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100 Afghan Proverbs - http://www.noble-knights.com/proverbs/
Proverbs in English with explanations, taken from the booklet by J. Christy Wilson.

A Collection of Palestinian Proverbs - http://www.fortunecity.com/boozers/durham/224/proverbs.html
Small collection of well-known proverbs in Arabic transcription with their literal meanings in English.

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.

Apricots Tomorrow - http://www.egyptianarabic.com/institutions/proverbs.asp
Ten Egyptian Arabic proverbs in Arabic script, with transliteration and translation.

Arabic Proverbs - http://www.translationtoarabic.com/arabic_proverbs.htm
Proverbs in Arabic with English translations and explanation.

Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative (ATON) - http://aton.ttu.edu/
The Uysal - Walker Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative (U-W ATON) located in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.

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).

Daily Arabic Proverbs - http://www.arabji.com/proverb.htm
Proverbs in Arabic (some in transcription) with English translation 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).

Some Yemeni Proverbs - http://www.al-bab.com/bys/articles/abutaleb98.htm
Small collection of proverbs (in Arabic and English), compiled by Najla Abu-Taleb.

Syrian Proverbs - http://www.damascus-online.com/proverbs.htm
Small collection of proverbs (in Arabic and English) with explanations.

Turkish Proverbs - http://www.ottomansouvenir.com/Turkish_Proverbs/Turkish_Proverbs.htm
Historical overview of Turkic paremiography with examples of proverbs (in 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).

Words of Wisdom - http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2001/515/cu2.htm
Article by Amina Elbendary discussing the value of traditional Egyptian proverbs in a changing world.

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