-conference should be useful for specialists in language and literature, folklore, anthropology, history, and other areas. Send subscription request to listserv@mizzou1.bitnet or listserv@mizzou1.missouri.edu.

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Social Science Research Methodology and Insruction. METHODS. Send subscription request to listserv@unmvma.unm.edu.

Research Methodology List. METHODS. Send subscription request to listserv@vm.its.pri.edu.

Social Science Data Discussion List. SOS-DATA is owned by Jim Cassell at Cassell@unc.edu. Send subscription request to listserv@unc.edu.

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Canadian Association of International Development. CASID-L. Send subscription request to listserv@vm1.mcgill.ca.

Communication and International Development. COMDEV. Send subscription request to listserv@vm.ecs.rpi.edu

Economy of Less Developed Countries (LDCs) List. ECONOMY is a mailing list aimed at analyzing economic problems, theories, policies, social conditions, political settings, etc of LDCs and their relationships with the industrial world. The economy and economic problems of LDCs have become real laboratories for the economic disciln nenmic policy measures. Send subscription request to listserv@tecmtyvm.mty.itesm.mx

Economic Development List. ECON-DEV is organized to share information and network with professionals in international economic development. For more information contact Stephanie Neumann at sn@csn.org. Send subscription request to majordomo@csn.org.

International Development List. INTDEV-L. Send subscription request to listserv@uriacc.uri.edu.

International Political Economy. IPE is a discussion group that will allow persons around the world interested in International Political Economy to discuss matters of mutual concern. Possible topics for discussion might includes but is not limited to any of the following: NAFTA, regional trade blocks, trade regimes, long cycles, historical world systems, the EEC, currency and market crises, democracy and governance, and commodity negotiations. Send subscription request to mailserv@csf.colorado.edu.

Rural Development Discussion List. RURALDEV is a list intended for the international discussion of community and rural economic development. Send subscription request to listserv@ksuvm.bitnet.

International Trade Policy List. TRADE has been set up to facilitate discussion of international trade policy. Subjects could include items such as NAFTA, the Uruguay Round, US trade policy and related issues. Although TRADE has been organized by international trade economists we hope to attract participation by a wide group of interested parties. Participation by individuals outside the United States is welcomed. Send subscription request to listserv@csf.colorado.edu.

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Historians Lists from the University of Illinois-Chicago. The H-Net project at the University of Illinois-Chicago maintains more than 20 lists concerned with history subjects typically presented in university history departments. A few of note are:

Listname Subject ---------------------------------------------------------- H-DIPLO Diplomatic History and Foreign Affairs H-ETHNIC Ethnic and Immigration Studies H-JUDAIC Judaica and Jewish Studies H-POL Political History H-TEACH Teaching College History Send subscription request to listserv@uicvm.uic.edu.

World History Teaching and Research. H-WORLD (note this is not an H-Net list). Send subscription request to listserv@msu.edu.

Late Antiquities List. LT-ANTIQ is an unmoderated list that provides a discussion forum for topics relating to Late Antiquity (c. AD 260-640). For the purposes of this discussion list, "Late Antiquity" includes the Late Roman, Early Byzantine, Early Medieval, and Early Islamic periods. Geographical coverage extends from Western Europe to the Middle East, and from the Sahara to Russia. Cross disciplinary interaction is particularly encouraged. The list is maintained by Ralph W. Mathisen at the University of South Carolina (n330009@univscvm.csd.scarolina.edu). Send subscription request to listserv@univscvm.csd.scarolina.edu.

World List. WORLD-L is a forum for the discussion of the teaching, methodology, and theory of a scientific and non-eurocentric world history. It aims to hold regular electronic conferences related to the purpose of the list. Send subscription request to listserv@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu.

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Philosophy of Social/Human Science. COCTA-L. Send subscription request to listserv@nosferatu.cas.usf.edu.

