OUTPOST EXPATRIATE INFORMATION CENTRE



GENERAL MIDDLE EAST





Books:
Arab Gulf States: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE
by Gordon Robinson, Lonely Planet.
Arabian Sands
by Wilfred Thesiger, Penguin, London, ISBN 0-14-009514-4.
Courtesies in the Gulf
by Donald Hawley, published by Stacey International, London, ISBN 0905743059.
A Mother without a Mask
by Patricia Holton, ISBN 1-856261042.
Very simple Arabic incorporating simple etiquette in Arabia
by James Peters, published by Stacey International, London, ISBN 0905743717.
Islam in the World
by Malise Ruthven, ISBN 0-14-0134123.
Achter Mekka
by Betsy Udink, Meulenhoff, Amsterdam, ISBN 90-417-1025-6.
Saudis inside the Desert Kingdom
by Sandra Mackay, ISBN 0-451-17051-2.
Websites:
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Arab Net An on-line resource for the Arab world in the Middle East and North Africa - covers sixteen countries, incl. Egypt, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Syria. Sections on Culture, the Media, Tour guide, as well as the usual government, business, Ministry of Tourism information for each country. Links to other Arab world websites.
http://www.arab.net
Middle East Network Information Center (MENIC) The University of Texas' list of relevant websites, by category and country (not yet as useful as their Latin America listing, but may grow.)
http://menic.utexas.edu/menic/menic.html
Diary of Trip to the Middle East Personal diary of a Dane's travels in Rome, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. Downloadable for reading at leisure.
http://www.mdb.ku.dk/tarvin/diary