What is this?
The Encyclopaedia of the Orient is a one-stop online resource which covers all countries and cultures between Mauritania in the west and Iran in the east, Turkey in the north and Sudan in the south. It is exactly what the name indicates, an encyclopaedia. And even better, you will never come to a page that suddenly tells you that you can't get any further unless you pay for a subscription. Everything is free. This time, and the next time you come back! The only change is that the next time you visit us, you will find more information. The Encyclopaedia of the Orient grows all the time.
The Encyclopaedia contains original material. What you read here is written for this publication, only. The content is updated on a weekly basis, and as long as the world does not change too quickly for our small staff, you will always find the freshest information here.The Encyclopaedia of the Orient has articles that aim at both the high school and university level student. So even if the articles we have published since 2000 (articles written before this date are generally short) are more extensive than any other serious encyclopaedia, the Encyclopaedia of the Orient will never be the fully exhaustive on all subjects, for this you should refer to specialized publications. But it will hopefully be able to help anyone to find just the right information he or she needs within few minutes.North Africa and the Middle East are still far too unfairly treated in the world press. This might not be a problem for an audience which already knows the region well , but all too many get little information on this region beyond the media image of wars and poverty.
In Encyclopaedia of the Orient we try to present all aspects of one of the world's most interesting regions. And as one of far too few websites, we present all nations and religions in one place and aim to do justice to all of them. It's clearly a difficult task, since we from time to time also have to rely upon sources that are not unbiased. But fortunately, with our large (and increasing) audience, we get corrected quickly if we make errors.This is the way we intend to continue building what we aim at becoming the world's superior collection of information on North Africa and the Middle East.
THIS IS LEXICORIENT
Encyclopaedia of the Orient
Atlas of the Orient
Babel:arabic
Adventures of Algeria
... Egypt
... Libya
... Mauritania
... Morocco
... Tunisia
... Sudan