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http://www.arabmediawatch.com/
Arab Media Watch has British coverage of Arab issues.

http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-muslim19jan19,0,5298163.story?coll=la-home-food
A movable feast day discusses Afghan dishes prepared by Muslims. Is a report by Charles Perry of the Lost Angeles Times latimes.com.

http://geo.ya.com/travelimages/az-adha.html
Eid-al-Adha (Gourban Bayramy) is information on the Festival of Sacrifice.

http://www3.kumc.edu/diversity/ethnic_relig/eid-al-adha.html
Eid-al-Adha is a brief information about the Feast of Sacrifice put out by the KU Medical Center.

http://mideastfood.about.com/
Fayed< S. Middle Eastern Food has information on recipes.

http://www.prb.org/Template.cfm?Section=PRB&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=6119
Iran Achieves Replacement-Level Fertility is an article by Allison Tarmann

http://lilt.ilstu.edu/rtdirks/MIDEAST.html
Middle East food has references and resources.

http://www.middleeastuk.com/culture/cuisine/
Middle East Cuisine has many recipes and discussion of this cuisine.

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The West Bank and Gaza - A Population Profile by Michael Fischbach

http://islam.about.com/library/weekly/aa030700a.htm
Sacrifice and Eid al-Adha is a discussion of this festival.

http://www.zawaj.com
Zawaj.com Muslim Matrimonials and more is an Online Islamic marriage and family magazine, with articles, advice, wedding photos, regional Muslim wedding customs, recipes and Islamic knowledge resources. Plus thousands of Muslim matrimonial ads from all over the world with photos and confidential mailboxes.

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DEMOGRAPHICS, ECONOMICS, DEVELOPMENT to Top

http://www.prb.org/
Population Reference Bureau covers environment, HIV/AIDS, population trends, reproductive health, education, employment, health, gender, income poverty, ethnicity, 2000 census for Asia/Pacific, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America and the Sub-Saharan Africa.

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OTTOMAN EMPIRE - big influence Palace cuisine vs rural second structure sultano: best, rare Prefer to eat at home more health, cheaper, tasty Tea & turkish coffee- fortunes, must have if offered Presentation Urban vs rural : tents, houses Harvest wheat, process wheat, milk cow dryng food to preserve (chile, eggplant, corn) Nuts eating outside - others' see-must offer or not good anymore Breakfast: cheese, tomato, cuum, olives, bread, tea meals take hours Serving presentations, spoons & cups decorated families eat together women's responsibility - mean choose-food wedding&funeral hosts food for everybody halva femeena post milk sugar
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http://mideastfood.about.com/
About.com has recipes on Middle Eastern food.

http://www.ummah.net/family/recipes.html
Middle Eastern Recipes has available here.

http://www.recipesource.com/ethnic/africa/morocco/
RecipeSource has Moroccan recipes. There are also Middle Eastern Recipes, and other <African recipes.

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Allan, Donald Aspinwall. 1974august. Flavors of Lebanon. Gourmet 34:24--26, 58-61. [Excerpted from article.]

Barer-Stein, Thelma. 1999. You Eat What You Are. People, Culture and Food Traditions. Firefly Books, Buffalo, New York. Chapter 51. Turkish. pp. 429. Foods Commonly Used. [Excerpted from book.]
Chrones, Terrie Wright. 1999. OTTOMAN CULINARY CULTURE; ITS' EFFECT UPON CONTEMPORARYTURKISH CUISINE Presented at Symposium at Oregon State University.

Croft-Cooke, Rupert. 1970November. Tunisian Cookery. Gourmet 30(11): 29. [Excerpted and adapted from article.]

Grivetti, Louis E. 1999. Muslim Food - and Health-Related Behaviors: Pregnancy and Postnatal periods. Presented at OSU Symposium.

Mitchell, Fanny Todd. 1972November. Tastes of Tunisia. Gourmet 32(11): 19.

Pehanich, Mike. 2003January. Middle Eastern Cuisines. Gain Ground. Prepared Foods 172(1): 61.
Article Available. Modified article excerpted.

Roden, Claudia. 1978April. The Arabian Picnic. Gourmet 38(4): 36
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