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Guidelines For Submissions

  • Find the appropriate sub-category
    DO NOT submit sites in the top level category of Regional:Middle East and expect it to be moved to the correct category.

  • English Sites Only
    Sites authored in other languages should be submitted to the appropriate language category in World.

    *Bilingual web pages from that area also authored in English can be submitted in the Regional areas.

  • Guidelines For Submitting Sites:
    • The title should be the name of your company or organization.
      • Do not type in all caps
      • Do not include a list of keywords
      • Do not include your products
      • Do not write a sales pitch.
    • The description should be a brief summary of your organization's products and services.
      • The description should be in English and in the form of a coherent sentence.
      • Do not include superlatives or a sales pitch.
      • Do not submit your company history.
      • Do not submit a list of keywords.
      • Do not use unnecessary capitalization, or include HTML tags.

    • Submit to only ONE category and the most specific category possible
      • The broader the category, the longer you wait before your site is reviewed

Please email the editors if you have site or category suggestions.

The term "Middle East" refers to the region including Western Asia, Eastern Europe, the Gulf nations, and Northern Africa. It includes the Arab countries, Israel and Turkey. Other countries in the region include Afghanistan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.

It has a rich history. This region is the birthplace of both Christianity and Islam, and the cradle of many great ancient civilizations.

In modern times, the region is better known as the world's leading source of crude oil, and as a place of constant political conflict and turmoil.

Arts and Entertainment

Please do not submit country-specific sites here. Select an appropriate country level category and submit your site there. This category is specifically for resources covering the whole of the Middle East region.

Includes sites for Arabic and Middle Eastern artistic, cultural, and entertainment activities, events, institutions, organizations, etc.

Bahrain

Guidelines For Submissions

  • Find The Appropriate Subcategory
    Please *Do Not* submit sites in the top level category of Regional:Middle East:Bahrain. Go to the category relevant to your sites and submit your sites there. "Only Bahrain-related sites here!"
  • English Sites Only
    Sites authored in other languages should be submitted to the appropriate language category in World. Bilingual web pages that are also authored in English language can be submitted in the Regional areas.

  • Guidelines For Submitting Sites:

    A. About Title and Description:
    The title should be the name of your company or organization. Please do not type the title in all caps, do not include a list of keywords, do not include your email address or do not include any other promotional texts which may prevent your site being listed. The description should be a summary of your organization's products and services. The description must not include promotional texts, must not contain list of keywords, must not contain unnecessary capitalization.

    B. Submit to only one (1) category and Submit only once.
    Please study all subcategories of Regional>Middle East>Bahrain . Then, go to the best category that is relevant to your sites and submit your sites there. If you still can not find an appropriate category, submit the site to the best category possible. Do not submit your sites more than once. Multiple submissions may prevent your sites from being listed.

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Bahrain

Location: Middle East, archipelago in the Persian Gulf, east of Saudi Arabia
Total Area: 620 sq m
Coastline: 161 km
Nationality: noun: Bahraini(s) adjective: Bahraini
Languages: Arabic, English, Farsi, Urdu
Climate: arid; mild, pleasant winters; very hot, humid summers
Natural resources: oil, associated and nonassociated natural gas, fish, pearls
Capital: Manama
Independence: 15 August 1971 (from UK)
Flag description: red with a white serrated band (eight white points) on the hoist side
Currency: Bahraini dinar (BHD)

Business and Economy

English Sites Only. Foreign language should be submitted to the World category.

Please do not submit country-specific sites here. Select an appropriate country level category and submit your site there. This category is specifically for resources covering the whole of the Middle East region.

Save that link!
Have you thought of applying to become the editor of this category? If you have an interest in building this category, apply to edit this category.

Submission Tips:

  1. When writing your site's title please ensure it is the same as your organization.
  2. When writing your site's description, please tell what your site offers in a clear and concise statement without hype or promotional language.

Thank-you for your cooperation.

