Lakewood High School Grade 12 Ms. DeCapua

High School Pathfinders LHS LRC Lakewood City Schools Lakewood Public Library

• Women in the Middle East - Columbia University Libraries
• Women in the Arab World - Arab Gateway
• Arab Women Connect - A United Nations organization.
• Arab Culture and Identity - Articles and links relating to Arab culture and the Arab people. Covers history, language, art, music and literature.
• Women and Gender Issues - Links from the Cornell University Library.
• Women's Rights and Democracy in the Arab World - PDF document. Political and educational rights, family law, and the impact of women's rights and democracy in the Arab world. From the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• History in the News: Middle East - Links to resources from Department of History, SUNY-Albany. Section on women in Society.
• Interpreting Veils - From The Seattle Times, a description of the various forms of covering worn by Muslim and Hindu women.
• Women in Islam: Muslim Women - Compilation of sources from a professor at the Univ. of Georgia. Part of his Islam website; Resources for the Study of Islam.
• Jura Gentium - Women in Arab-Muslim Countries
• About.com - Women's Issues - Middle East: Iran - Jordan. See also About.com - Islam and Women's History

Afghanistan

• Cultural Profiles Project - Canada Citizenship and Immigration : Afghanistan
• BBC Country Profiles: Afghanistan
• PBS Online NewsHour - Timeline - Veiled in Fear
• National Geographic: Understanding Afghanistan - Land in Crisis
• Beneath the Veil: Inside the Taliban's Afghanistan CNN
• Sabawoon Afghanpedia
• Afghan Network - At a Glance - @Culture - Ethnic Groups of Afghanistan - Cooking
• UNICEF Afghanistan Country in Crisis
• Afghanistan for Kids - prepared by English professors at Arizona State Univ (but not just for kids)
• Lonely Planet World Guide - from a leading independent travel publisher.
• Afghanistan Online
• Afghanmania - online community
• Women's Alliance for Peace and Human Rights in Afghanistan
• Women in Afghanistan: A human rights catastrophe
• Afghanistan Online: The Plight of the Afghan Woman
• The Day the Music Died: Women and Girls in Afghanistan - From the National Organization for Women
• Afghanistan: Selected Internet Sources - Library of Congress
• AllRefer.com - Afghanistan

Iran

• Cultural Profiles Project - Canada Citizenship and Immigration : Iran
• BBC Country Profiles: Iran
• Iran Election Crisis BBC news and commentary about the 2004 Iranian parliamentary elections. Includes information on women's role in the elections. Includes "Losing Faith."
• Dr. Homa Darabi Foundation
• Zan: A Directory/Anthology of Iranian Women
• IranDokht.com - Women of Iran
• Human Rights Watch - Women's Human Right
• Lonely Planet World Guide
• Iran Culture and Information Center
• Culture of Iran
• Iranian Cultural Information Center
• Iran: Selected Internet Sources - Library of Congress
• Salam Iran - See especially Women's Section - The Embassy of The Islamic Republic of Iran, Ottawa-Canada
• TravelNotes.org: Iran
• AllRefer.com - Iran

Iraq

• Cultural Profiles Project - Canada Citizenship and Immigration : Iraq
• BBC Country Profiles: Iraq
• Lonely Planet World Guide
• Iraq: Selected Internet Sources - Library of Congress
• Iraq Culture Smart Card - U.S. Army Intelligence training
• AllRefer.com - Iraq

Jordan

• Cultural Profiles Project - Canada Citizenship and Immigration : Jordan
• BBC Country Profiles: Jordan
• Lonely Planet World Guide
• Jordan: Selected Internet Sources - Library of Congress
• Ruth's Jordan
• AllRefer.com - Jordan
• Jura Gentium - Women in Jordan