Online Resources

WEBLIOGRAPHY:

Access Islam – Resources for the global classroom. The Educational Broadcasting Corp. Link to resource (accessed May 4, 2010).

“Al-Islam.org.” Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project. Link to resource (accessed May 4, 2010).

Electronic Middle East Sourcebook. Link to resource (accessed May 4, 2010).

Eliahu, Khalastchi. The Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center. Link to resource (accessed May 4, 2010).

Heydemann, Steven. War, Institutions, and Social Change in the Middle East. Berkeley, LA, London: University of California Press, 2000. Link to resource (accessed May 4, 2010).

Islam: Empires of Faith. PBS. Link to resource (accessed May 4, 2010).

Makdisi, Ussama. The Culture of Sectarianism. Berkeley, LA, London: University of California Press, 2000. Link to resource (accessed May 4, 2010).

Minorities in the Middle East. Columbia University Libraries. Link to resource (accessed May 4, 2010).

ReligionFacts: Just the facts on the world’s religions. Link to resource (accessed May 4, 2010).

“Religion: Three Religions, One God.” Global Connections: The Middle East. PBS. Link to resource (accessed May 4, 2010).

Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Traditions of the World: Places of Peace and Power. LInk to resource (accessed May 4, 2010).

Women in the Middle East. Columbia University Libraries. Link to resource (accessed May 4, 2010).

BLOGS & VLOGS:

“Majlis, The.” The Lede. The New York Times. Link to resource (accessed May 4, 2010). Blog produced by writers for the New York Times, covers issues of youth and identity in Middle East.

“Middle East Blog: a blog about the hottest and holiest region in the world, The.” TIME. Link to resource (accessed May 4, 2010).

VIRTUAL ONLINE TOURS AND/OR INTERACTIVES:

“A Worshipper Statue.” The Oriental Institute Museum. Link to resource (accessed May 7, 2010).

Classroom Connections

Orit Bashkin

Assistant Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History, University of Chicago

MAPS:

Ethnolinguistic Map of Iran. University of Texas. Link to resource (accessed May 4, 2010).

Iraq – Distribution of Religious and Ethnic Groups. University of Texas. Link to resource (accessed May 4, 2010).

Lebanon – Distribution of Religious Groups. University of Texas. Link to resource (accessed May 4, 2010).