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Kuwait

1. Arab Net: Kuwait
2. CIA World Factbook: Kuwait
3. Ethnologue Language Database: Kuwait
4. Frontline: The Gulf War
5. Kuwait Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2006
6. Kuwait Information Office
7. Library of Congress Country Studies: Kuwait
8. Maps of the Middle East
9. Model League of Arab States: Kuwait
10. Political Resources on the Net: Kuwait
11. World Travel Guide: Kuwait

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Arab Net: Kuwait

Brief details of the history and geography of Kuwait, as well as business, culture, government and transport information.
     Author: Saudi Research & Marketing Group
     Subjects: kuwait
     DeweyClass: 953.67
     Resource type: documents

CIA World Factbook: Kuwait

Basic reference information about Kuwait, including details of geography, people, economy, government, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. Geographical information includes area, population, flag, maps, high and low points, co-ordinates, boundary length, border countries, climate, land use and natural resources.
     Author: CIA
     Subjects: kuwait
     DeweyClass: 915.367
     Resource type: document

Ethnologue Language Database: Kuwait

A catalogue of all the languages and dialects spoken in Kuwait, with details of the numbers of speakers of each language. Also some demographic data such as rates of literacy, blindness and deafness.
     Author: Summer Institute of Linguistics
     Subjects: kuwait
     DeweyClass: 409.5367
     Resource type: document

Frontline: The Gulf War

Stories from surviving soldiers of the Gulf War, including British soldier Andy McNab, with timelines, maps, audio files, and a report on Gulf War syndrome.
     Author: Public Broadcasting Service
     Subjects: iraq, kuwait, middle east, military history, warfare
     DeweyClass: 956.70442
     Resource type: documents

Kuwait Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2006

Detailed assessment of human rights practices in Kuwait. Topics assessed include torture, arbitrary detention or exile, fair public trial, freedom of speech and press, freedom of assembly, movement and religion; democratic rights, worker rights, and discrimination based on race, sex, religion, disability, language, or social status.
     Author: US Department of State
     Subjects: kuwait
     DeweyClass: 323.5367
     Resource type: document

Kuwait Information Office

Wide range of information about the State of Kuwait, including details of the education system and institutions, as well as news, business and entertainment information.
     Author: Kuwait Information Office, USA
     Subjects: kuwait
     DeweyClass: 351.5367
     Resource type: government

Library of Congress Country Studies: Kuwait

Detailed handbook describing the history of Kuwait and analysing its political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions, the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors. Particular attention is given to the people who make up the society, their origins, dominant beliefs and values, common interests and the issues on which they are divided, and their attitudes toward each other and toward their social system and political order.
     Author: Library of Congress
     Subjects: kuwait
     DeweyClass: 953.67
     Resource type: documents

Maps of the Middle East

Set of political and relief maps produced by the CIA covering all the countries in the Arabian Peninsula and the Middle East, including several maps of Iraq, Kuwait and Kurdish areas in the Middle East.
     Author: Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
     Subjects: bahrain, iran, iraq, israel, jordan, kuwait, lebanon, maps of asia, middle east, oman, qatar, saudi arabia, syria, united arab emirates, yemen
     DeweyClass: 912.56
     Resource type: map collection

Model League of Arab States: Kuwait

Summary of the nature and structure of government of Kuwait, with links to several other resources about the country.
     Author: Haynes, Ed
     Subjects: kuwait
     DeweyClass: 351.5367
     Resource type: document

Political Resources on the Net: Kuwait

Listing of political resources relevant to Kuwait, with links to parties, organisations, government, media and results of recent elections, where available.
     Author: Torre Argentina Societa di Servizi - Agora telematica Division
     Subjects: kuwait
     DeweyClass: 320.95367
     Resource type: documents, index

World Travel Guide: Kuwait

Basic reference information about Kuwait, such as area, capital, population, population density, geography, language, religion, time zone, history and government, plus business and social information, including details of accommodation, addresses, climate, regions, travel, visas, passports, money, health and public holidays.
     Author: Columbus Press
     Subjects: kuwait
     DeweyClass: 915.367
     Resource type: documents