Includes sites covering the business and economic activities of the Middle East region, including listings of companies and industries.

Cyprus

Few sites, if any, will be listed in this category. Please submit your listing to a more specific topic or locality.
Submitting your site the the wrong category will delay your listing in the directory.

This category covers English-language websites about Cyprus, an island country in the eastern Mediterranean sea.

Greek and Turkish language websites are not and will not be listed here. These can be found in World/Greek and World/Türkçe.

Education

Please do not submit country-specific sites here. Select an appropriate country level category and submit your site there. This category is specifically for resources covering the whole of the Middle East region.

Submission Tips:

  1. When writing your site's title please ensure it is the same as your organization.
  2. When writing your site's description, please tell what your site offers in a clear and concise statement without hype or promotional language.

Thank-you for your cooperation.

Includes Middle Eastern and Arabic educational institutions, programs, and opportunities as well as other Middle East and Arab-specific educational resources.

Government

Please do not submit country-specific sites here. Select an appropriate country level category and submit your site there. This category is specifically for resources covering the whole of the Middle East region.

Includes Middle Eastern and Arab government, law and military information (e.g. Branches of Government, Law, Military, Taxes, Politics).

Guides and Directories

Please do not submit country-specific sites here. Select an appropriate country level category and submit your site there. This category is specifically for resources covering the whole of the Middle East region.

Includes general interest online guides and directories specific to the Middle East.

Health

Please do not submit country-specific sites here. Select an appropriate country level category and submit your site there. This category is specifically for resources covering the whole of the Middle East region.

Includes health and medical resources specific to the Middle East.

Iran

Before you submit your site please take the time to look around and review the guidelines below. Following these guidelines will speed the acceptance of your site and significantly reduce the chances of its rejection.

The editors reserve the right not to list your site, and to delete it after its addition. Multiple submissions, especially to inappropriate categories, will not be tolerated.

Finding the Proper Location for Your Site:
  • Conduct a search of the Open Directory for a few keywords that relate to your site. The search results will serve up listings of different categories. Go to those categories and determine which one is appropriate for your site.
  • Be sure to review the sub-category descriptions, if available, to determine whether your site is appropriate to that category or sub-category.
  • Review the site descriptions of the entries in the category to which you intend to submit. Prepare your description in advance. Please do not just send us your META description.

Guidelines for submitting sites:

  • Do not type in all capitals.
  • Do not include a list of keywords.
  • Do not include your products.
  • Do not write a sales pitch.
  • The description should be a brief summary of the site's content and company activities if applicable.
    • The description should be in English and in coherent sentence form.
    • Do not include superlatives.
    • Do not submit a list of keywords.
    • Do not use unnecessary capitalization, or include HTML tags.
    • Do not include the category name or the complete title.
    • Submit to only ONE category.
    • Submit to the best category possible.
In order to be listed in a sub-category of Regional/Middle East/Iran, sites must have some English content. Sites which are only in Farsi should be sent to the World/Farsi category. If your site is in French, Polish, German or Italian, you can submit it to French, Polish, German or Italian.
This sub-category is devoted to sites for and about Iran.

Iran comprises a land area of over 1.629.918 million square kilometers. It is located in the south west of Asia and is a middle-eastern country. Iran is in the northern temperate zone, between latitudes 25 degree north and 39 degree 47' north and between longitude 44 degree 02' east and 63 degree 20' east.

Iran is bordered by Turkmenistan, the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan and Armenia in the North; Afghanistan and Pakistan in the East; the Oman sea and the Persian Gulf in the South; and Iraq and Turkey in the West.

According to the 1996 census, the total population was 60,055,488. The population density was 36.7 people/km^2 and 61.3 percent of the population lives in urban areas.

Iraq

This category covers English-language websites about Iraq.

Arabic websites are not and will not be listed here. These can be found in World/Arabic

Few sites, if any, will be listed in this category. Please submit your listing to a more specific topic.
Submitting your site the the wrong category will delay your listing in the directory.