Ancient Philosophy. SOPHIA is a discussion group that deals with ancient philosophy from Hesiod to Iamblichus and Spain to Palestine. Send subscription request to listserv@liverpool.ac.uk.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science Human Rights Action Network. AAASHRAN disseminated reports and calls for action concerning human rights violations around the world. Send subscription request to listserv@gwuvm.gwu.edu.

Activists Mailing List. ACITV-L. Send subscription request to listserv@mixxou1.missouri.edu.

Arms Proliferation Issues List. ARMS-L. Send subscription request to listserv@buacca.bu.edu.

Dispute Resolution List. DISPUTE-RES is a list oriented around alternative dispute resolution issues. Send subscription request to listserv@fatty.law.cornell.edu

European Consortium for Political Research E-Conference. ECPR-PILOT is concerned with the development and teaching of poltcal science in Europe. There are approximately 2000 individual members in 154 academic institutons throughout Western Europe. Send subscription reauest to mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk.

Political Geography. GEOPOL. Send subscription request to listserv@ukcc.uky.edu.

Human Rights List. HR-L. Send subscription request to listserv@vms.cis.pitt.edu.

Human Rights Systematic Studies. HRS-L is a discussion list for scholars interested in the scientific study of human rights. Send subscription request to listserv@bingvmb.cc.binghamton.edu.

Foreign and International Law Librarians List. INT-LAW. Send subscription request to listserv@vm1.spcs.umn.edu.

International Relations Student Union. IRSU-L. Send subscription request to listserv@yalevm.cis.yale.edu.

International Studies Association Foreign Policy List. ISAFP is a discussion group dedicated to the scholarly discussion of foreign policy. Send subscription request to mailserv@csf.colorado.edu.

Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Journal. POFP-J. Send subscription request to listserv@uga.cc.uga.edu.

Public Opinion and Foreign Policy List. POFP-L. Send subscription request to listserv@uga.cc.uga.edu.

Political Science Digest. POLI-SCI. Send subscription request to listserv@rutvm1.rutgers.edu.

Political Science Mailing List. POSCIM is a private list for those researching, teaching or studying political science and for practicians of politics. Send subscription request to Markus Schlegel at ps500@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de or markus@uni-bonn.de

Political Science Research and Teaching E-Conference. PSRT-L is a moderated E-Conference which deals with issues of interest to professional political scientists, both researchers and teachers. The E-Conference is not intended to serve as a public forum for debate over current issues in politics, as other lists already fill that niche. Send subscription request to listserv@mizzou1.missouri.edu.

Association of Third World Studies. THDWRLD. Send subscription request to listserv@gsuvm1.gsu.edu

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Network on Health in International Development. CANCHID. Send subscription request to listserv@youkvm1.bitnet.

International Migration List. MIGRA-LIST is maintained by Maurizio Oliva (moliva@cc.utah.edu) at the University of Utah. Send subscription request to migra-list-request@cc.utah.edu.

Progressive Sociologist's Network. PSN. Send subscription request to listserv@csf.colorado.edu.

World Systems Network. WSN is a new transnational and transdisciplinary e-mail network for scholars and researchers who are studying world-systems or other topics relevant to the world-systems perspective. Its purpose is to facilitate the sharing of information about research, data, publications, announcements, meetings, syllabi, commentary, book reviews, scuttlebutt and etc. Send subscription request to listserv@csf.colorado.edu.

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-- The previous edition was the subject of some form of catastrophic file
error which disrupted all formatting. The following is Part 3 of 3 in its
correct form (Parts 2 and 3 were switched in the original posting). I
appologize for the problems associated with this duplication of effort. --

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    THE MIDDLE EAST-NORTH AFRICA INTERNET RESOURCE GUIDE
                            PART III
     
                    VERSION 7 SEPTEMBER 1994

                       JOSEPH W. ROBERTS
                  
        MIDDLE EAST CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH 
        E-MAIL ADDRESS: JOSEPH.ROBERTS@M.CC.UTAH.EDU
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*****       SECTION 8: MAILING LISTS                        *****

The Mailing Lists are broken down by subject area to make it easier to find resources in specific areas. The categories are my own and I am open to suggestions for alternative categories.

