THE KEELE GUIDE TO MIDDLE EAST GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS ON THE INTERNET


from


The School of Politics, International Relations & The Environment

Keele University

Middle East-wide Sites and Sources
Bahrein.. Egypt.. Gulf Cooperation Council
Iran.. Iraq.. Israel.. Jordan.. Kurdistan.. Kuwait
Lebanon... Middle East Policy Council... Oman... Palestine... Qatar
Saudi Arabia... Syria... Turkey... United Arab Emirates... Yemen


Latest Update 21 January 2010



Middle East-Wide Sites and Sources

Regional Studies

Groups, Causes, Institutions

Regional Media

Weblogs and Discussion of Middle East issues

Editorial note: there are many thousands of blogs focussing on Middle East topics, of which this is only a small sample

Directories and Indices

Search Engines


Bahrein

Flag

Government

Media

Causes and Groups

Other Sources


Egypt

Presidency

Government

The People's Assembly

Parties

Elections in Egypt

Media

Groups and Causes

Other Sources


Gulf Cooperation Council


Iran

Constitution OR here

President of the Islamic Republic of Iran OR A HREF= "http://www.president.ir/eng/"> here

  • Payvan.com

    Other Sources


    Iraq


    Israel

    Government

    Knesset/Parliament

    Political Parties

    Elections

    Media

    Groups and Movements

    Blogs

  • Israel Forum Watch (hostile)

    Other Sources


    Jordan

    Flag

    National Information System

    Government Portal

    Maglis Al-Umah/National Assembly from Wikipedia

    Elections in Jordan from Wikipedia

    Media

    Other Sources


    Kurdistan

    The Kurdistan Regional Government

    National Assembly

    Political parties and Groups

    Other Sources

    Kuwait

    Constitution

    Flag

    Government

    National Assembly

    Elections

    Media

    Groups and Causes

    Other Sources


    Lebanon

    Office of the President

    Government

    Parliament

    Conseil Constitutionnel/Constitutional Council

    Political Parties

    Elections

    Media

    Causes and Movements

    Weblogs

    Other Sources


    Middle East Policy Council


    Oman

    State Council

    Government

    Majlis A'Shura

    Majlis Election 2007

    Media

    Other Sources


    Palestine

    Government

    Elections

    • Central Electoral Commission "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Legislative_Election,_2006"> Palestinian Legislative Election 2006 from Wikipedia

    Parties

    Media

    Groups, Movements and Causes

    Other Sources


    Qatar

    Government

    Media

    Other Sources


    Saudi Arabia

    Flag

    Basic Law

    Consultative Council

    Council of Ministers

    Saudi Government from ArabNet

    Ministries OR here

  • Ministry of the Civil Service
  • Ministry of Commerce and Industry
  • Ministry of Communications and IT
  • Ministry of Culture and Information
  • Ministry of the Economy and Planning OR here
  • Ministry of Education
  • Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Dawa and Guidance
  • Ministry of Finance and General Economy
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Ministry of the Haj
  • Ministry of Health may time out
  • Ministry of Higher Education
  • Ministry of Information
  • Ministry of the Interior
  • Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs
  • Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs
  • Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources
  • Ministry of Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones
  • Ministry of Public Works and Housing
  • Ministry of Transport
  • Ministry of Water and Electricity

    Regional Government

    Majlis Alshura advisory council

    Judicial System

    Media

    Other Sources


    Syria

    Government

    Political Parties

    Media

    Other Sources


    Turkey

    Constitution

    Government

    Legislature

    Legal System from Wikipedia

    Political Parties

    Media

    Causes and Movements

    Blogs and Commentaries

    Other Sources


    United Arab Emirates

    Government

    Federal National Council

    Media

    Other Sources


    Yemen

    Constitutions

    Flag

    President Saleh of the Republic of Yemen

    Government

    • Compiler's Notes: As of September 2008 the only operational site appeared to be the Ministry of Information
    • Ministry of Agriculture
    • Ministry of the Civil Service and Procurement
    • Ministry of Culture
    • Ministry of Defence
    • Ministry of Education
    • Ministry of Electricity and Water
    • Ministry of Emigrants' Affairs
    • Ministry of Finance
    • Ministry of Fisheries
    • Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    • Ministry of Higher Education and Science Research
    • Ministry of Human Rights
    • Ministry of Industry & trade
    • Ministry of Information
    • Ministry of the Interior
    • Ministry of Justice
    • Ministry of Petroleum & Mineral Resources
    • Ministry of Planning and Development
    • Ministry of Public Health
    • Ministry of Telecommunications and IT

    House of Representatives

    Consultative Council members

    Parties

    • General People's Congress
    • National Opposition Front
    • RAY Party

    Elections

    Media

    Election Laws

    Groups and Causes

    Other Sources




    List prepared/Copyright M Harrison 1995-2010. Please send additions and corrections to M.Harrison@pol.keele.ac.uk. Links verified January 2010