Background: Formerly part of the Ottoman Empire, Iraq became an independent kingdom in 1932. A "republic" was proclaimed in 1958, but in actuality a series of military strongmen have ruled the country since then, the latest being SADDAM Husayn. Territorial disputes with Iran led to an inconclusive and costly eight-year war (1980-1988). In August 1990 Iraq seized Kuwait, but was expelled by US-led, UN coalition forces during January-February 1991. The victors did not occupy Iraq, however, thus allowing the regime to stay in control. Following Kuwait's liberation, the UN Security Council (UNSC) required Iraq to scrap all weapons of mass destruction and long-range missiles and to allow UN verification inspections. UN trade sanctions remain in effect due to incomplete Iraqi compliance with relevant UNSC resolutions.

Geography

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Location: Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf, between Iran and Kuwait

Geographic coordinates: 33 00 N, 44 00 E

Map references: Middle East

Area:
total: 437,072 sq km
land: 432,162 sq km
water: 4,910 sq km

Area - comparative: slightly more than twice the size of Idaho

Land boundaries:
total: 3,631 km
border countries: Iran 1,458 km, Jordan 181 km, Kuwait 242 km, Saudi Arabia 814 km, Syria 605 km, Turkey 331 km

Coastline: 58 km

Maritime claims:
continental shelf: not specified
territorial sea: 12 nm

Climate: mostly desert; mild to cool winters with dry, hot, cloudless summers; northern mountainous regions along Iranian and Turkish borders experience cold winters with occasionally heavy snows that melt in early spring, sometimes causing extensive flooding in central and southern Iraq

Terrain: mostly broad plains; reedy marshes along Iranian border in south with large flooded areas; mountains along borders with Iran and Turkey

Source: CIA World Fact Book

Israel

This category is intended for English language sites and pages related to the State of Israel within the framework of categories listed below.

Please submit sites which are entirely in Hebrew to World/Hebrew.
If you are submitting a multilingual site here, please submit the page URL for the English language entry page.

You will notice that few sites are accepted at this level. We highly recommend that you browse through the sub-categories and look for a more specific location in which to place your site.

Submitting to the wrong category will delay your site's placement in the Open Directory Project.

Notice

Multiple submissions, repeat submissions, submission of mirror sites and similar techniques, with the intention of 'forcing' a higher placement on the directory are most unwelcome and unnecessary.
Such behavior will almost certainly delay, if not completely prevent, your submission being listed.(See the ODP terms of service)
The ODP is a HUMAN edited directory with the motto "Humans do it better" - all submissions are therefore reviewed and edited fairly so that all sites submitted are listed equally.

The State of Israel

Here in this category you will find English language web sites and pages containing a wealth of information about this country.

Israel is not 'just' the country you know from the news or from the Bible. Israel is a country rich in culture, the arts, traditions and history.

Browse through this category and you will also find that the country is progressively modern and has embraced Internet technology for presenting itself to the world. Here you will also find, amongst many other items of interest: presentations of fine arts, world class industrial production, entertainment and culture that may well surprise you.

Thank you for choosing the Open Directory Project as your information resource.

Jordan

Few sites, if any, will be listed in this category. Please submit your listing to a more specific topic.
Submitting your site the the wrong category will delay your listing in the directory.

Introduction

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Background: For most of its history since independence from British administration in 1946, Jordan was ruled by King HUSSEIN (1953-1999). A pragmatic ruler, he successfully navigated competing pressures from the major powers (US, USSR, and UK), various Arab states, Israel, and a large internal Palestinian population, through several wars and coup attempts. In 1989 he resumed parliamentary elections and gradually permitted political liberalization; in 1994 a formal peace treaty was signed with Israel.