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*****          SPECIFIC REGIONS/ISSUES LISTS                *****
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*****   B:  AFRICA                                          *****
*****   C:  CENTRAL ASIAN REPUBLICS                         *****
*****   D:  EGYPT                                           *****
*****   E:  ISLAM                                           *****
*****   F:  ISRAEL, JUDAISM AND JUDAICA                     *****
*****   G:  LANGUAGES                                       *****
*****   H:  LEVANT                                          *****
*****       (JORDAN, LEBANON, PALESTINE, AND SYRIA          *****
*****   I:  MAGHREB                                         *****
*****       (ALGERIA, LIBYA, MAURITANIA, MOROCCO, TUNISIA)  *****
*****   J:  NEWS SERVICES                                   *****
*****   K:  PERSIAN GULF                                    *****
*****   L:  RELIGION OTHER THAN ISLAM AND JUDAISM           *****
*****   M:  SPECIAL REGIONAL TOPICS                         *****
*****       (LISTS THAT DEFY CATEGORIZATION)                *****
*****   N:  TURKEY                                          *****
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*****   NOTE:  SECTION A OF THE MAILING LISTS ARE LOCATED   ***** 
*****          IN PART II OF THIS RESOURCE GUIDE            *****
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**  NOTE:  There are a number of new lists in this part of     **
**  the Guide that do not have descriptions. I encourage any   **
**  subscribers to these lists to relay a short synopsis of    **
**  the list to me so that I can pass this information along   **
**  in future versions of the Guide.                           **
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Africa List. AFRICA-L is a forum for the discussion of the interests of African peoples (in Africa, and expatriate), and for those with an interest in the African continent and her peoples. News, light-hearted discussions, and cultural and educational items are welcome. Send subscription request to listserv@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu.

Eretrea Network and Discussion Group. ERETREA-NET is a forum for the sharing of information, ideas, comments and analysis of events in Eritrea. Send subscription request to listserv@eritrea.ci.net.

Sudan List. SUDAN-L is intended to provide a forum for sharing experience, ideas, thoughts, comments, and sources of information concerning the Sudan. Send subscription request to listserv@emuvm1.cc.edu.

Sudan List. SUDANLIST is a planned email list for exchanging information about the Sudan among scholars. It is organized by Albrech Hofheinz at the Centre for middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the University of Bergen in Norway. Send subscription request to albrecht.hofheinz@smi.uib.no.

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Central Asia Discussion List. CENASIA is a political and news forum discussing the Central Asian Republics. It posts, among other things, news from the Turan News Agency and the "World Radio Subscription Service" of Radio Moscow World Wervice. Send subscription request to listserv@vm1.mcgill.ca or listserv@mcgill1.bitnet.

Central Asian Studies List. CENTRAL-ASIA-STUDIES-L. Send subscription request to majordomo@coombs.anu.edu.au.

Develpments in the Former Soviet Union. FSU. send subscription request to fsu-request@sovset.org.

Russian Agriculture List. RUSAG-L discusses all aspects of agriculture in the former Soviet States, not just Russia. It is maintained by James Gage (gage@umail.umd.edu), Douglas S. MacDiarmid (douglas_s_macdiarmid@umail.umd.edu), and Beth M. Gerard (beth_m_gerard@umail.umd.edu). Send subscription request to listserv@umdd.umd.edu.

Russia and Her Neighbors E-Conference. RUSSIA is dedicated to the civil and thoughtful exchange and analysis of information relating to Russia and her neighbors. Send subscription reauest to listserv@arizvm1.bitnet or listserv@arizvm1.ccit.arizona.edu.

