Websites for travellers Lonely Planet is a publishing firm especialised in travel guides and travel literature. The information is explained from the traveler's point of view. I.E. Afghanistan and Iran you can find a very practical advice from other travelers experiences. Jordi Esteva, a traveller, a writer and a photographer. Jordi Raich, Red Cross International in Jerusalem, Beirut, Afghanistan, Namibia, etc. Writer. INDICALIBROS, online bookshop especialized in India y Orient.
Casa Asia. The Asia House in Barcelona, Spain. ¡Tierra Trágame! is an excellent site in Spanish for travellers . The Web page of the best travel book shop Altaïr in Barcelona has a virtual Bulletin Board in Spanish. Check Negro sobre negro in Narrativa section. Intervacaciones for free house exchange specially in Spain.
Websites on IRAN You can find extensive
information on Iran, personal pages of iranians around the world,
yellow pages, white pages, books, news, etc. in
Payvand.
Badjens
Women in Iran..
Student Movement Coordination Comittee for Democracy in Iran, www.daneshjoo.org The World Factbook It is the C.I.A.'s public Web page. It contains all the geophysic, economic, demographic data, natural resources, etc. of Iran. The data is objectively treated. Garbi is a Web page linking Catalan, Iranian and Japanese cultures. Iran Tourism & Touring Organisation Sohrab Sepehri a very dear iranian poet and painter of modern times. Site in Persian. Tehran Times, independent dayly newspaper in English. Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) Site of the President of Iran with links to all the Gov. sites. Avesta Org. a Zoroastrian site. Kurdish Media. Kurdish site from UK Throughout the page of Tehran.Stanford you can enter into pages of the Iranian newspapers and Iranian Universities, giving you also the date of the Iranian calendar. http://www.farsijoke.com It is really a farsi joke. http://www.googoosh.com/ Web on the famous iranian singer Googoosh. If you would like to listen to her songs enter in Radio Googoosh do not miss it.
http://www.cyberiran.com
Iranian music. Good,
good, good. Websites on AFGHANISTAN
The
Institute for Afghan Studies (IAS) is a non-profit, non-political
and independent organization, founded and run by young Afghan scholars
from around the globe. The mission of the Institute is to be a
center for research and a credible source of information about
Afghanistan. Revolutionary Afghan Women Association. RAWA. Do not miss this page if you want to know how the women situation was under the Taliban regime and how it is nowadays.
HAWCA,
Humanitarian Assistance for the Women and Children of Afghanistan,
is a non political organisation. They have hidden schools for girls
inside the country and organise medical care for women and children. Afghanistan Online is a very well organised Web page. It contains excellent information: news, culture, chat, history, politics, etc. Ahmad Zahir, Ahmad Zahir, undoubtebly the greatest Afghan singer. The feelings can not be explained in words but can be felt through his inspiring music. His music lives on in every Afghan household regardless of their ages. For people who never heard his music or to the ones that grew up with it. Azadi Afghan Radio and Afghanistan Information Center broadcasts started in October 1996 in the Washington D.C metropolitan area and in December 1997 in the San Francisco region. Sergei Zharov, publishes on-line the guide of Afghanistan writen by Mme. Nancy Hach Duprée and other information for travellers in Afghanistan. The HAZARA political party Hezb-e-Wahdad official site. In the Web page of The German Foundation for International Development held by a group of scholars you will find articles on Afghanistan. |