Geography

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Location: Middle East, northwest of Saudi Arabia

Geographic coordinates: 31 00 N, 36 00 E

Map references: Middle East

Area:
total: 89,213 sq km
land: 88,884 sq km
water: 329 sq km

Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Indiana

Land boundaries:
total: 1,619 km
border countries: Iraq 181 km, Israel 238 km, Saudi Arabia 728 km, Syria 375 km, West Bank 97 km

Coastline: 26 km

Maritime claims:
territorial sea: 3 nm

Climate: mostly arid desert; rainy season in west (November to April)

Terrain: mostly desert plateau in east, highland area in west; Great Rift Valley separates East and West Banks of the Jordan River

Kuwait

The State of Kuwait is a constitutional monarchy on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed by Saudi Arabia to the south and Iraq to the north and west. The name is a diminutive of an Arabic word meaning "fortress built near water."

Lebanon

Few sites, if any, will be listed in this category. Please submit your listing to a more specific sub-category.
Submitting your site to the wrong category will delay your listing in the directory.
This category is for sites emanating from and relating to the Republic of Lebanon. Sites in Arabic should be submitted to World: Arabic: إقليمـي: لبنان,
sites in French to World/Français/Régional/Asie/Liban/,
and sites in German to World/Deutsch/Regional/Asien/Libanon/

Maps and Views

Please do not submit country-specific sites here. Select an appropriate country level category and submit your site there. This category is specifically for resources covering the whole of the Middle East region.

Includes links to maps, photograph sites, live web cams, and satellite imagery pertaining to the Middle East as a whole.

News and Media

Please do not submit country-specific sites here. Select an appropriate country level category and submit your site there. This category is specifically for resources covering the whole of the Middle East region.

Save that link!
Have you thought of applying to become the editor of this category? If you have an interest in building the Middle East's online presence, apply to edit this category.

Submission Tips:

  1. When writing your site's title please ensure it is the same as your organization.
  2. When writing your site's description, please tell what your site offers in a clear and concise statement without hype or promotional language.

Thank-you for your cooperation.

Includes news and media sites specific to the Middle East as a whole.(e.g. Magazines, Newspapers, Radio, Television).

Oman

Please check for a more specific sub-category prior to submitting your site.

For quicker placement in the directory please follow these Submission Tips:

Title: Name of Business or Organization

Description: This describes the website and should note distinguishing features found on the site without the use of hype, personal pronouns, or repetitive terms.

No category description found

Palestinian Territory

This category is for the listing of sites with a presence throughout the region. If your site does not have locations or offer information serving the entire region, please submit to your locality instead.
Submitting your site to the wrong category will hinder your site's addition to the directory.

For quicker placement in the directory please follow these Submission Tips:

Title: Name of Business or Organization

Description: This describes the website and should note distinguishing features found on the site.

No category description found

Qatar

This category is for the listing of sites with a presence throughout the country. If your site does not have locations or offer information serving the entire region, please submit to your locality instead.
Submitting your site to the wrong category will hinder your site's addition to the directory

Few sites, if any, will be listed in this category. Please sumbit your listing to a more specific topic.

For the listing of sites offering information on the country of Qatar.

Recreation and Sports

Please submit all sites to their correct country, location and category.

No category description found

Saudi Arabia

This category is for the listing of sites with a presence throughout the region. If your site does not have locations or offer information serving the entire region, please submit to your locality instead.
Submitting your site to the wrong category will hinder your site's addition to the directory

Submission Tips:

  1. When writing your site's title please ensure it is the same as your organization.
  2. When writing your site's description, please tell what your site offers in a clear and concise statement without hype or promotional language.

Thank-you for your cooperation.

This category covers English-language websites about Saudi Arabia, a large kingdom covering most of the Arabian Peninsula.

Arabic language site are not and will not be listed here. These can be found in World/Arabic.

Science and Environment

Please do not submit country-specific sites here. Select an appropriate country level category and submit your site there. This category is specifically for resources covering the whole of the Middle East region.

