Middle Eastern and African
Library Directories and Major Libraries
Israel, home of the People of the Book and the Dead Sea Scrolls; Egypt, home of the ancient Alexandria library and a new one reborn.
This page:
Web Directory |
Israel |
Egypt |
Iran |
South Africa
Web Directory
- Libweb: Libraries on the Web: Africa and the Middle East (no longer updated as of late 2011)
Israel
See also
- Jewish National and University Library, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
- Shrine of the Book, Jerusalem - Museum housing the Dead Sea Scrolls
- Library Index: Israel (LibDex)
- LibWeb: Libraries on the Web: Israel (no longer updated as of late 2011)
- Malmad - Union catalog of Israeli academic libraries (English interface)
National Library:
Book Museum:
Web Directories:
Union Catalog:
Egypt
- Alexandrian Scholarship (Perseus Digital Library)
- The Mysterious Fate of the Great Library of Alexandria
- Alexandrine Librarian - Blog telling the story of Yarrl, a librarian at the Great Library of Alexandria in the 5th Century CE
- Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Alexandria Library (Ancient):
The ancient Alexandria Library is said to have had every great work in the ancient West.
Alexandria Library (Modern):
A new library, inspired by the ancient one, has opened in Alexandria April 2002.
Iran
- National Library and Archives of the Islamic Republic of Iran
National Library:
South Africa
- National Library of South Africa
- Library Index: South Africa (LibDex)
- LibWeb: Libraries on the Web: South Africa (no longer updated as of late 2011)