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Egypt-Net. EGYPT-NET is a lively newletter published daily. E-mail
submissions are compiled by the administrator into one long
newsletter that is sent to all subcribers. Typical information is
lively debate and news on Egypt. Send subscription request to
egypt-net-request@das.harvard.edu.

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Islamic Education Network. AMDA was established as an outlet for Islamic Education, based onl Qur'an and Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad. The network is also for the presentation of all Islamic ideas from any qualified scholar not just one Iman or Alim. It is intended for those who use the Qur'an and Sunnah in daily life and for those who seek greater understanding of Islam and its principles. For help with subscription requests send a message to fatimah.abdallah@treebranch.com.

Islamic Movement Network. IMNT provides news and discussion on Islamic movements. Submissions should be sent to imnt@stein.u.washington.edu. Send subscription request to imnet2@max.u.washington.edu.

Islamic Information and Issues Discussion Group. ISLAMIAT. Send subscription to listserv@sakaauo3.bitnet.

History of Islam. ISLAM-L is a moderated list focused on the scholarly discussion and debate from various historical perspectives on issues concerning Islam and the Arab world. The list is owned by Jim Cocks at JACock01@ulkyvm.louisville.edu. The moderators are Joseph W. Roberts (Joseph.Roberts@m.cc.utah.edu), Jim Cocks (JACock01@ulkyvm.louisville.edu), and Mike Berdine (MBerdine@ccit.arizona.edu). Send subscription request to listserv@ulkyvm.louisville.edu.

Muslim Student Association Listserv. MSA-L provides information from the Muslim Student Association. Send subscription request to listserv@psuvm.psu.edu.

Muslim Student Association Net. MSANET is a mailing list to meet the communication needs of Muslim Student Associations in North America. Issues related to Islam, and MSAs are discussed between Muslim Students on the list. The current maintainer is Aalim Fevens (fevens@qucis.queensu.ca). Send subscription request to msa-request@htm3.ee.queensu.ca.

Muslim Bay Net. MUSLIM BAYNET is a list for Muslims in the San Fransisco area to share information and ideas on activities, events and local issues. It is maintained by Munes Tomeh (tomeh@ocf.berkeley.edu). Send subscription request to muslimbaynet-request@ocf.berkeley.edu.

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*****                      SPECIAL NOTE                     *****

In previous editions of this guide I have listed resoruces on Isreal, Judaism, and Judaica. In this edition I have deleted the few that I listed for two reasons:

1. Inherent limitations in gopher and some E-Mail programs (storage and receipt of no more than 32k of information) some data was being lost or damaged.

2. The paltry few resources that I listed did not do justice to the more than 117 E-Conferences that deal with Isreal, Judaism, and Jewish Life that are found on the internet.

Please consult the "GLOBAL JEWISH NETWORKING HANDBOOK" by Dov Winer listed in the bibliography in Part I of this guide and the JERUSALEM ONE GOPHER SERVER described in Section 2, Part I entitled GOPHER AND WWW SERVERS. I apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause but this action was inevitable.

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Arabic Linguistics and Language Teaching. ARABIC-L deals with issues of concern to Arab linguists and teachers of Arabic. Send subscription request to mailserv@byu.edu.

Electronic Hebrew User Group. E-HUG is for users who use the Hebrew language electonically. Send subscription request to listserv@dartcms1.bitnet.

Hebrew Grammar and Etymology. HEBLANG is a discussion group on the Hebrew language. Send subscription request to heblang@israel.nysernet.org.

It Is Arabic Language And Technology (ITISALAT). ITISALAT. Send subscription request to listserv@guvm.bitnet.

Hebrew Tex List. IVRITEX is a list for users of the Hebrew version of the Tex word processor. Send subscription request to listserv@taunivm.tau.ac.il.

Discussion Forum on Personal Comuters Arabization. PCARAB-L is a list of mostly Saudi users. Send subsciption request to listserv@sakfu00.bitnet.

Script on Computer. READER is a list that deals with Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, and other scripts on computer. Submissions should be sent to reader@tasha.poly.edu. Send subscription reqiest to alex@dt.uh.edu.