Includes information about the Middle East region's natural environment as well as scientific activities specific to the Middle East.

Society and Culture

If your site is country specific, do not submit it here. This category is only meant for resources catering to the Middle East as a whole.

No category description found

Syria

For quicker placement in the directory please follow these Submission Tips:

Title: Name of Business or Organization

Description: This describes the website and should note distinguishing features found on the site without the use of hype, personal pronouns, or repetitive terms.

No category description found

Transportation

Please do not submit country-specific sites here. Select an appropriate country level category and submit your site there. This category is specifically for resources covering the whole of the Middle East region.

Includes area transportation resources for those traveling to and from, and within the Middle East region.

Travel and Tourism

This category is for the listing of sites with a presence throughout the region. If your site does not have locations or offer information serving the entire Middle Eastern region, please submit to your country or locality instead.
Submitting your site to the wrong category will hinder your site's addition to the directory.

For quicker placement in the directory please follow these Submission Tips:

Title: Name of Business or Organization

Description: This describes the website and should note distinguishing features found on the site.

Includes area attractions and resources for those traveling in the Middle East region, including tourist guides.

Turkey

Before you submit your site please take the time to look around and review the guidelines below. Following these guidelines will speed the acceptance of your site and significantly reduce the chances of its rejection.

The editors reserve the right not to list your site, and to delete it after its addition. Multiple submissions, especially to inappropriate categories, will not be tolerated.

Finding the Proper Location for Your Site:
  • Conduct a search of the Open Directory for a few keywords that relate to your site. The search results will serve up listings of different categories. Go to those categories and determine which one is appropriate for your site.
  • Be sure to review the sub-category descriptions, if available, to determine whether your site is appropriate to that category or sub-category.
  • Review the site descriptions of the entries in the category to which you intend to submit. Prepare your description in advance. Please do not just send us your META description.

Guidelines for submitting sites:

  • Do not type in all capitals.
  • Do not include a list of keywords.
  • Do not include your products.
  • Do not write a sales pitch.
  • The description should be a brief summary of the site's content and company activities if applicable.
    • The description should be in English and in coherent sentence form.
    • Do not include superlatives.
    • Do not submit a list of keywords.
    • Do not use unnecessary capitalization, or include HTML tags.
    • Do not include the category name or the complete title.
    • Submit to only ONE category.
    • Submit to the best category possible.
  • The Regional: Middle East: Turkey: Provinces hierarchy.
    • If your site relates only to a specific administrative subdivision in Turkey or if the physical location of your company is only in one or two provinces, you should submit to the appropriate Province or Locality categories. The Web sites of companies present in several provinces should be submitted to the appropriate sub-categories at the country level. Doing so will speed up the process of your submission and increase the possibility of your site being accepted.
  • The World: Türkçe hierarchies.
    • World categories are for sites in languages other than English. Each has a hierarchy of its own. If the site you are submitting is in Turkish, you should submit it to World: Türkçe
This section of the ODP is for sites related to Turkey. Only sites that have an English version will be accepted.

Yanliz ingilizce ve Turkiye icerikli siteler kabul edilecektir. Turkce icerikli siteler icin lutfen World: Türkçe kismini kullanin.

Weather

If your site is specific to a country, please select the approriate category and submit it there. Submitting your site to a wrong category will only delay its publication.

Includes all weather-related sites for the Middle East region.

Yemen

If your site is not specifically geared towards this country, please submit to the proper category.

Submitting to the wrong category will delay and/or prevent your site from being listed in the directory.

Submission Tips:

  1. When writing your site's title please ensure it is the same as your organization.
  2. When writing your site's description, please tell what your site offers in a clear and concise statement without hype or promotional language.
 Thank-you for your cooperation.
Yemen is a country to the south of Saudi Arabia. Its capital is Sana'a. (Aden was the former capital of South Yemen).

The country is important to world energy markets because of its abundant oil and natural gas resources.

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