Guides and Directories :: Middle East

al-Bab - Iraq - Offers extensive links to resources about the country including the media and news, travel, maps, politics and government, people, economy and environment.

Andy Holt Virtual Library: Iraq - A collection of links.

ArabNet - Iraq - Offers an overview with information about the country's history, geography, business, culture, government, transport and tourism.

BBC News - Country Profile: Iraq - Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news.
Meta Description: [ Key facts, figures and dates ]

CIA - The World Factbook: Iraq - Features map and brief descriptions of the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.

Columbia University Libraries - Middle East Studies: Iraq - Directory of categorized links from the WWW-VL.

Future of Iraq Portal - Link list maintained by Justin Alexander.

Government of Iraq Debt Reconciliation Office - Official site provides press releases, information on commercial claims and arbitration procedures.

Hejlah - The Country and People of Iraq - Provides general information from the Columbia University Press along with a directory of categorised web links.
Meta Description: [ The Country & People of Iraq. One page of comprehensive and categorised listing of sites in and about Iraq. ]

Iraq Internet Pages - A directory offering Iraq-related links.
Meta Description: [ The Iraq Internet Pages - Add Iraqi and Arabic Web Sites, Search for Iraqi Web Sites - The most comprehensive and informative Iraqi Directory. Search here for information regarding - Iraq, Egypt, Bahrain, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates. Coming Soon......Israel, Palesti... ]

Iraqi News - Country guide providing information on the country, its political situation, politicians and parties. Includes editorials, links for news from international sources sorted by issue, music for download, a discussion forum and links for related sites.

NationMaster - Iraq - Profile includes information for various aspects of the country, with a special emphasis on statistics and rankings.
Meta Description: [ Statistics on Iraq. 937 facts and figures, stats and information on Iraqi economy, crime, people, government, health and education. 76 maps and 22 flags ]

UK Foreign Office - Country Profiles: Iraq - Overview of country's geography, history, politics, economy, international relations, travel and current affairs.
Meta Description: [ Country Profiles have been prepared by FCO desk officers and aim to provide a general overview of the country concerned. ]

University of Texas - MENIC: Iraq - Links to web resources from the Middle East Network Information Center.

US Department of State - Iraq - Country portal offers a map and links to Background Notes, USAID page, the US embassy and the current ambassador, press releases, fact sheets, annual Human Rights Reports and other major reports including Country and Industry Market Reports.
Meta Description: [ This site provides a map of Iraq, along with its flag, contact information for the U.S. Interests Section in Baghdad, and Iraqi related policy speeches, fact sheets and press releases. ]

US Library of Congress - Country Study: Iraq - May 1988 country profile provides information about its historical setting, society and environment, economy, government and politics, and national security.
Meta Description: [ Iraq : Country Studies - Federal Research Division, Library of Congress ]

US Library of Congress - Portals to the World: Iraq - Annotated directory of selected online resources.
Meta Description: [ Selected Internet Resources: Iraq. Portals to the World contain selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. They are arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories. The links wer... ]

Wikipedia - Iraq - Hyperlinked encyclopedia article covers the country's history, government and politics, geography, economy, demographics, language and culture.