Turkish Tex Users Group. YUNUS deals with Turkish text processing. Send subscription request to listserv@trmetu.bitnet.

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*****       (JORDAN, LEBANON, PALESTINE, AND SYRIA)         *****

Lebanon-Net. LEB-NET is a discussion list for news relating to Lebanon. It is monitored by boudi@cumesa.mech.columbia.edu. Send subscription request to leb-net@cumesa.mech.columbia.edu.

Palestine-Net. PNET is a very lively and active discussion list for friends of the Palestinian people. News, debates, and friendly discussion is the norm. Send subscription request to the P-Net Steering Committee listed below. The important addresses are:

    GENERAL         (Palestine-net@banumusa.csl.uiuc.edu);
    GENERAL         (P-Net@banumusa.csl.uiuc.edu);
    GENERAL         (Pnet@banumusa.csl.uiuc.edu);
    NEWS ITEMS      (Pnet-news@banumusa.csl.uiuc.edu);
    P-NET STEERING
    COMMITTEE       (Pnet-sc@banumusa.csl.uiuc.edu); and
    UNSUBSCRIBE     (Pnet-unsub@banumusa.csl.uiuc.edu).

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*****   ALGERIA, LIBYA, MAURITANIA, MOROCCO, AND TUNISIA    *****

Algeria-Net. ALGERIA-NET contains news and discussion of Algeria in French and English. Send subscription request to algeria-net-request@monte.svec.uh.edu.

Amazigh-Net. AMAZIGH-NET is a forum for discussions on any issue related to the Amazigh language, history, and culture. The goals of Amazigh-net is to promote and preserve the Amazigh culture and language. It is hoped that this network will serve as a factor in order to create a constant and cohesive effort towards giving Tamazight and the Amazigh culture the international status they deserve. Send subscription request to amazigh-net@ensisun.imag.fr to receive subscription information.

Algerian Peace Association. APA-NET os a forum for coordinating the efforts of all people interested in solving the actual Algerian Crisis through peaceful means. It contains articles, news, discussions, and organizational information for APA. Send subscription request to apa-net@mail.msen.com.

Mauritania Network. MAURITANIE-NET is a new list hosted in French and English that discusses historical, political, and cultural issues in Mauritania. Send subscription request to mauritanie-net-request@bat710.univ-lyon1.fr.

Maghrebian Scientific Institute. MIAST is a forum for the discussion of science and technology in the Arab Middle East. Send subscription request to listserv@uiucvmd.bitnet.

Tunisian Scientific Society Activities List. TSSACT-L. Send subscription request to listserv@utkvm1.bitnet.

Tunisian Scientific Society News. TSSNEWS. Send subscription request to listserv@athena.mit.edu.

The Tunisia List. TUNISIA LIST was created to encourage contact among Tunisian students and researchers throughout the world. The list is owned by Maher Hamdi (hamdi@rsm.enst-bretagne.fr. Send subscription request to hamdi@rennes.enst-bretagne.fr.

The Tunisia Network. TUNISNET provides discussion and news about Tunisia. There is also substantial discussion about the sciences in Tunisia. Send subscription request to listserv@psuvm.psu.edu.

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Africa News and Information Service. AFRICA-N contains news briefs and analysis of African issues. Send subscription to listserv@vm.utcc.utoronto.edu.

Afriqua News Service. AFRIQNEWS. Send subscription to listserv@athena.mit.edu

Al-Akhbar Daily/Weekly News contains news briefs about the Middle East. It is edited by Sami H. Mustafa. It can be accessed from the gopher at alquds.org or send subscription request to the editor mustafa@alquds.org.

Algeria News List. ALGNEWS contains news about Algeria in French. Material reflects official Algerian positions and is thus potentially biased but it is very informative. Send subscription request to listserv@gwuvm.gwu.edu.

