Sahara Desert, Morocco

A list of resources from around the Web about unrest in the Arab world as selected by researchers and editors of The New York Times.

• Arab Spring: an Interactive Timeline of Middle East Protests
• The Guardian
• Eye on the Middle East and North Africa
• United States Institute of Peace
• Uprisings in the Arab World
• International Crisis Group
• Change in the Middle East and North Africa
• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

DOCUMENTS

• "Countries at the Crossroads 2011"
• Freedom House, November 2011
• "Egypt in Transition"
• Congressional Research Service (via U.S. Dept. of State), Aug. 23, 2011
• Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa
• The White House, May 19, 2011
• "Future Challenges for the Arab World: The Implications of Demographic and Economic Trends"
• Rand Corporation, May 18, 2011
• "The American Public and the Arab Awakening"
• Brookings Institution, April 20, 2011
• "Political Transition in Tunisia"
• Congressional Research Service (via FAS), Feb. 12, 2011

BOOKS

• "The Arab Awakening"
• The Brookings Institution (November 2011)
• "Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World"
• By Robin Wright (July 2011)
• "The New Arab Revolt: What Happened, What It Means, and What Comes Next"
• Council on Foreign Relations (May 2011)

OTHER COVERAGE

• "One Year Later: Five Lessons from the Arab Revolts"
• The Brookings Institution, Dec. 20, 2011
• "Is the Arab Spring Bad for Women?"
• Foreign Policy, Dec. 20, 2011
• "After the Hope of the Arab Spring, the Chill of an Arab Winter"
• The Washington Post, Dec. 1, 2011
• Arab Public Opinion Poll
• The Brookings Institution, Nov. 21, 2011
• "The Syrian Problem"
• The New Yorker, May 30, 2011
• "After the Arab Spring"
• The Atlantic, March 28, 2011
• "In Tunisia, Act of One Fruit Vendor Unleashes Wave of Revolution through Arab World"
• The Washington Post, March 26, 2011

Museum of Marrakech, photo: vtveen

Morocco Navigator

A list of Web sites about Morocco as selected by editors of The New York Times.

C.I.A. World Factbook country profile

State Department -- history and overview

BBC country profile

News and online media

National Geographic world music guide

Other Resources

BUSINESS

• Business conditions (World Bank)
• Currency conversion

ECONOMY

• Economic outlook for the most developed countries (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)
• Statistical profiles of the least developed countries  (U.N.)
• World Bank country brief

EDUCATION

• Statistical overview (U.N.)
• Colleges and universities (Braintrack)

ENERGY

• Resources and trends (U.S. D.O.E.)

ENVIRONMENT

• Regional assessments (U.N.)

GOVERNMENT

• Online constitutions (University of Richmond)
• Embassies in the U.S.

HEALTH

• Country profile (World Health Organization)
• Children's health (Unicef)
• Development indicators (World Bank)
• Natural disasters and relief efforts (ReliefWeb)

HUMAN RIGHTS

• U.S. Department of State
• Amnesty International

MAPS

• Google Maps
• Google Earth
• Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection (University of Texas)

POPULATION/DEMOGRAPHICS

• International data (Census Bureau)
• Demographic profiles (Population Reference Bureau)

TRAVEL

• NYTimes.com/Travel
• Travel information (State Department)
• World museum directory

OTHER USEFUL LINKS

• Weather (World Meteorological Organization)
• Government statistics
• International postal codes
• Calling codes
• Country comparisons