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Links Library: Educational Resources
Organized alphabetically, by category Afghanistan: Culture, Conflict, neighbors and religion Map of Afghanistan and its neighboring countries.
This site offers brief introductions to this country’s people, traditions, religion and culture and organizes lists of external links.
Pakistan’s official government site
Journalists’s Guide to Arab Americans and Arab Culture This site is designed to inform and educate people about Arab Americans. It lists 100 questions, designed to facilitate a more intimate understanding of Arab culture. Questions are broken up into subjects including religion, family, customs, politics. The CIA’s Afghanistan Fact Book Just the facts on Afghanistan’s geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation and military.
Islam means "submission" and derives from a word meaning "peace." This site offers a basic introduction to Islam and Islamic doctrines in the form of FAQ.
Osama bin Laden
PBS Frontline’s "Hunting bin Laden," a recently updated collection of bin Laden interviews, timelines, and background. With contributions from New York Times reporters and Frontline correspondent Lowell Bergman. Who is this wealthy Saudi Arabian exile with the $5 million bounty on his head?
Can bin Laden travel outside of Afghanistan? How is his health? Find out on MSNBC.
This BBC News article on Osama bin Laden presents an easily-digested overview of his beliefs and political affiliations.
The FBI’s bin Laden: Height: 6’4’’ to 6’6’’; walks with a cane; armed and extremely dangerous
This article addresses the oft repeated question of late: Why does Osama bin Laden, the most wanted man in the world, have such deep-seated loathing for America?
THE TALIBAN
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (1998 Article) WRMEA special report from 1998, just as the Taliban had gained control over almost two-thirds of Afghanistan.
USA Today’s "Taliban at a Glance" Briefs on the Taliban’s leaders, opposition and rise to power.
CNN.com on "Afghanistan’s Taliban Rulers" In an August 2001 article, CNN reported that, "under Taliban rule, the future for Afghanistan and its people is uncertain." Now we might add the future of the world into that sentence.
TERRORISM Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) What is terrorism? Some basic facts from FEMA.
Profile of bin Laden’s Terrorist Acts Bin Laden’s profile and a list of some terrorist acts in which he is implicated."
Columbia University’s Links on Political Violence in the Middle East
The Post on Penetrating Terrorist Networks Understanding the challenges facing America’s spymasters.
Washington Monthly on Anthrax . There’s Anthrax on the Subway. Who You Gonna Call (May 2000)?
Congressional Research Service Reports A lists of links to CRS Reports on intelligence related issues.
Terrorism reports from conservative and libertarian think tanks. National Center for Policy Analysis Center for Strategic and International Studies
Cato on Terrorism click here and here. Recent and past articles by Cato Scholars, arranged to address current issues: balancing security with civil liberties, retaliation, the role of intelligence and the further threat of terrorism.
Terrorism reports from RAND Recent RAND Research and Writings on Terrorism Reports include linked commentary from Rand staff as published in the Los Angeles Times, San Diego Union Tribune and San Francisco Chronicle
Terrorism Information from the Brookings Institution Scholars from the Brookings Institution discuss America’s options for a response and assess the Bush administration’s performance thus far. The Global Beat, a non-profit organization linked with NYU, is a resource center for journalists to get background information on international political situations. The Beat provides information on the terrorist attacks on America, as well as more general information on the politics of the countries involved.
URBAN LEGENDS
About.com offers a special section on the attacks in its regular column about Urban Legends, moderated by David Emery, urban folklore expert. Did CNN use fake footage of Palestinian’s celebrating the WTC attacks? Emery says no.
WORLD TRADE CENTER
The Engineering News Record provides a brief history of the construction of the World Trade Center. "Why two 110-story buildings not one 220-story building?"
Eric Darton, World Trade Center Biographer Daron’s site provides information that is not is not found in his book, Divided We Stand, A Biography of New York’s World Trade Center, including a reference to some of the research tools that Darton used to write his cultural history. The information given is more personal than factual, including Darton’s personal experiences at the World Trade Center, a photo and art gallery, and a building history.
This fact sheet gives the basic stats on the World Trade Center.
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