Arabian African Contracts and Tenders. AACT details concise current construction project information on a fortnightly and monthly basis. Areas covered include Leisure, Medical and Educational facilities, Housing, Offices, Factories, Warehouses, Infrastructure works, Water and Sewage, Petrochemical and Power. For further information contact Tony Degazon at Tony@rhillc.demon.co.uk

Ar-Rassed. AR-RASSED provides news and analysis from an Islamic perspective. Send subscription request to eabdelr@uofto2.utoledo.edu.

Azerbaijan News Service. AZERBAIJAN NEWS SERVICE provides news from the Turan News Agency in Baku, Azerbaijan. This list is run by the Azerbaijan Aydinlig Association of Berkeley California and is maintained by Farid H. Miandoab (farid@mem.odu.edu). Send subscription request to the maintainer.

Islamic World News. IMNET is issued twice per week and provides news updates, analysis, book reviews, essays and opinions from readers. It is published by the International Muslim Student Union, Seattle Washington. It is maintained by Ahmed E. Souaiaia (no e-mail address available). Send subscription request to imnet2@max.u.washington.edu.

IPM Tehran News. IPM NEWS BULLETIN is published in Persian every three months in hardcopy only. Send subscription request to rezagbk@irearn.bitnet.

Islam News. ISLAM-NEWS provides news related to Islam in English. Submissions should be directed to islam-news@iastate.edu. Send subscription request to spectre@uiuc.edu.

Israeline. ISRAELINE is a compilation of Israeli press coverage in English. Coverage is somewhat biased but is generally good. It is compiled by the Israeli Consulate. Send subscription request to listserv@israel.nysernet.org.

Israel-Mideast. ISRAEL-MIDEAST deals with Israeli and Middle Eastern issues, including media clips, editorials, and information, from an Israeli persepctive. Send subscription request to listserv@israel.nysernet.org.

Muslim Student Association News MSANEWS provides complete coverage of Islam, Muslims, and the Muslim world. This is perhaps the single largest source of news coverage on the Middle East available on the internet. It is maintained by Rached Zantout (rzantout@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu). Send subscription request to msanews-request@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu.

Islamic Information and News Network. MUSLIMS is a weekly Islamic news and information service that provides news, essays, and opinions on issues of concern to Muslims. It is maintained by Asim Mughal (mughal@iago.caltech.edu). Send subscription request to listserv@asuacad.bitnet or listserv@asuvm.inre.asu.edu or listserv@psuvm.psu.edu.

Nation Magazine. NATION-L contains articles from the print magazine Nation dealing with a wide variety of US and international political subjects. Send subscription to listserv@yukon.cren.org.

Pakistan News Service. PAKISTAN provides news articles on Pakistan. Send subscription request to listserv@asuacad.bitnet or listserv@asuvm.inre.asu.edu.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Daily Report. RFERL-L is a digest from the RFE/RL Research Institute in Munich Germany that provides news and infromation on Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Republics. It is published Monday through Friday (except German holidays). Information can be obtained from Dawn Mann (mannd@rferl.org). Send subscription request to listserv@ubvm.bitnet or listserv@ubvm.vm.cc.buffalo.edu.

Somalia News Update. SNU is an irregular newletter devoted to critical discussion of events in Somalia. It is maintained by antbh@strix.udac.uu.se. Send subscription request to the above address. Back issues are available from ftp.uu.net in /doc/politics/ umich-poli/SNU.

Turkish News. TRKNWS-L is a more news oriented offshoot of the Turkish E-Mail List managed by the Turkish Radio Hour, KUSF-FM. News is in both English and Turkish. Send subscription request to trh@netcom.com with a copy to trh@mcimail.com.

Tunisia Information TUNINFO contains potentially biased news and information from the Tunisian Information Office primarily in French. Send subscription request to listserv@psuvm.bitnet.

