Journal Internet Assignments:

• 22 June: Calculate your birthday according to the Jewish, Islamic, and Persian calendars below. Print out each result. Calculate the Muslim prayer times for Greenville, NC for 27 June 2007 and print out the result. Summarize and react to the introductions of the three calendars in a single Internet journal entry:
  
  • Jewish Calender Converter, Gregorian-Hebrew/Hebrew-Gregorian CE dates converter, and Introduction to the Jewish Calender, Bernard Israelite Kouchel and Michael Tobias
  • Muslim Calendar Converter, Hijra/Gregorian and Gregorian/Hijra dates converter; Introduction to the Hijra Calendar and Muslim Daily Prayer Times by Month(Select Greenville, NC).
  • Persian Calender Converter, Persian-Gregorian/Gregorian-Persian dates converter, Khayam, NetNative

• 26 June: Explore Glossary of Islamic Terms and Concepts, Muslim Students Association, USC, Los Angeles and Al-Azhar, the world's oldest existing university, Cairo; see especially the Profile

• 28 June: Explore Wives of the Prophet Muhammad, Ibn Kathir and explore Companions of the Prophet, Muslim Students Association, USC, Los Angeles

• 3 July: Mohammad’s Last Sermon, Paul Halsall, Internet Medieval Source Book, Online Reference Book, Fordham and explore Hadiths, (Sayings and Deeds Attributed to the Prophet), Muslim Students Association, USC, Los Angeles

• 5 July: Explore Performing the Hajj, Monzur Ahmed

• 10 July: Explore Al-Haram al-Sharif: The Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa, Noble Sanctuary Online Guide

• 12 July: Explore The Middle East Media and Research Institute (MEMRI), analysis and translations of Hebrew, Arabic and Farsi media

• 17 July: Explore Judaism: Judaism 101, courtesy Tracey Rich

• 19 July: Report to the Secretary on the Acquiescence of this Government in the Murder of the Jews, Randolph Paul, Foreign Funds Control Unit of the Treasury Department of the United States, 13 January 1944, PBS, and "Putting Yourself in the Shoes of a 20 Year Old Palestinian," Paul Sullivan, History News Network, 18 February 2002

• 23 July: Orientalism and Edward Said, Danielle Sered, Emory University and Commencement Speech, Edward Said, American University of Beirut, 28 June 2000.

Calenders and Dictionaries:

• Arabic to English/English to Arabic Converter, Demo, AlMisbar.org. Use your most advanced browser; Netscape 4.7 will not work.
• Jewish Calender Converter, Gregorian-Hebrew/Hebrew-Gregorian CE dates converter, and Introduction to the Jewish Calender, Bernard Israelite Kouchel and Michael Tobias
• Muslim Calendar Converter, Hijra/Gregorian and Gregorian/Hijra dates converter; Introduction to the Hijra Calendar and Muslim Daily Prayer Times for Greenville, NC, Wasat Alnaseej
• Persian Calender Converter, Persian-Gregorian/Gregorian-Persian dates converter, Khayam, NetNative

Centers, Libraries, Colleges and Universities:

• Al-Azhar, world's oldest existing university, Cairo
• Birzeit University, West Bank, Palestine
• Columbia University, Middle East Studies
• Durham University, England, Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
• Exeter University, England, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies
• Haifa University Library, Israel
• Harvard University, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
• Middle East Centers and Institutions, Middle East Medievalists
• Sharjah Women's College, Higher Colleges of Technology, United Arab Emirates
• University of Texas, Austin, Center for Middle Eastern Studies

Egyptian Civilization:

• Atlas of the Valley of the Kings and Articles, Kent R. Weeks and Colleagues, Theban Mapping Project, American University, Cairo
• Explore Egyptian Civilization and Religion, Canadian Museum of Civilization

Islam and the Middle East:

• Chronolgy of Islam and Chronology of the Middle East, WebChron, the Department of History, North Park University
• Companions of the Prophet, Muslim Student Organization, University of Missouri-Rolla
• Glossary of Islamic Terms and Concepts, Muslim Students Association, USC, Los Angeles
• Hadiths, (Sayings and Deeds Attributed to the Prophet), Muslim Students Association, USC, Los Angeles
• Hajj Travel Requirements, Embassy of Saudi Arabia and the Hajj, a collection of links compiled by Monzur Ahmed
• Al-Haram al-Sharif: The Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa, Noble Sanctuary Online Guide
• The Hijab, the Institute of Islamic Information and Education and the Islamic Academy for Scientific Research
• Ibn Battuta: Travels, Paul Halsall, Internet Medieval Source Book, Online Reference Book, Fordham
• Iraq:
  • The Threat to World Heritage in Iraq: Heritage Destroyed, Alexa Bartelmus, Nicholas Postgate, and Eleanor Robson, All Souls, University of Oxford
• Islam and Women's Equality, Maryam Rajavi, the Iranian Resistance's President, Autumn 1995
• Law:
  • Shari`ah (Allah's Law) and Fiqh (Rulings of Allah's Law), Muslim Students Association, USC, Los Angeles
• The Middle East Media and Research Institute (MEMRI), analysis and translations of Hebrew, Arabic and Farsi media
• Middle East Medieval Sites, Middle East Medievalists
• Mohammad’s Last Sermon, Paul Halsall, Internet Medieval Source Book, Online Reference Book, Fordham
• The Mosque of Mecca, Internet Marketing Solutions
• The Prophet of Islam--His Biography, taken from Introduction to Islam by Muhammad Hamidullah, courtesy of the Muslim Students Association, University of Southern California
• "Putting Yourself in the Shoes of a 20 Year Old Palestinian," Paul Sullivan, History News Network, 18 February 2002
• The Qu'ran, three translations courtesy the Muslim Students Association, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
• Ramadan and Fasting, Al-Qur'an was-Sunnah Society of North America
• Edward Said
  • Orentialism and Homocentrism:
    • Commencement Speech, Edward Said, American University of Beirut, 28 June 2000
    • Orientalism and Edward Said, Danielle Sered, Emory University
    • Review List for Edward Said's Orientalism, Eddie Yeghiayan, University of California, Irvine
  • Palestine (in order of publication):
    • Occupation is the Atrocity, Al-Ahram Weekly Online, 16 - 22 August 2001
    • Backlash and Backtrack, Al-Ahram Weekly Online, 27 September - 3 October 2001
    • Adrift in Similarity, Al-Ahram Weekly Online, 11 - 17 October 2001
    • The Screw Turns, Again, Al-Ahram Weekly Online, 31 January - 6 February 2002
    • Thoughts About America, Al-Ahram Weekly Online, 28 February - 6 March 2002
• Sufism -- Sufis -- Sufi Orders, Sufism's Many Paths, Alan Godlas, University of Georgia
• United Arab Emirates:
  • Official Country Web Site and General Guide, Emirates Telecommunications Corporation - Etisalat
  • UAE Higher Education Links, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Univesity of Texas
  • UAE Links, Middle East and Jewish Studies, Columbia University
• Wives of the Prophet, Anwary-Islam, Naseem Ul Ghani Rekhi
• Women in Islam, the Muslim Students Association at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles
• Women in Islam: Muslim Women, Alan Godlas, University of Georgia
• Women in the Middle East, Frank Unlandherm, Columbia University
• Women, Islam & Equality, The National Council of Resistance of Iran Foreign Affairs Committee

Judaism, Israel, and Palestine:

• Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, 20 April 1946, Avalon Project, William C. Fray and Lisa A. Spar, Yale
• The Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917, Avalon Project, William C. Fray and Lisa A. Spar, Yale
• The Bombing of the King David Hotel, The Jewish Virtual Library, American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
• British White Paper of June 1922, Avalon Project, William C. Fray and Lisa A. Spar, Yale
• British White Paper of 1939, Avalon Project, William C. Fray and Lisa A. Spar, Yale
• The Capture of Jerusalem in 1099, Paul Halsall, Internet Medieval Source Book, Online Reference Book
• Causes of Anti-Semitism, courtesy Manfred Davidmann, United Kingdom
• Dead Sea Scrolls, an Exhibit at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC
• Declaration of Israel's Independence, 14 May 1948, Avalon Project, William C. Fray and Lisa A. Spar, Yale
• Explore Documents on the Middle East:
  
  • Bibilography of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, History of Palestine, Zionism and Arab Nationalism, MidEastWeb
  • A Brief History of Israel and Palestine, MidEastWeb
  • Middle East Historical and Peace Process Documents, MidEastWeb
• Explore Documents on Palestine, Avalon Project, William C. Fray and Lisa A. Spar, Yale
• Explore Judaism: Judaism 101, courtesy Tracey Rich
• Explore Judaism: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), courtesy Daniel P. Faigin and Soc.Culture.Jewish
• The First Zionist Congress and the Basle Program, 31 August 1897 (scroll down), The Jewish Agency for Israel and the World Zionist Organization
• The Holocaust, The Jewish Virtual Library, American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
• The McMahon-Hussein Correspondence (1915), Introduction and Text, The Jewish Agency for Isreal and the World Zionist Organization
• Palestine: The Historical Background, Avalon Project, William C. Fray and Lisa A. Spar, Yale
• The Palestine Mandate, 24 July 1922, Avalon Project, William C. Fray and Lisa A. Spar, Yale
• Report to the Secretary on the Acquiescence of this Government in the Murder of the Jews, Randolph Paul, Foreign Funds Control Unit of the Treasury Department of the United States, 13 January 1944, PBS
• Summary of the First Zionist Congress as Recorded in Theodore Herzl's Diary, 3 September 1897, The Jewish Agency for Israel and the World Zionist Organization
• The Sykes-Picot Agreement, 1916, Avalon Project, William C. Fray and Lisa A. Spar, Yale
• United Nations Security Council Resolutions (All 48) Relating to the Middle East, 1967-1994, Avalon Project, William C. Fray and Lisa A. Spar, Yale
• The Zionist Exposition Hall, Homeward Bound, Zvi Lando and colleagues, Central Zionist Archives

United States:

• Speech By Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH), to the Southern California Americans for Democratic Action, 17 February 2002

Zoroastrianism:

• Who are We Zoroastrians? and the Zoroastrianism Page, Vispi Homi Bulsara, Purdue University