Portals:

Al Mashriq - the Levant - Lebanon and the Middle East, This site is by far one of the best on-line resources about Lebanon; it contains very good historical and ethnographic information about Lebanon.

Welcome to Leb.Net, This site contains a directory of various other websites dealing with Lebanon.

Links to Various Organizations in Lebanon.

This site is the equivalent of Yahoo for Lebanon. It contains an extensive listing of sites under various categories. It is a good place to start a general search for information.

Media

La Revue du Liban, For those of you who read French this is fairly good site for news from Lebanon, albeit it is a bit on the conservative side.

As-Safir Newspaper, This is a great site for those who can read Arabic. Al-Safir has just celebrated its 25th anniversary, and it is an outstanding newspaper. You will need to download Adobe Acrobat to be able to view its contents.

Al-Hayat is another Arabic newspaper site with a lot of information about current affairs in Lebanon.

The Daily Star is the English-speaking newspaper that is published in Beirut and that has excellent information about Lebanese current affairs.

Educational Institutions

AUB On-Line, This is an entry point to the American University in Beirut's website.

University of Balamand. A relatively new but energetic university.

Lebanese American University.

Université Libanaise - Lebanese University. This is the website for the Lebanese University.

USJ: Accueil, This is the site for the Univserité Saint Joseph; also in French

Research Centers

Lebanese Center for Policy Studies. This is the center that was established by Paul Salem and has now become a very well known and influential think-tank in Lebanon.

Centre for Lebanese Studies This site included list of the conferences and publications of the center, as well as a very extensive list of links.

Organizations

Syrian Studies Association .

MESA