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Aljazirah-List. ALJAZIRAH-LIST Provides a forum for discussing issues of interest to students from the countries of the Arabian Peninsula (Al-Jazirah Al-Arabiya), and discussing issues that relate to the countries and peoples of the peninsula, in particular and the Muslim Ummah, in general. Membership is limited to Muslims. The list is maintained by badr@cs.washington.edu. Send subscription request to aljazirah-list-request@cs.washington.edu.

Camel Forum Discussion. CAMEL-L discusses the field of Camel research. It is maintained at King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia by Abdullah Altaher(facmab76@sakfu00.bitnet). Send subscription request to listserv@sakfu00.bitnet.

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Baha'i Faith List. BAHAI-FAITH is a non-threatening forum for discussingand sharing information about the Baha'i faith. Send subscription request to bahai-faith-request@oneworld.wa.com.

Christian Liturgy List. LITURGY provides an academic forum for discussion of all aspects of Christian liturgy. The list does not confine itself to any one historical period, geographical area or Christian tradition. Therefore contributions are welcome from all historical and theological fields. We also welcome discussion from those involved in other disciplines such as literary analysis, comparative religions and sociology of religion. Send subscription request to mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk.

Objective Discussion of Religion. OBJ-REL is intended to meet the needs of those who seek information and intelligent discussion on religion. Discussion on OBJ-REL is intended to be centered around such topics as: the existence of God or gods, creationism versus evolution, reasons for the existence of religions, epistemology, religion and government, etc. This discussion is ** NOT ** intended to be a forum for emotional appeals to convert others to your faith, but discussions about the content of your beliefs ** AND THE REASONS BEHIND THOSE BELIEFS **. Send subscription request to listserv@emuvm1.cc.emory.edu.

Orthodox Christianity. ORTHODOX is dedicated to the thoughtful exchange of ideas concerning Orthodox Christianity worldwide. Particular attention is paid to the rise of Christianity in Russia and her neighbors. Send subscription request to listserv@arizvm1.bitnet or listserv@arizvm.ccit.arizona.edu.

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*****           (LISTS THAT DEFY CATEGORIZATION)            *****

Middle East Information. MOINFO-I is a list dedicated to discussing the issues of concern to students of the Middle East. The discussion is in Dutch. Send subscription request to listserv@nic.surfnet.nl

Middle East Librarians List. MELANET is a discussion forum for administrators of Middle East libraries. Send subscription request to listserv@cornell.edu.

Middle Eastern Music List. MIDDLE-EASTERN-MUSIC discusses all aspects of music in the Middle East. Send subscription request to middle-eastern-music-request@nic.funet.fi.

Middle East Water List. MEH2O-L is a discussion group for information and research related to water in the Middle East. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: limnology; oceanography; marine biotechnology; aquaculture (marine and freshwater); conservation; reclamation; wetlands development; ecological aspects; shared resource management; notice of upcoming conference and seminars. Send subscription reauest to listserv@taunivm.bitnet or listserv@taunivm.tau.ac.il.

North American Historians of Islamic Art List. NAHIA-L is an academic discussion group posting news and queries on the subject of the art and architecture of Islamic countries. Send subscription request to listserv@msu.edu.

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Turk Amiga'cilar Listesi. AMIGA-TR. Send subscription request to listserv@trearn.bitnet.

Bilim ve Felsefe Uzerine Tartisma Listesi. BILFEL is a discussion group on science and philosophy in Turkish. Send subscription to listserv@tritu.bitnet.

Turkiye Ekonomisi be Borsa Listesi. BORSA-L.Send subscription request to listserv@trearn.bitnet.

Turkish Scientists Discussion Group. DOST. Send subscription request to listserv@trearn.bitnet.

Genel Amacli Duyuru ve Tartisma Listesi. DUVAR-L is a general discussion list in Turkish. Send subscription request to listserv@tritu.bitnet.

European Community List. EC is a discussion group of primarily Turkish users on the European Community. Send subscription request to listserv@indycms.bitnet.

