Directory of Middle Eastern Resources

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• Afghan Proverbs

  http://www.afghanistans.com/Proverbs.htm
  Seven proverbs (in English) with explanation.

• Afghan Proverbs

  http://afghana.com/SocietyAndCulture/proberbs.htm
  Collection of Afghan proverbs and explanations (in English).

• Afghanistan Online: Proverbs

  http://www.afghan-web.com/culture/proverbs.html
  Collection of proverbs from Afghanistan (in English) with explanations.

• Armenian Sayings Illustrated

  http://www.cilicia.com/armo_khosk.html
  In Armenian with English translation and explanation.

• As the Armenians Say...

  http://zangezur.tripod.com/aradz/sayings.html
  Armenian sayings with illustrations.

• Azeri.org: Azeri Expressions

  http://www.azeri.org/Azeri/az_learn/az_expressions/az_expressions_index.html
  Three articles on Azerbaijani proverbs and proverbial expressions (in Azerbaijani, with English translations and explanations).

• Egyptian Proverbs

  http://almashriq.hiof.no/egypt/800/808/proverbs/egyptian_proverbs.html
  Compiled by Azer Bestavros from contributions posted on Egypt-net Digest (in Arabic transcription and English).

• Lebanese Proverbs

  http://almashriq.hiof.no/lebanon/800/890/892/proverbs/freyha/
  Small collection from Anis Freyha's 1974 "Dictionary of Modern Lebanese Proverbs" (Arabic - English).

• Palestinian Popular Proverbs

  http://www.barghouti.com/folklore/proverbs/
  Small collection of proverbs (in Arabic and English).

• Turkish Proverbs - Türk Atasözleri

  http://www.columbia.edu/~sss31/Turkiye/proverbs.html
  Gathered by S?leyman Sadi Seferoglu (in Turkish transcription with English translation).

 

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