IEEE Turkey Section Communication List. IEEE-TR. Send subscription request to listserv@tritu.bitnet.

Turkiye Internet Tartisma Listesi. INET-TR lists networks available in Turkey. Send subscription request to listserv@trmetu.bitnet.

Kitaplar Uzerine Tartisma Listesi. KITAP-L is a discussion group on books in Turkish. Send subscription request to listserv@tritu.bitnet.

Turkish Libraries Discussion Group. KUTUP-L is a group for the discussion of libraries and librarianship in Turkey. Send subscription request to listserv@trmetu.bitnet.

Turk Liste Sahipleri Listesi. LOWNR-TR. Send subscription request to listserv@trearn.bitnet.

Turkish Macintosh Users Discussion Group. MACTURK provides news and discussions for Turkish Macintosh computer users. Send subscription request to listserv@trearn.bitnet.

Turk Siyaseti Uzerine Tartisma Listesi. POLITIKA is a discussion group on Turkish Politics in Turkish. Send subscription request to listserv@tritu.bitnet.

Programlama Dillerini Tartisma Listesi. PROGDIL. Send subscription request to listserv@trearn.bitnet.

Turkish Issues List. PTT-L provides English and Turkish news and discussion of Turkey and Turkish issues. Send subscription request to listserv@trearn.bitnet.

Sanat Uzerine Tartisma Listesi. SANAT-L is a discussion group on the arts in Turkish. Send subscription request to listserv@tritu.bitnet.

Haftalik Guncel Yorum Dergisi. SENFONI is a weekly online magazine in Turkish. Send subscription request to listserv@trearn.bitnet.

Sinema Uzerine Tartisma Listesi. SINEMA-L is a discussion group on films in Turkish. Send subscription request to listserv@tritu.bitnet.

Short Wave Listening in Turkiye. SWL-TR. Send subscription request to listserv@tritu.bitnet.

Turkish E-Mail List. TEL is a list of often heated discussions on issues of concern to Turkey including Cyprus, Kurds, and Turks in the Central Asian Republics. Send subscription request to listserv@uscvm.bitnet.

Turkish Studies Association. TSA-L is organized to foster communications among members of the Turkish Studies Association. It is maintained by Alan Fisher (alan@ah2.cal.msu.edu). Send subscription request to listserv@msu.edu.

Turkish Student Assistance Association. TSAA-L is organized to help Turkish students abroad. Send subscription request to listserv@purccvm.bitnet.

Bilib Dili Olarak Turkce Listesi. TURKCE-L deals with the Turkish language. Send subscription request to listserv@tritu.bitnet.

Turkish Mathematicians Discussion Group. TURKMATH. Send subscription request to listserv@trearn.bitnet.

Bilgisayar Virusleri Uzerine Tartisma Listesi. VIRUS-TR. Send subscription request to listserv@tritu.bitnet.

Turkish Comics Magazine. VM-SHOW. Send subscription request to listserv@trearn.bitnet.

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|  Joseph W. Roberts	          |   Phone:   (801) 581 - 6181              |
|  Middle East Center, 150 OSH    |   Fax:     (801) 581 - 6183              |
|  University of Utah	          |                                          |
|  Salt Lake City, Utah 84112     |   E-Mail:  Joseph.Roberts@m.cc.utah.edu  |
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|  Joseph W. Roberts	          |   Phone:   (801) 581 - 6181              |
|  Middle East Center, 150 OSH    |   Fax:     (801) 581 - 6183              |
|  University of Utah	          |                                          |
|  Salt Lake City, Utah 84112     |   E-Mail:  Joseph.Roberts@m.cc.utah.edu  |

From: jwr9311@u.cc.utah.edu (Joseph Roberts)
Subject: Middle East North Africa Internet Resources 1/3
Date: 23 Sep 1994 18:44:01 -0600
Message-ID: <35vsoh$4nd@u.cc.utah.edu>


Editor: Ali B. Ali-Dinar
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